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	Australian Flag; it's origins & history
		The Australian White Ensign and the Ensign of the RAAF are ensigns (junior flags) to the Australian National Flag not the Union Jack.
		The Flags Act 1953 (Act No. 1 of 1954) was passed by the Commonwealth Parliament in December 1953 proclaiming definitively the Australian Blue Ensign as the National Flag and the Australian Red Ensign as the proper colours for merchant ships registered in Australian.
		‘The new Victorian flag has been formally adopted, and the Colony now possesses its own National Ensign.
	www.diggerhistory.info /pages-flags/australian_flag.htm

	Flags Amendment Bill 1996 (Bills Digest, no. 18, 1996-97)
		The answer to this question is 'yes.' In 1967, the Australian White Ensign was proclaimed by the Governor-General to be the ensign of the Royal Australian Navy and in 1982, the Royal Australian Air Force Ensign was proclaimed by the Governor-General to be the RAAF ensign.
		Sometimes the red ensign was flown on land, sometimes the Union Jack was used in official ceremonies.
		When the question of a new Australian flag is debated, it is sometimes said that the Australian National Flag should not be changed because Australians fought and died under it in two World Wars.
	www.aph.gov.au /library/pubs/bd/1996-97/97bd018.htm (2041 words)

	Australia
		The Centenary Flag is the flag presented on 3 September 2001 to the Prime Minister by the Australian National Flag Association, being an Australian National Flag suitably inscribed with flag centenary message.
		[The Australian Flag [fol96] by Carol Foley] After the 1953 Flags Act, the situation was reversed, the 'blue ensign' became the only flag private citizens could fly on land, while the use of the Red Ensign on land were prohibited.
		These include: a State or Territory flag, a flag or ensign authorised by warrant under the Flags Act 1953, and the British Blue Ensign if the owner intending to fly it has a warrant to do so valid under British law.
	flagspot.net /flags/au.html (2041 words)

	Ensign - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In nautical use, an ensign in the form of a flag is usually flown at the stern of a ship or boat to indicate its nationality.
		In some countries, such as France and the United States of America, the national ensign is identical to the national flag, while in others, such as the United Kingdom and Japan, there are special national flags for maritime use.
		Ensigns may also be flown from the gaff of a ship, and may be shifted to the yardarm when the ship is underway, where it is known as a steaming ensign.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ensign (347 words)

	Flag of Australia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In 1951, King George VI approved a recommendation by the Australian Prime Minister Robert Menzies that the Australian Blue Ensign be adopted as the National Flag.
		The Air Force and the Navy flew the appropriate British ensigns (the White Ensign and the Royal Air Force Ensign) until the adoption of similar ensigns based on the Australian National Flag in 1948 and 1967 respectively.
		In addition to the Blue Ensign there are several additional Australian flags, including the Aboriginal flag, the Torres Strait Islander flag and the flags of the Defence Forces.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Flag_of_Australia (2986 words)

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		In 1945, the Canadian government authorized the use of the Red Ensign on federal buildings within Canada until such time as a new national flag was adopted.
		The National Flag of Canada was approved by Parliament in 1964 and proclaimed by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II to take effect on February 15, 1965.
		From about 1870, various forms of the Canadian Red Ensign were used on land and sea as Canada's unofficial flag as well as the Union Jack.
	www.pch.gc.ca /progs/cpsc-ccsp/sc-cs/df7_e.cfm (515 words)

	Australian Red Ensign Page 3
		Celebrating the history of the Red Ensign is NOT an attack on the Blue (Australian National) Flag.
		This 1916 catalogue for a piano solo march honouring the Anzacs clearly shows an Australian Red Ensign, stylized in the same or similar manner to that applied to the other national flags.
		The Blue Ensign (now the Australian National Flag) and the Red Ensign both came into existence at the same time.
	www.diggerhistory.info /pages-flags/red_ensign_3.htm (873 words)

	Australian Flags Act 1953
		The Australian National Flag is a blue flag, and the Australian Red Ensign is a red flag, the design of each of which is specified in clause 1A.
		The Australian National Flag and the Australian Red Ensign
		The Governor-General may, by warrant, authorize a person, body or authority to use a flag or ensign referred to in, or appointed under, this Act, either without defacement or defaced in the manner specified in the warrant.
	www.statusquo.org /flagact.html (847 words)

	Ausflag - Australian National Flag
		In vexillological terms, the Australian flag is a defaced British blue ensign (the State Ensign of the United Kingdom).
		Use: State, Civil and Military Flag and State Ensign
		In the upper hoist (canton) of the flag is the Union Flag (i.e.
	www.ausflag.com.au /flags/aus.html (175 words)

	Ireland: Laws for Use of Flags on Vessels
		If it is necessary to hoist an ensign when the owner is not on board or in effective control, the special ensign should be replaced by the Irish national flag.
		The National YC, the Royal Cork, the Royal Irish YC [white], the Malahide YC [white], the Skerries Sailing Club, the Howth SC, the Lough Derg SC, and perhaps one or two others are known to me to have them.
		Question: a flag to be worn in lieu of the national flag
	www.fotw.net /FLAGS/ie~yens.html (1494 words)

	Australia
		The Centenary Flag is the flag presented on 3 September 2001 to the Prime Minister by the Australian National Flag Association, being an Australian National Flag suitably inscribed with flag centenary message.
		14 April 1954: Commonwealth Government 'Flags Act 1953' (Commonwealth of Australia Gazette No 24) the status of The Flag confirmed by legislation and title to be the Australian National* Flag.
		These include: a State or Territory flag, a flag or ensign authorised by warrant under the Flags Act 1953, and the British Blue Ensign if the owner intending to fly it has a warrant to do so valid under British law.
	flagspot.net /flags/au.html (1128 words)

	The Australian National Flag [Australian War Memorial]
		In both wars, Australians fought under the Blue Ensign (since 1953 the Australian National Flag), the Red Ensign (since 1953 the Australian Red Ensign, the proper colours for merchant ships registered in Australia), and the Union Flag (the Union Jack).
		In the First World War, both Australian ensigns and the Union Jack were used in recruiting posters, postcards and badges.
		Two young children in front of the Shrine of Remembrance (one holding an Australian Flag).
	www.awm.gov.au /encyclopedia/australia_flag.htm (87 words)

	Australia in New Zealand - Oz Kids
		The history of the Red Ensign is intertwined with the history of the Australian National flag.
		Pleasure craft, however, may fly either the Red Ensign or the National Flag.
		The Naval Ensign is a white ensign version of the Australian National Flag, for use by official Government naval defence forces (i.e.
	www.australia.org.nz /ozkids_relatedtopic.php?ID=4 (1217 words)

	United Kingdom: ensigns
		Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: Civil ensign, State ensign, War ensign probably defunct since introduction of new national flag in 1979
		The State ensign is the same as the national flag on land.
		Tuvalu: Civil ensign,State ensign; presumably defunct since introduction of new national flag
	flagspot.net /flags/gb-ensig.html (1805 words)

	The Great Canadian Flag Debate - Politics and Economy - CBC Archives
		Each time Canadians suggested a new symbol to replace the Canadian Red Ensign, modelled after a British naval flag, there was controversy.
		For the first time in the country's 98-year history, Canadians raise an official national flag.
		In 1964 Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson said he'd introduce a new national flag.
	archives.cbc.ca /300c.asp?id=1-73-80 (332 words)

