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	Governor-General - Australia
		As regards Design "C", which is the design for the Flag of the Governor General, it conforms to the King's Regulation 77 c (assuming the Six-point Star be taken as the Commonwealth Badge) except as regards the crown.
		The flag of the Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia was introduced in 1902 and modified in 1909.
		The Governor General officially still uses the blue flag with the royal crest and the scroll "Commonwealth of Australia".
	www.flagspot.net /flags/au-gg.html (849 words)

	Governor General of Australia
		n Commonwealth of Australia Gazette No. 56 of 16 July 1936 it was notified that the Governor-General had adopted a personal flag for use in Australia.
		The flag, which is in the proportion of two to one, has a royal blue background on which is the Royal Crest in gold (on a St Edward's Crown a lion statant guardant also crowned) with the words "Commonwealth of Australia" in dark blue letters on a gold scroll below the Crest.
		The Governor-General's flag is flown continuously when His Excellency is in residence.
	www.gg.gov.au /textonly/ggflag.html (117 words)

	Centenary Flag (Australia)
		I, PETER JOHN HOLLINGWORTH, Governor General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council and under section 6 of the Flags Act 1953, authorise the Governments of the Commonwealth and of each of the States and Territories, to use, on ceremonial occasions, the Centenary Flag described in the Schedule.
		The Governor-General did not proclaim it as a flag of Australia under section 5 of the Flags Act, but warranted its use by the commonwealth and state governments.
		It is fair to say that government officials are the main people who know about this flag but the authorities in Australia are now starting to mention its existance in documents made available to the general public.
	fotw.vexillum.com /flags/au_cent.html (1579 words)

	Flag of Australia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A warrant authorising the use of the Centenary Flag under section 6 of the Flags Act was issued by the Governor-General and the flag is now used as the official flag of state on important occasions.
		The Act also gives powers to the Governor-General to approve new official flags.
		The official flag of Australia is defined in the Flags Act 1953.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Flag_of_Australia (2947 words)

	Flag of Australia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Act also gives powers to the Governor-General to approve new official flags.
		A warrant authorising the use of the Centenary Flag under section 6 of the Flags Act was issued by the Governor-General and the flag is now used as the official flag of state on important occasions.
		The official flag of Australia is defined in the Flags Act 1953.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Flag_of_Australia (2986 words)

	Australian Flag
		The flag was so proclaimed by the Governor General of Australia, William Hayden, on 14 July 1995.
		The flag was designed to be an eye-catching rallying symbol for the Aboriginal people and a symbol of their race and identity.
		After a period of public consultation, the Government made its own decision in July 1995 that the flag should be proclaimed a "Flag of Australia" under section 5 of the Flags Act 1953.
	www.dltk-kids.com /world/australia/flag.htm (386 words)

	Eureka flag (Australia)
		In one report a spokesperson for the Society was quoted as saying: "I also think that flags of Australia should be appointed by the Governor-General as head of state.
		The Australian Federation flag is another historical flag from Australia's colonial past which is still used in Australia today as a flag of historical significance - the society questioned why the Eureka flag deserves a superior status to this equally important historical flag.
		He believes that the Eureka Stockade flag is not a historically and culturally relevant as is made out by others, in particular, that it it most respected in Central Victoria and hence more appropriate as the City of Ballarat flag then an official Flag of Australia.
	www.fotw.net /FLAGS/au_eurek.html (1840 words)

	Australia, Map and Flag
		chief of state: Queen of Australia ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952), represented by Governor General Maj. Gen.
		Australia became a commonwealth of the British Empire in 1901.
		The stagnant economic conditions in major export partners and the impact of the worst drought in 100 years cast a shadow over prospects for 2003.
	www.greatestcities.com /Oceania/Australia.html (1151 words)

