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Meanings and Symbolism
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....
Draw the Flag Using a Grid
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...
The “Event Horizon” Design
I'm more than happy to watch any movie Sam Neill is in, and he's done some beauties. Dead Calm, Death in Brunswick, The Piano, The Dish, Hunt for the Wilderpeople, Rams and of course, Hunt for Red October and the Jurassic Park franchise (and many many more!) But even though Sam Neill is one of...
Why This Flag?
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...
Why a New Flag?
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...
History of the Australian Flag
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...
The Flag Dimensions
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...
Build the Flag
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 the Flag
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...
State Variations
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...
Meanings and Symbolism
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....
Draw the Flag Using a Grid
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...
The “Event Horizon” Design
I'm more than happy to watch any movie Sam Neill is in, and he's done some beauties. Dead Calm, Death in Brunswick, The Piano, The Dish, Hunt for the Wilderpeople, Rams and of course, Hunt for Red October and the Jurassic Park franchise (and many many more!) But even though Sam Neill is one of...
Why This Flag?
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...
Why a New Flag?
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...
History of the Australian Flag
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...
The Flag Dimensions
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...
Build the Flag
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 the Flag
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...
State Variations
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...