	Pakistan - naval ensigns
		The National Flag is as we have it, the Naval Ensign is given as 91.5 wide with the white panel at 45.5 and the green at 137.
		The civil ensign of Pakistan from establishment of the republic in 1956 until October 22, 1958 when the current Red Ensign was adopted.
		None the less, there is no doubt from the illustrations that they are placed exactly as on the National Flag, and that the star is also one-fifth the hoist.
	areciboweb.50megs.com /fotw/flags/pk~.html (680 words)

	flagsonline.net Australian Red Ensign
		The Australian Red Ensign (flag) is a red version of the national flag of Australia.
		It was adopted in 1901 for use by the merchant navy, but restrictions governing the use of the Commonwealth Blue Ensign (as the national flag was then called) saw it used as a civil flag as well.
		The confusion about its use continued until the Flags Act 1953, which stipulated the Commonwealth Blue Ensign was the Australian National Flag and the Commonwealth Red Ensign was the Australian Red Ensign for use by Australian registered merchant ships.
	www.flagsonline.net /Australia/red.htm (239 words)

	Australian Flags Act 1953
		The Australian National Flag is a blue flag, and the Australian Red Ensign is a red flag, the design of each of which is specified in clause 1A.
		The Australian National Flag and the Australian Red Ensign
		The Governor-General may, by warrant, authorize a person, body or authority to use a flag or ensign referred to in, or appointed under, this Act, either without defacement or defaced in the manner specified in the warrant.
	www.statusquo.org /flagact.html (239 words)

	Las Vegas SUN: California Trail interpretive center moving forward in Elko
		Ensign and Reid said the $1 million for the trail center is part of the $20 million in the appropriations bill announced earlier this week for recreation and conservation projects in Nevada.
		ELKO, Nev. (AP) - An interpretive center for the California National Historic Trail in Elko is moving closer to reality with congressional approval of $1 million for the project.
		"This project is historically significant and very important for the people of Elko County," Ensign said.
	www.lasvegassun.com /sunbin/stories/nevada/2003/nov/06/110610199.html (239 words)

	United States Senator John Ensign
		Ensign said the Nevada Test Site, a massive outdoor laboratory and national experimental center situated on 1,375 square miles of barren landscape, is doing better at trying to make its research work for the local business community.
		Ensign is as a congressional ambassador for technology, traveling, meeting with people like Bill Gates, and trying to find ways not only to stimulate the tech field and improve America with federal research dollars, but also local economies.
		Ensign said he recently met a man who had done years of research on a space program in conjunction with the University of Arizona.
	ensign.senate.gov /media/pressapp/record.cfm?id=239780&&&search_field=research (1036 words)

	Red Ensign - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Blue Ensign was designated as the proper national colours for ships commanded by an officer of the Royal Naval Reserve, and (with an appropriate badge) as national colours for ships in government service.
		As a result, the Blue Ensign was used throughout the Empire and thus became the model for the flags used by a number of colonies and former colonies in the British Empire.
		Until 1864, the Red Ensign was the principal ensign of the Royal Navy, and as such it was worn by ships of the Red Squadron of the navy, as well as by those warships that were not assigned to any squadron (i.e., those sailing under independent command).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Red_Ensign (1821 words)

	WAR FLAGS GLOSSARY A-G
		Ensign, being light blue with the national flag as a canton and the air force insignia (roundel) in the fly (see also civil air ensign).
		ensign for various state agencies of the UK; with no badge it is flown by merchant vessels commanded by officers of the Royal Naval Reserve; (2) Blue Ensigns defaced with stars arranged in the form of the Southern Cross constellation are the national flags of Australia and New Zealand.
		battle ensign or (US Navy) battle color: a large war ensign hoisted by warships for ease of identification during naval engagements or, generally, whenever a warship's nationality must be readily distinguishable.
	tmg110.tripod.com /lexicon3.htm (2068 words)