	Ausflag - History of the Australian National Flag
		formally adopted the current design as Australia's "National Flag" and the Act was assented to by Queen Elizabeth II on her first visit to Australia on 15 April 1954, the first Act of the Australian Parliament to receive assent by the Monarch rather than the Governor General.
		In 1906 Australia acquired the Territory of Papua, and to indicate this the number of points on the Federation Star was increased to seven in 1908.
		The original design was similar to the current flag, except the Federation Star contained only 6 points and the Southern Cross was represented by stars ranging from 5 to 9 points to indicate their relative apparent brightness in the night sky.
	www.ausflag.com.au /flags/aushist.html (761 words)

	National Australia Day
		Q4: In what year was Advance Australia Fair proclaimed as the national anthem by the Governor-General?
		Q6: What animal is on the Western Australia flag?
		Q3: Australia has the world's largest sand island.
	www.australiaday.gov.au /subsection.asp?sbID=39 (147 words)

	CIA - The World Factbook -- Papua New Guinea
		Supreme Court (the chief justice is appointed by the governor general on the proposal of the National Executive Council after consultation with the minister responsible for justice; other judges are appointed by the Judicial and Legal Services Commission)
		elections: none; the monarch is hereditary; governor general appointed by the National Executive Council; following legislative elections, the leader of the majority party or the leader of the majority coalition usually is appointed prime minister by the governor general
		Australia annually supplies $240 million in aid, which accounts for 20% of the national budget.
	www.odci.gov /cia/publications/factbook/geos/pp.html (147 words)

	Faculty of Music - CSAM Events 2001
		Australian Caledonian Welcome Song is a Scottish-Australian song with quartet chorus with which the Earl and Countess of Hopetoun, the newly Federated Australia’s first Governor General and his wife, were welcomed to Australia by the Scottish expatriate community.
		This song was performed at the ceremony for his appointment as Governor of South Australia in 1883 and for that of his last appointment as Governor of Western Australia in 1890.
		This was the flag of the Australian Federation League and featured on the official invitation card to the inauguration of the Commonwealth of Australia on 1 January 1901 in Sydney.
	www.music.unimelb.edu.au /about/CSAM/events.html (147 words)

	Union Jacks and Southern Skies: The Australian Commonwealth Flag and the Need for a New National Flag
		The other flag that Barton spoke of was the popular Australian Federation Flag, often referred to as the "Australian Ensign" or the "Australian Flag", used widely by the Australian Federation League to promote the federation of the Australian colonies, and which had been regarded as Australia's "unofficial national flag".
		So, the Commonwealth Flag was chosen, not by the Australian people, not by a panel of Australian flag judges, not by the Australian Government, but by the British Government and King Edward VII (or perhaps more specifically, by the British Admiralty or the Secretary of State for the Colonies?).
		As the 1939 edition of the authoritative Flags of the World states: "The national flag of the Commonwealth of Australia is of course the Union, her ensign the Blue Ensign with a large white seven pointed star beneath the Union, and the Southern Cross" (emphasis added).
	www.alphalink.com.au /~eureka/ozflag.htm (5531 words)

	It's an Honour - Awards and National Symbols
		His Excellency Major General Michael Jeffery AC CVO MC (Ret'd), Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, has approved the award of the following Australia Bravery Decorations, including two posthumous awards, one at the level of the Star of Courage and one at the level of the Bravery Medal.
		However should it be the custom to fly the flags of other nations at your flag station, it would be appropriate to seek permission from the diplomatic representatives of that nation to half-mast their flag.
		The financial and staffing implications arising from flag marshal duties for the Australia Day holiday are the responsibility of each organisation.
	www.itsanhonour.gov.au (1204 words)

	Australian National Flag Day - Aussie-Info.com
		On 28 August 1996, The Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, Sir William Deane, acting on the advice of the Federal Executive Council, declared that 3 September in each year would be observed as "Australian National Flag Day" throughout Australia and in the external Territories of Australia.
		The Australian National Flag is raised every morning at the school in Villers-Bretonneux in France, in memory of the thousands of Australian casualties in liberating their village in 1917 (during the First World War).
		The Australian National Flag Association of Queensland (Inc.)]
	www.aussie-info.com /identity/nationalflag.php (1204 words)

