Transcript National colonial flag

The history of the
Australian flag
Author: Il’ya Dashchenko, 10 “A”
Teacher: V.V.Vershinina
Syktyvkar
2014
The history of the
Australian flag
The flag of Australia is one of the
state symbols of the country, it
represents a rectangular cloth of blue
colour with an aspect ratio of 1:2.
In the upper left quarter of the
depicted the British flag. In addition,
there is the image of six white stars
on the flag of Australia: five stars in
the form of a constellation of the
southern cross in the right side panel
and one big star at the center of the
bottom
in
the
left
quarter.
The flag was adopted soon after the
formation of the Federation in 1901.
National colonial flag
 During the nineteenth century there
were two attempts to establish a
national flag. The first of them refers
to 1823-1824 years, when John
Nicholson and John Bingl developed
the national colonial flag. It was a
white cloth, on which there were
images of the flag of Britain and the
cross of St. George with four white
stars. National colonial flag is
considered to be the first Australian
flag, where there is a picture of the
southern cross.
Federated Australian flag
 The greatest popularity as a
«national»
flag
got
the
federated flag of Australia,
developed by John Nicholson
in 1831. The design of the flag
largely repeated the national
colonial flag of 1823-1824's,
however, it had important
differences: the Central cross
was blue, and it was a picture
of five but not of four stars.
Australasian AntiTransportation League Flag
 The first flag on which images
of stars were placed in the
order they appear in the sky, is
considered Anti-Transportation
of Australasia ,which opposed
the travel exiles in Australia.
Flag today
 The flag of Australia uses the
same colours the flag of the UK:
blue, red, white. All three colours
reflect the history of the country:
British-colonial and for the most
part, European past. In 1901
they also symbolized loyalty to
the British Empire. However, the
blue colour on the flag of
Australia
has
a
broader
interpretation: according to one
point of view, it symbolizes the
fact that Australia is an islandmainland, according to another,
the first settlers, to reach it, were
forced to swim the sea.
Resources:
 http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%EB%E0
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 http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki