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Topic: Flag of Norfolk Island


  
  Norfolk Island - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Norfolk Island is an island in the Pacific Ocean located between Australia, New Zealand and New Caledonia, and is one of Australia's external territories.
The flag is three vertical bands of green (hoist side), white, and green with a large green Norfolk Island pine tree centered in the slightly wider white band.
The population of Norfolk Island was estimated in July 2003 to be 1,853, with an annual population growth rate of 0.01%.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Norfolk_Island   (3831 words)

  
 Norfolk Island (Australia)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The Norfolk Island flag was adopted with a law issued on January 1st 1980, effective 17th January 1980.
I have a 2x4 feet Norfolk Island flag (bought on NF but no doubt manufactured in Australia) and the branch detail is very poor.
Norfolk Island pine — a handsome pinaceous tree of Australia and Norfolk Island (Araucaria excelsa), with whorls of horizontal branches densely set with deep green awl-shaped leaves.
www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/nf.html   (442 words)

  
 Flag of Norfolk Island -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The flag of (An island territory of Australia in the Pacific Ocean off the eastern coast of Australia; formerly a British penal colony) Norfolk Island was adopted on October 21, 1980.
It depicits the (Evergreen of Australia and Norfolk Island in the South Pacific) Norfolk Island Pine (Araucaria heterophylla).
It is somewhat similar to the (additional info and facts about flag of Canada) flag of Canada, with its use of only two colours and the use of a prominent local symbol in the middle.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/f/fl/flag_of_norfolk_island.htm   (108 words)

  
 Norfolk Island - Wikitravel
Norfolk Island is an island in the South Pacific Ocean, an Australian territory.
Norfolk Island was a penal colony for the British colony of New South Wales during the periods 1788-1814 and 1825-1855.
Norfolk Island, unsurprisingly, is famous for its seafood, which is generally caught fresh by most of the restaurants on the island.
wikitravel.org /en/Norfolk_Island   (1616 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Norfolk Island   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Flag ratio: 1:2 The flag of Norfolk Island was adopted on October 21, 1980.
Norfuk (increasingly spelled Norfolk) is the language spoken on Norfolk Island by the local residents.
Norfolk Island A country, a land, is a geographical area that connotes an independent political entity, with its own government, administration, laws, often a constitution, police, military, tax rules, and population, who are one anothers countrymen.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Norfolk-Island   (9995 words)

  
 Constitutional Status   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Norfolk Island became an integral part of the Commonwealth of Australia in 1914 when it was accepted as a Territory under the authority of the Commonwealth pursuant to section 122 of the Constitution.
Norfolk Island is administered in accordance with the provision of the Norfolk Island Act 1979 (Cth) by which the Federal Parliament conferred a measure of self-government on Norfolk Island as an Australian Territory.
Although the Norfolk Island Government exercises some of the powers that the Federal Government normally exercises on the mainland Norfolk Island's self-governing status is similar to the self-government conferred by the Federal Parliament on the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory.
www.dotrs.gov.au /terr/norfolk/constitutional_status.aspx   (714 words)

  
 Norfolk Island - Bloodless Genocide
Norfolk Island was occupied as a possession of the British Crown.
Norfolk Island was henceforth to be a seperate and distinct colony for the former inhabitants of Pitcairn Island.
Much of the vice-regal dissatisfaction seems to stem from the cheerful willingness of the Norfolk Islanders to admit oursiders to their ranks as residents of the Island, usually through marriage to Pitcairn girls.[c] It was felt that the isolation of the islanders and their morals were being corrupted by these outside influences.
www.pitcairners.org /bloodless_genocide2.html   (6104 words)

  
 Norfolk Island
Norfolk Island is eleven and a half hours ahead of GMT and does not adopt a "summertime".
Norfolk Island is situated approximately 1000 kilometers east of the Australian coast, 1670kms ENE of Sydney, 1065kms NNW of Auckland and 772kms SE of Noumea.
The housing and treatment of prisoners in the Prisoners' Barracks and New Gaol during the Second Settlement was largely responsible for Norfolk Island's sinister reputation as a harsh penal colony.
www.xs4all.nl /~aobt/siteabori/norfolk_island.htm   (2570 words)