	Victoria (Australia)
		The Governor General of Australia had earlier requested each of the State Governors to provide advice on whether any of the new states wished to change their seals or flag badges having regard to the formation of the Commonwealth of Australia on 1 January 1901 and the accession of King Edward VII.
		The Crown Victoria badge represented the status of the Governor as representative of Queen Victoria in the Colony.
		The only states to not use the state flag with crown above the badge were Victoria and Queensland, which both already had a crown in the their badge.
	fotw.vexillum.com /flags/au-vic.html (1154 words)

	It's an Honour - Awards and National Symbols
		His Excellency Major General Michael Jeffery AC CVO MC (Ret'd), Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, has approved the award of the following Australia Bravery Decorations, including two posthumous awards, one at the level of the Star of Courage and one at the level of the Bravery Medal.
		Australian National Flag Day commemorates the day in 1901 on which the Australian National Flag was first flown.
		On 19 October 2005, the Administrator of the Commonwealth of Australia approved the Humanitarian Overseas Service Medal (2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami and Other Natural Disasters Relief) Determination 2005.
	www.itsanhonour.gov.au (869 words)

	History of the Australian national flag (Part 3)
		His Excellency the Governor-General directs the publication of the subjoined "Miscellaneous" Despatch of the Secretary of State for the Colonies, and enclosure, representing the Flag adopted as the Merchant Flag of the Commonwealth of Australia, to be flown by vessels registered in the Commonwealth.
		Eventually it was decided that the discrepancy between the official flag, and an official drawing of the flag, should be resolved and a complete specification of the flag, with the number of points, size and position of the stars precisely defined, was published in the Australian Government Gazette on 23rd March 1934.
		In the case of Merchant Vessels the Commonwealth Flag alone should be used, but perhaps, as a measure of convenience, Merchant vessels might be allowed to continue to fly their State Flags until the passing of a Commonwealth Navigation Act.
	www.fotw.net /flags/au_hist3.html (1924 words)

	Ausflag - History of the Australian National Flag
		formally adopted the current design as Australia's "National Flag" and the Act was assented to by Queen Elizabeth II on her first visit to Australia on 15 April 1954, the first Act of the Australian Parliament to receive assent by the Monarch rather than the Governor General.
		Also, the Union Flag occupies what is known as the vexillological honour point, and as Australia becomes more independent, many think Australian symbols rather than the flag of another nation should occupy this position.
		The original design was similar to the current flag, except the Federation Star contained only 6 points and the Southern Cross was represented by stars ranging from 5 to 9 points to indicate their relative apparent brightness in the night sky.
	www.ausflag.com.au /flags/aushist.html (761 words)

	Governor - Enpsychlopedia
		The Commonwealth Governor-General is Australia's de facto head of state representing the Queen in Canberra appointed on the advice of the Prime Minister, the head of the Federal Government.
		Governors used to also have a standard flag pattern (a Union Flag with the colonial seal or coat of arms in the centre).
		The provinces of Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon) are led by governors.
	www.grohol.com /psypsych/Governor (761 words)

	Australian Flag
		The flag was so proclaimed by the Governor General of Australia, William Hayden, on 14 July 1995.
		The Aboriginal flag was first raised in Victoria Square in Adelaide on National Aboriginal Day in 1971, but was adopted nationally by Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders in 1972 after it was flown above the Aboriginal "Tent Embassy" outside of the old Parliament House in Canberra.
		After a period of public consultation, the Government made its own decision in July 1995 that the flag should be proclaimed a "Flag of Australia" under section 5 of the Flags Act 1953.
	www.dltk-kids.com /world/australia/flag.htm (386 words)

