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s of different designs that have been used in
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National flags


Other flags recognised under the Flags Act 1953

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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; *
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) *
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) *
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) *
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) * Department of Industry and Commerce (1982–1984) *
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) *
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) *
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) *
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 ...
* Flags of the governors of the Australian states *
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

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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 ...
* Flag of New Zealand


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References

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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 ...