  
 Ausflag - Norfolk Island   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Norfolk Island, an Australian external territory since 1913, lies 1400 km east of Australia in the Pacific Ocean and has a permanent population of approximately 2000.
Norfolk Island gained a measure of self government when it acquired its own Legislative Assembly in 1979.
Central to the flag is a silhouette of one of Norfolk Island's most famous symbols - the Norfolk Island Pine tree - which was first used on Norfolk Island's great seal, granted in 1856.
www.ausflag.com.au /flags/ni.html   (198 words)

  
 Australia Subdivisions
The Christmas Island flag is an unofficial community flag and the design includes a map of the island and a frigate bird.
That most of the Australian state flags are so poor in representing their locations is the result of history - but that same history prevents many from redesigning the flags so that they serve their principle purpose of being identifiable and representative of the state.
One of the flags in a photograph of the opening of the National Physical Laboratory at Teddington in 1902 is a British ensign with a cross on a white circle in the fly.
www.fotw.net /flags/au-.html   (1189 words)

  
 ninemsn Encarta - Search Results - Norfolk Island
Norfolk Island, island, dependency of Australia in the south-western Pacific Ocean, about 1,500 km (930 mi) east of the country, and with an area of...
Archaeological evidence indicates that Polynesians may have lived on Pitcairn Island between the 12th and 15th centuries.
Melanesia, one of the three major ethnographic subdivisions (with Micronesia and Polynesia) of Oceania, encompassing the islands in the western Pacific...
au.encarta.msn.com /Norfolk_Island.html   (88 words)

  
 flagsonline.net Flag of Norfolk Island   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Norfolk Island is an external territory of Australia, situated in the south-west Pacific Ocean.
British naval officer, Captain James Cook, first sighted Norfolk Island in 1774 and reported that the Norfolk Island pine, a dominant feature of the island, could potentially be harvested and used for ships' masts.
The flag was adopted on the 11th of January 1980.
www.flagsonline.net /Australia/norfolk.htm   (171 words)

  
 Australian Territorial Flags (Geobop's Symbols)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Christmas Island is an external Australian Territory in the Indian Ocean, northwest of Western Australia, with a population of about 1,300.
The Christmas Island Assembly held a design competition for an island flag and coat of arms in early 1986.
The gold disc in the center of the flag was originally included for esthetic reasons (to provide a background for the green map of Christmas Island).
www.geobop.com /symbols/Flags/world/australia/territory   (758 words)

  
 Reference Flags Regional Norfolk Island Directory IndiaPress   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Flags of Norfolk Island - Presents the thumbnail, small, and large GIFs of the flag, with links to country facts.
Flags of the World: Norfolk Island - National flag, with dimensions.
Norfolk Island Flag and Public Seal Act 1979 - Legislation defining the flag and governing its use.
www.indiapress.org /directory/Reference-Flags-Regional-Norfolk_Island.html   (79 words)

  
 MSN Encarta - Search Results - Norfolk Mid
Norfolk Mid, United Kingdom parliamentary constituency in Norfolk, eastern England, and one of the county’s eight constituencies.
Situated at the mouth of the James, Elizabeth, and Nansemond rivers near the outlet of...
Norfolk (county, England), county, eastern England, bordered on the north and north-east by the North Sea, on the south-east and south by Suffolk,...
uk.encarta.msn.com /Norfolk_Mid.html   (96 words)

  
 Directory - Reference: Flags: Regional: Norfolk Island   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Flags of Norfolk Island  · cached · Presents the thumbnail, small, and large GIFs of the flag, with links to country facts.
Flags of the World: Norfolk Island  · cached · National flag, with dimensions.
Norfolk Island Flag and Public Seal Act 1979  · cached · Legislation defining the flag and governing its use.
www.incywincy.com /default?p=265705   (66 words)

  
 Norfolk Island - Flag - Introduction - Background
three vertical bands of green (hoist side), white, and green with a large green Norfolk Island pine tree centered in the slightly wider white band
Two British attempts at establishing the island as a penal colony (1788-1814 and 1825-55) were ultimately abandoned.
In 1856, the island was resettled by Pitcairn Islanders, descendants of the Bounty mutineers and their Tahitian companions.
www.exxun.com /NorfolkIsland/a_fg.html   (323 words)