	Ausflag - Aboriginal Flag
		The flag was so proclaimed by the Governor General of Australia, William Hayden, on 14 July 1995.
		Mr Thomas has often been asked to design a new Australian flag, but he says the design of the Aboriginal flag "sprung from passionate times" and that his inspiration could not necessarily "be repeated" for a new Australian flag.
		After a period of public consultation, the Government made its own decision in July 1995 that the flag should be proclaimed a "Flag of Australia" under section 5 of the
	www.ausflag.com.au /flags/ab.html (397 words)

	federation in Australia
		On 1st January 1901 the first Governor General, Lord Hopetoun, officially declared that there were now six states forming the Commonwealth of Australia.
		The flag was white, with a blue cross and the stars of the Southern Cross, and the British flag in one corner.
		This is the Federation flag, which people flew to encourage support for the idea of federation.
	www.kidcyber.com.au /topics/fedtimeline.htm (500 words)

	It's an Honour - Awards and National Symbols
		The Governor-General is pleased to announce the following award of the Distinguished Service Medal (DSM):
		The financial and staffing implications arising from flag marshal duties for the Australia Day holiday are the responsibility of each organisation.
		In accordance with Australian flag protocol, the Australian National Flag should be flown all day on Thursday 26 January 2006.
	www.itsanhonour.gov.au (1307 words)

	Australia by Jim Cornish
		Queen Elizabeth II is head of the state and is represented by a governor general William Deane who is Australian.
		Apart from later changes in the magnitudes of the stars and the number of points, they had produced the present Australian flag.
		When the Australian colonies federated to form the Commonwealth of Australia on 1 January 1901, the Union Jack had been the official flag for 100 years to the day.
	www.cdli.ca /CITE/auzzie.htm (1307 words)

	Official Status of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander flags
		This recognition will be proclaimed by Governor-General Bill Hayden under S.5 of the Flags Act 1953.
		The Australian Aboriginal flag and the Torres Strait Islander flag were proclaimed as flags of Australia under section 5 of the Flags Act on 14 July 1995.
		It also by-passed a copyright claim by Harold Thomas (the generally recognised designer of the Aboriginal flag) which had been causing some limitations on its use in connection with government and private aboriginal programs, publications and events.
	flagspot.net /flags/au-abost.html (1307 words)

	Ausflag - Aboriginal Flag
		The flag was so proclaimed by the Governor General of Australia, William Hayden, on 14 July 1995.
		Mr Thomas has often been asked to design a new Australian flag, but he says the design of the Aboriginal flag "sprung from passionate times" and that his inspiration could not necessarily "be repeated" for a new Australian flag.
		After a period of public consultation, the Government made its own decision in July 1995 that the flag should be proclaimed a "Flag of Australia" under section 5 of the
	www.ausflag.com.au /flags/ab.html (1307 words)

	National Australia Day
		On the National Flag, how many points does the Federation Star have?
		How many stars on the New South Wales state flag?
		_____ and gold were proclaimed as Australia's national colours by the Governor-General on 19 April, 1984.
	www.nadc.com.au /crossword2.asp (288 words)

	Australia by Jim Cornish
		Queen Elizabeth II is head of the state and is represented by a governor general William Deane who is Australian.
		When the Australian colonies federated to form the Commonwealth of Australia on 1 January 1901, the Union Jack had been the official flag for 100 years to the day.
		Australia became a commonwealth of the British Empire in 1901.
	www.cdli.ca /CITE/auzzie.htm (977 words)

	Eureka flag (Australia)
		In one report a spokesperson for the Society was quoted as saying: "I also think that flags of Australia should be appointed by the Governor-General as head of state.
		Among the conclusions of the study, it is stated that "The absence of the Eureka Flag from the centre (and its location elsewhere within Ballarat) adds to the perception that it is not a serious institution".
		The Eureka flag is a brilliant flag design, and for that reason has been taken up by many sorts of groups, some calling themselves nationalistic and some not, in the 150 years since the Eureka stockade.
	flagspot.net /flags/au_eurek.html (1783 words)

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