Victoria was the first Australian colony to have its own flag. 1865 The Imperial Parliament in the United Kingdom passed the Colonial Naval Defence Act. This act empowered Australian colonies to provide, maintain and use vessels of war. As a result of this, each colony needed to have its own distinctive flag. Australian flag consisting of a blue field (background) bearing the Union Jack in the canton and a crown and Southern Cross constellation at the fly end. The flag may be described as a defaced Blue Ensign.Perhaps as early as 1823 the Southern Cross constellation was incorporated in a flag
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The Victorian State Flag (1877) - Australian National Flag Association (ANFA) The Victorian State Flag (1877) The flag of Victoria dates from 1877 and features the stars of the Southern Cross with a distinctive range of points on the stars. The Royal Crown is also incorporated as part of Victoria's state badge and flag. The flag of Victoria is a British Blue Ensign defaced by the state badge of Victoria in the fly. The badge is the Southern Cross surmounted by an imperial crown, which is currently the St Edward's Crown. The stars of the Southern Cross are white and range from five to eight points with each star having one point pointing to the top of the flag. The symbols of Victoria Australian Symbols booklet The Australian Symbols booklet is an educational resource and a source of general information which presents the official symbols and emblems of the Commonwealth, state and territories of Australia. Listen The flag Victoria was the first Australian Colony to have its own flag. In 1865, under the Colonial Naval Defence Act, passed by the Imperial Parliament, the Australian Colonies were empowered to provide, maintain and use vessels of war. A requirement therefore arose for each colony to have its own distinctive flag. History of the flag
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flag of Victoria See all media Category: Geography & Travel Capital: Melbourne Population: (2021) 6,503,491 Date Of Admission: 1901 State Bird: helmeted honeyeater State Flower: common heath See all facts & stats → Recent News Jan. 9, 2024, 7:30 AM ET (ABC News (Australia)) Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg. From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository. File. File history. File usage on Commons. File usage on other wikis. Metadata. Size of this PNG preview of this SVG file: 800 × 400 pixels. Other resolutions: 320 × 160 pixels | 640 × 320 pixels | 1,024 × 512 pixels | 1,280 × 640 pixels | 2,560 × 1,280. Victoria is one of Australia 's states, and has established several state symbols and emblems. Official symbols See also Victoria portal List of symbols of states and territories of Australia Australian state colours References ^ "Tartan Details - Victoria State (Australia) (STA ref: 2509; STWR ref: 2509; SRT ref: 4454)". Discover the official state emblems of Victoria: Fossil, the Leadbeater's Possum, the Helmeted Honeyeater, the Common Seadragon, Common Heath, our state mineral, gold and our state tartan. On this page State fossil: Koolasuchus cleelandi State animal: Leadbeater's possum State bird: the helmeted honeyeater State marine animal: the common seadragon
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The Australian flag uses three prominent symbols: the Southern Cross, the Union Jack and the Commonwealth Star. [3] In its original usage as the flag of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Union Flag combined three heraldic crosses which represent the countries of the United Kingdom (as constituted in 1801): [4] The Victorian flag is based on the Blue Ensign, as is the Australian flag. It has the British Union flag in the top left-hand corner on a dark blue field. The St Edwards Crown originally signified the state's ties to Queen Victoria and Britain. The five white stars underneath the crown represent the constellation of the Southern Cross.
1870 The Victorian flag was proclaimed by the Governor in 1870. The first reported flying was on one of the colony's first warships, HMVS Nelson. The badge was changed to include an imperial crown above the Southern Cross. Victoria was the first Australian colony to have its own flag. 1865 The Imperial Parliament in the United Kingdom passed the Colonial Naval Defence Act. This act empowered Australian colonies to provide, maintain and use vessels of war. As a result of this, each colony needed to have its own distinctive flag.
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Index of Australian flag pages Description of the flag The Victorian state flag was created as a colonial flag - a British Blue Ensign with the badge of the colony added to the blue field. This 1870 Victorian flag was very similar to the current Australian flag. Naturally, being prior to Federation, the 1870 flag did not include the Federation star and, unlike the current Australian flag, the stars of the Southern Cross on the Victorian flag had, and still have, five, six, seven, eight and nine points.