  
 Flag Days Of The World   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Flag days of the World is a list of flag days observed by countries throughout the world.
A "Flag Day" is a day when the adoption of a flag is celebrated.
But "Flag Day" is also short for "Flagging Day" or "Flag-flying Day"; a day when people collectively fly their flags or when government personnel is instructed to fly flags from governmental buildings.
flagspot.net /flags/fdw.html   (187 words)

  
 Elections in the Norfolk Island   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Norfolk Island is a territory of Australia in the Pacific; Australia administers Commonwealth responsibilities on Norfolk Island through the Department of Environment, Sport, and Territories.
Norfolk Island has a population of around 1,800 on 34.6 km².
The Norfolk Legislative Assembly has 9 members, elected for a three year term.
www.electionworld.org /norfolk.htm   (106 words)

  
 norfolk island flag and description
As an external territory of Australia, Norfolk Island hoists a most distinctive flag, one approved on June 6, 1979.
It's symbolic of the Green Norfolk Island pines indigenous to the island.
All maps, graphics, flags and original descriptions created by Graphic Maps, a d/b/a of the Woolwine-Moen Group, unless otherwise noted and/or directly linked to the source, and use of same for any application whatsoever (with the exception of outline maps) requires written permission.
www.worldatlas.com /webimage/flags/countrys/pacific/norfolk.htm   (174 words)

  
 Norfolk Flag - Flag Of Norfolk Island   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
If you would like to use this flag of Norfolk Island or any other on your website you are welcome to do so, all we ask is that you include a link back to our site on the same page.
If you would like to use this map of Norfolk Island or any other on your website you are welcome to do so, all we ask is that you include a link back to our site on the same page.
If you would like to use this information for Norfolk Island or any other on your website you are welcome to do so, all we ask is that you include a link back to our site on the same page.
www.appliedlanguage.com /flags_of_the_world/flag_of_norfolk_island.shtml   (234 words)

  
 british flag virgin island   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
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 Pitcairn Island Web Site: The home of the descendants of the Bounty Mutineers
The Miscellany, Pitcairn Island's newspaper, is full of island news, stories of trips to Oeno and Henderson Island, monthly fish catch, ship arrivals, local gossip, birthdays, articles written by vistors, events and activities that have happened during each particular month.
Norfolk Island: Murder in Paradise, by Helen Dalley, NineMSN, 27 Jun 2004.
Pitcairn Island has a population of approximately 50 persons, give or take a few, of which 6 are the families of the pastor and schoolteacher from abroad.
www.lareau.org /pitc.html   (2535 words)

  
 CIA - The World Factbook -- Norfolk Island   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Oceania, island in the South Pacific Ocean, east of Australia
Tourism, the primary economic activity, has steadily increased over the years and has brought a level of prosperity unusual among inhabitants of the Pacific islands.
Norfolk Island pine seed, Kentia palm seed, cereals, vegetables, fruit; cattle, poultry
www.cia.gov /cia/publications/factbook/geos/nf.html   (646 words)

  
 Flag Days Of The World   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
This month's flag is the flag of Argentina.
Argentina's Flag Day is 20 June, recalling the struggle for independence in 1820.
Click here to see the newly developed flag of the congress.
www.flag.de /FOTW/flags/fdw.html   (258 words)

  
 Expat News - Isle of Man Today: News, Sport, Jobs, Property, Cars, Entertainments & More   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Norfolk Island has seen two penal settlements come and go, the second being the most brutal ever established by Britain.
The Manx flag in the museum on Norfolk acknowledges the Manx ancestry of two people that were involved in the mutiny, Fletcher Christian and Peter Heywood.
Margaret Witherington, Treasurer of the Queensland Manx Society, and her husband Les were recently holidaying on Norfolk Island and spent some time talking to Arthur Evans from the Kingston Maritime Museum about the Isle of Man.
www.iomonline.co.im /ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=874&ArticleID=682946   (275 words)

  
 eBay.co.uk - norfolk island, Commonwealth British Colonial, Thematics, Great Britain items at low prices   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Norfolk Island 2000 Year of the Dragon MS UHM 
NORFOLK ISLAND - 1982 - PHILIP and NEPEAN ISLANDS - U/M 
Norfolk Island 1953 Mint MH Bloody Bridge SG 18 5s 
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 Australian Flag Company
Norfolk Island Flag, 1800mm x 900mm, incl flag pole clips
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