This is a list of
flag
A flag is a piece of fabric (most often rectangular or quadrilateral) with a distinctive design and colours. It is used as a symbol, a signalling device, or for decoration. The term ''flag'' is also used to refer to the graphic design empl ...
s of different designs that have been used in
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...
.
National flags
Other flags recognised under the Flags Act 1953
Sources:
Personal flags
Sovereign
Governor-General
State Governors
Prime Minister
Coronation Standards
Civil ensigns
Australian Defence Force
Royal Australian Navy
Royal Australian Air Force
Australian Border Force
The department names of Australia's border protection service have slightly changed over time, they are as follows;
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Department of Trade and Customs
The Department of Trade and Customs was an Australian government department that existed between 1901 and 1956. It was one of the inaugural government departments of Australia established at federation.
History
The department was one of the fir ...
(1 January 1901 – 1956)
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Department of Customs and Excise
The Department of Customs and Excise was an Government of Australia, Australian government Government department, department that existed between January 1956 and March 1975.
Scope
Information about the department's functions and/or go ...
(1956–1975)
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Department of Police and Customs
The Department of Police and Customs was an Government of Australia, Australian government Government department, department that existed between March and December 1975.
History
The department was established while the Whitlam Go ...
(1975–1975)
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Department of Business and Consumer Affairs
The Department of Business and Consumer Affairs was an Australian government department that existed between December 1975 and May 1982.
Scope
Information about the department's functions and/or government funding allocation could be ...
(1975–1982)
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Department of Industry and Commerce (1982–1984)
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Department of Industry, Technology and Commerce
The Department of Industry, Technology and Commerce was an Australian government department that existed between December 1984 and March 1993.
History
The Department was created by the Hawke Government in December 1984, a substantia ...
(1984–1985)
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Australian Customs Service
The Australian Customs Service was an Government of Australia, Australian Government agency responsible for Australian border protection, duties and taxes between 1985 and 2009. The Service was first under the portfolio of the Department of Indus ...
(1985–2009)
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Australian Customs and Border Protection Service
The Australian Customs and Border Protection Service was an Australian federal government agency responsible for managing the security and integrity of the Australian border and facilitating the movement of legitimate international travelers and g ...
(2009–2015)
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Australian Border Force
The Australian Border Force (ABF) is a federal law enforcement agency, part of the Department of Home Affairs, responsible for offshore and onshore border control enforcement, investigations, compliance and detention operations in Australia. Thr ...
(2015–present)
Federal and state police
Commonwealth Lighthouse Service
Emergency Services and Health Care flags
Sporting flags
Vexillology Association flags
States and territories
States
Historical
Internal territories
External territories
Historical
Proposed states
Cities and areas
Political flags
Religious flags
Ethnic groups flags
Indigenous
Immigrants
Historical flags
House flags of Australian freight companies
Yacht club
A yacht club is a sports club specifically related to yachting.
Description
Yacht clubs are mostly located by the sea, although there some that have been established at a lake or riverside locations. Yacht or sailing clubs have either a mari ...
s of Australia
Other flags/Microstate flags
File:Flag of Dominion of Westralia (secession movement).svg, Flag of the " Dominion of Westralia" as proposed in 1934
File:Flag of Bumbunga.svg, Province of Bumbunga
The Province of Bumbunga () was an Australian secessionist micronation located on a farm at Bumbunga near Snowtown and Lochiel, South Australia, from 1976 until approximately 2000. Its founder and only ruler was a British monkey trainer, uran ...
File:Hutt River Flag.svg, Principality of Hutt River
The Principality of Hutt River, often referred to by its former name, the Hutt River Province, was a micronation in Australia. The principality claimed to be an independent sovereign state, founded on 21 April 1970. It was dissolved on 3 Augus ...
File:Bandera d'Atlantium.svg, Empire of Atlantium
The Empire of Atlantium is a micronation and secular,
pluralist progressive lobby group based in New South Wales, Australia.
'' Micronations: The Lonely Planet Guide to Home-Made Nations'' described Atlantium in 2006 as "a refreshing antid ...
File:Flag of Aeterna Lucina.svg, Aeterna Lucina
File:Flag of Murrawarri Republic.svg, Murrawarri Republic
The Murrawarri Republic is a micronation that declared its independence from Australia in 2013, claiming territory straddling the border of the states of New South Wales and Queensland within Australia. The territory is the traditional homelan ...
File:Aboriginal flags at Sydney Airport in 2017.jpg, 28 First Nations flags as part of a public art installation at Sydney Airport
Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport (colloquially Mascot Airport, Kingsford Smith Airport, or Sydney Airport; ; ) is an international airport in Sydney, Australia, located 8 km (5 mi) south of the Sydney central business district, in the ...
.
File:Erroneous flag of Australia (1888).svg, Erroneous flag of Australia (1888)
File:Erroneous flag of South Australia (1908).svg, Erroneous flag of South Australia (1908)
File:Erroneous flag of Victoria (1910).svg, Erroneous flag of Victoria (1910)
See also
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List of proposed Australian flags
This is a list comprising flags proposed as alternatives to the current flag of Australia, which have received media coverage.
National flags
Sporting flags
See also
* Australian flag debate
* List of Australian flags
* List of proposed ...
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Flags of the governors of the Australian states
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List of Christmas Island Flags
The Following is a List of Flags used in Christmas Island in Australia
State Flag
Historical Flags
See also
*List of Australian flags
References
{{Australia topics
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Austra ...
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List of Cocos (Keeling) Islands Flags
The Following is a List of Flags used in Cocos (Keeling) Islands in Australia
State Flag
Historical Flags
See also
*List of Australian flags
References
{{Australia topics
Lists and galleries of flags, Australia
Flags of Australia ...
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List of Norfolk Island Flags
The Following is a List of Flags used in Norfolk Island in Australia.
State Flag
Historical Flags
See also
*List of Australian flags
References
{{Australia topics
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia ...
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Advance Australia Fair
"Advance Australia Fair" is the national anthem of Australia. Written by Scottish people, Scottish-born composer Peter Dodds McCormick, the song was first performed in 1878, sung in Australia as a patriotic song. It first replaced "God Save the ...
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Australian flag debate
The Australian flag debate is a periodic question over whether the Australian flag should be changed, particularly to remove the Union Jack from the canton (flag), canton, but also to possibly introduce a completely new design without the Sou ...
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Flag of New Zealand
Notes
References
{{Australia topics
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...
Flags
A flag is a piece of textile, fabric (most often rectangular or quadrilateral) with a distinctive design and colours. It is used as a symbol, a signalling device, or for decoration. The term ''flag'' is also used to refer to the graphic desi ...