	WAR FLAGS GLOSSARY A-G
		ensign for various state agencies of the UK; with no badge it is flown by merchant vessels commanded by officers of the Royal Naval Reserve; (2) Blue Ensigns defaced with stars arranged in the form of the Southern Cross constellation are the national flags of Australia and New Zealand.
		Ensign, being light blue with the national flag as a canton and the air force insignia (roundel) in the fly (see also civil air ensign).
		battle ensign or (US Navy) battle color: a large war ensign hoisted by warships for ease of identification during naval engagements or, generally, whenever a warship's nationality must be readily distinguishable.
	tmg110.tripod.com /lexicon3.htm (2068 words)

	Ausflag - Australian Red Ensign
		The history of the Red Ensign is intertwined with the history of the Australian National flag.
		The Australian Civil Ensign, or Australian Red Ensign, is simply a red version of the Australian National flag.
		From 1901 to 1954 the Red Ensign was in practice, used as Australia's Civil Flag, i.e.
	www.ausflag.com.au /flags/ensign.html (290 words)

	WAR FLAGS GLOSSARY S-Z
		term for the procedure whereby a warship's National Ensign and Union Jack are struck from their staffs at the bow and stern and the ensign is rehoisted at the mainmast as the ship gets underway, and for the reverse procedure which is followed when the ship moors or anchors.
		India, use a similar war ensign with their national flags in the canton (see also battle ensign).
		the ensign of the Royal Irish Yacht Club is white with the green-white-orange Irish tricolor as a canton and a gold crowned harp in the lower fly.
	tmg110.tripod.com /lexicon2.htm (1318 words)

	Australia
		The Admiralty Warrant of 4 June 1903 authorised the Australian Red Ensign for vessels registered in Australia.
		Initially, the Red Ensign was the only flag private citizens could fly on land.
		The Centenary Flag is the flag presented on 3 September 2001 to the Prime Minister by the Australian National Flag Association, being an Australian National Flag suitably inscribed with flag centenary message.
	flagspot.net /flags/au.html (1138 words)

	DSCC : Nevada
		Ensign's unwavering support of President Bush, who favors building a nuclear repository at Yucca Mountain, shows that he is more in step with the national GOP than Nevada citizens.
		Senator Ensign is one of those borrow-and-spend Republicans who believe we can mortgage our future with a national debt approaching $8 trillion while giving tax breaks to wealthy Americans.
		John Ensign, R-Nev., on Tuesday said he does not intend to return campaign contributions he received from David Safavian, a former Bush administration official arrested Sept. 19 for allegedly making false statements and obstructing a federal investigation.
	www.dscc.org /2006races/nv (1421 words)

	Police arrest parade participate for displaying Confederate Battle flag
		So they used the battle ensign, because it had not been a national ensign, but was a flag that they fought under.
		The Confederate battle flag was adopted as the symbol for Confederate veterans' groups precisely because it was never an offical National Ensign of the Confederate States of America.
		The Battle Flag is the soldiers flag, the other flags were the political flags of the Confederacy.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/fr/569506/posts (3136 words)

	Austrian Press & Information Service
		The red-white-red flag super-imposed with the double-headed eagle bearing the red-white-red banded shield was the flag of the Austrian merchant navy until 1869 and-at least de facto-the national flag and battle ensign of the dual monarchy until 1918.
		During the 16th century, the red-white-red flag was born proudly by Austria's fleet as a naval battle ensign and mercantile flag.
		It was also the naval and mercantile ensign.
	www.austria.org /nat_flag.shtml (738 words)

	Canadian Flags
		The Maple Leaf Flag, in Canada's national colours of Red and White, is Canada's National Flag and is worn by all ships now, except that members of Royal Yacht Clubs in Canada can still fly the Canadian Blue Ensign.
		Canadian merchant ships wore the Blue Ensign if they were commanded by a retired naval officer or an officer of the naval reserve, or the ship was chartered by the government, or was a government ship in certain duties, such as Customs.
		The Royal Canadian Navy was formed in 1910 and flew the White Ensign to signify it's ties to Britain's Royal Navy.
	members.shaw.ca /VMSS/tips/flag.html (267 words)

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