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* 11 April 2000 – [[Alec Campbell]], the last surviving Gallipoli veteran, hands over an Australian National Flag to a serving member of the [[Australian Defence Force]] at a ceremony in Canberra. This flag is flown every year at the annual [[ANZAC Day]] ceremony held at [[ANZAC Cove]] in Gallipoli, [[Turkey]] on 25 April. |
* 11 April 2000 – [[Alec Campbell]], the last surviving Gallipoli veteran, hands over an Australian National Flag to a serving member of the [[Australian Defence Force]] at a ceremony in Canberra. This flag is flown every year at the annual [[ANZAC Day]] ceremony held at [[ANZAC Cove]] in Gallipoli, [[Turkey]] on 25 April. |
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* 3 September 2001 – The centenary of the Australian National Flag was commemorated at ceremonies held across Australia. Prime Minister [[John Howard]] gave a speech at the Royal Exhibition Building at an event where the first raising of the Australian National Flag was re-enacted. Governor-General, [[Peter Hollingworth]], held a flag-raising ceremony at [[Government House, Canberra]] in honour of the occasion. |
* 3 September 2001 – The centenary of the Australian National Flag was commemorated at ceremonies held across Australia. Prime Minister [[John Howard]] gave a speech at the Royal Exhibition Building at an event where the first raising of the Australian National Flag was re-enacted. Governor-General, [[Peter Hollingworth]], held a flag-raising ceremony at [[Government House, Canberra]] in honour of the occasion. |
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* 20 September 2001 – The governor-general signs the Centenary Flag Warrant |
* 20 September 2001 – The governor-general signs the Centenary Flag Warrant. It is an Australian National Flag made of satin and inscribed with a special flag centenary message and was intended to by used at important national events in the future. It features an embellishment representing the linkage between past and current generations to future generations of Australians. |
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Latest revision as of 06:25, 15 July 2024
The following is a timeline of the flag of Australia.
- 3 September 1901 – The winning entry in the 1901 Federal Flag Design Competition is announced, and the Australian flag is flown for the first time at the Royal Exhibition Building in Melbourne.[1] In the same week it was also flown at the Melbourne show.[2]
- 16 September 1901 – The Australian flag is formally raised at Townsville, Queensland in the presence of the Governor-General of Australia, John Hope, 7th Earl of Hopetoun[2]
- 1902 – King Edward VII approved the Australian flag design as standardised by the British admiralty.[2]
- 20 February 1903 – The design of the Australian flag appears in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette.[2]
- 1 July to 23 November 1904 – The Australian flag flies at the Olympic Games in St Louis, Missouri, where the Australian team consists of a single competitor.
- 27 April to 31 October 1908 – The Australian flag is raised at the Olympic games in London in honour of Australia's first gold medal, which was for Rugby Union.
- December 1908 – Australian Army Military Order No 58/08 directs that the "Australian [Blue] Ensign" is to replace the Union Jack at all military establishments (stations).
- 19 December 1908 – The governor-general signs a proclamation increasing the number of points on the Commonwealth Star from six to seven.[2]
- 22 May 1909 – Notice of the alteration in the design of the Australian flag appears in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette.[2]
- 1911 – The Royal Australian Navy is formed and it is directed that the British white ensign be flown at the stern and the Australian flag at the jackstaff.[3] In the same year, it was adopted as the saluting flag of the Australian Army at all reviews and ceremonial parades (M.O.135), with the Union Jack being reserved for "all occasions when a representative of His Majesty the King reviews the Commonwealth forces" (M.O.391).[4][5]
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See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Cayley 1966, pp. 151–152.
- ^ a b c d e f Cayley 1966, p. 152.
- ^ Cayley 1966, pp. 152–153.
- ^ Australian Flags 2006, pp. 43–44.
- ^ Maitland 2015, p. 220.
- ^ a b Cayley 1966, p. 153.
- ^ "Historic barrels fire up memories of battles past". The Age. 4 August 2004. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
Bibliography
[edit]- Australian Flags (3rd ed.). Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service. 2006. ISBN 0-642-47134-7.
- Cayley, Frank (1966). Flag of Stars. Adelaide: Rigby. ISBN 978-9-04-010451-0.
- Goodman, Rupert (1998). Don't change our flag: An exposure of false and misleading arguments. Tingalpa: Boolorong Press.
- Kwan, Elizabeth (2006). Flag and Nation: Australians and their National Flags since 1901. Sydney: University of New South Wales. ISBN 0-86840-567-1.
- Maitland, Gordon (2015). The story of Australia's flags: Our flags, standards, guidons, colours, banners, battle honours and ensigns. Pymble: Playbill Printworks. ISBN 9780992515416.
- Odgers, George (1989). Navy Australia: An Illustrated History. Frenchs Forest: Child and Associates.