The Southern Cross flag has Five White Stars, on a Green and Gold Cross, (or a Green Cross with a Gold border) on a Blue Field or background. 5 White Stars Green Cross Gold Cross Blue Field There were 4 essential criteria in designing this flag There must be NO flag of another country….
Sam Neill designed a 2047 version of the Australian Flag for the movie “Event Horizon”. But should it include the Aboriginal flag?
This grid is available as a project to download It is a quicker and easier way to draw the Southern Cross Flag, than starting from a blank piece of paper from scratch: Draw the Flag The grid is 24 x 48 and it uses as much as possible of an A4 page. There is a…
American comedian Jerry Seinfeld joked, “I love your flag… Britain at night,” during his visit to Australia in 2000. For many dinkum Australians, it was not a joke. Many people around the world think the Australian Flag is a version of the British Flag. There were 4 essential criteria in designing this flag No…
It is now more than 120 years since Australia shrugged off its colonial beginnings and became a nation of Federated States. Those Six states came together to become the Commonwealth of Australia on 1st January, 1901. Australia borrowed heavily from the British political system. Our head of State was, and still, is still the British…
A Brief History of the Australian Flag Many Australians think that the flag we have has been the same since 1901. While the flag has undergone several physical changes, it has had many changes with regard to usage. People are surprised when they find out that the Blue Flag that everyone is so familiar with…
Look at the Southern Cross flag immediately above and take note of the Green, Gold and Blue. For a moment, imagine the Green as the land, the Gold as the beach, and the Blue as the water that surrounds our island nation. Also note that the Blue,on this flag, is the same width between the…
It is easy to build you’re own flag with coloured paper! Printer ink is expensive, where a ream of Blue, Green, Gold, is much better value at around $12-$15 / ream of 500 pages. If you had 3 reams of Blue; one each of Green and Gold, as well as 44 pieces of white A4 paper,…
Colour in the Southern Cross Flag Download the files Print the Southern Cross Flag colour-in sheet out on a white A4 paper Colouring it in with coloured pencils , crayons, or water colour paints Hang the masterpiece where all masterpieces belong — on the fridge! Download the Files All Project files are in a single…
Many designs of the national flags don’t take into consideration the other flags that are derived from it. The Southern Cross Flag is designed so that States can easily adapt the Southern Cross Flag as their own. State Governments All State Governments have symbols or emblems of one sort or another. In the version of the…
When American comedian Jerry Seinfeld visited Australia he joked, “I love your flag… Britain at night,” probably just as many people squirmed in their seats as they laughed — there aren’t too many true blue Aussies who like being taken as British. But it’s not just Jerry, many people around the world are surprised when…
The size of a flag is determined by it’s height and width and expressed as a ratio or decimal. There are three main sizee of flags that account for the majority of flags. 1 / Commonwealth flags are traditionally twice as wide as they are high. This is referred to as a 1:2 aspect ratio…
The Southern Cross Flag is Composed of 4 colours The colours are based on official Australian colours and are shared by all Australians; Blue (and White) are from the Australian Flag Green and Gold are the Australia’s National Colours More about the meanings and symbolism of the colours used on the Southern Cross flag can…
A Brief History of European Australia Able Tasman Before the British arrived in the East, in 1642-43, Abel Tasman sailed East from Mauritius utilising the Roaring Forties into the Southern the Indian Ocean and onto the Great Southern Ocean. He was the first European to sight the west coast of Tasmania which he named Van Dieman’s…
Long before white fella arrived, the indigenous people, now known as Australian Aborigines and Torres Straight Islanders occupied the entire continent and Tasmania. It is estimated they arrived some 40,000-60,000 years ago. (To put that into perspective, white fella first colonised the east coast in 1788.) Mungo Man and other remains have been found at the dried…
Drawing the 8 point star is easy! Each star starts with a square of 4 units x 4 units. Each star is made up of 8 x triangles with a height of 2 units and a base width of 2 units. There are the 4 ‘cardinal points’ (think compass N,S,E,W or clock face: 12, 3,…
The Instructions for Drawing the Southern Cross Flag on a blank A4 paper start below The size of the flag is based on “units” of size The Southern Cross Flag is 24 units high x 48 units wide A4 paper, is 21.0 cm x 29.7 cm. The easiest unit size to work with on a…
Many new designers of the national flags don’t take into consideration the other flags that are derived from it. The Southern Cross Flag is designed in such a way, so that States and their Agencies, Departments and Military flags and ensigns are easily added. Firstly, though, it is my belief that there should be just…
The Five Basic Principles of Flag Design as stated by the The Guiding Principles of Flag Design – North American Vexilogical Association (NAVA) and the UK’s Flag Institute Collaborate on Flag Design. 1. KEEP IT SIMPLE The flag should be so simple that a child can draw it from memory … 2. USE MEANINGFUL SYMBOLISM…
Here are a few other flags that I’ve put together. The two New Zealand flags took a few minutes to draw, compared to the Southern Cross Flag which took years to finalise.
Some countries use a single flag design to serve as the national flag in all contexts of use. Others use multiple flags that serve as the national flag, depending on context, such as who is flying the national flag and where. The six basic contexts of use and potential variants of a national flag are: Civil…
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