A second Australian Federation Flag was designed in 1830 but never officially used and adopted by the movement to bring Australia together between 1880 and early 1890; it was very similar to the National Colonial Flag, it featured a blue cross with five eight-pointed stars. This flag is still popular on the East Coat of Australia and is still flown unofficially today.

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The Australian Navy Cadets Ensign was designed in 2001 and features the Australian Naval Ensign in the top left corner and the badge of the Australian Navy Cadets centre right.

The Flag of the Cocos Islands was adopted in 2005; it is a green field with gold crescent at the centre. A gold disk with green palm tree is at top left and the Southern Cross in centre right.

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In 1971 an official Aboriginal Flag was designed and adopted. It is a red and black horizontal bicolour with a yellow circle in its centre. The yellow circle represents the sun, giving life. The Black represents the Aboriginal people and the red is the earth and the Aboriginal’s spiritual relation to the land.

The Australian Naval Ensign was adopted in 1967 and is a version of the national flag; it is a white ensign and blue Commonwealth star and Southern Cross.

The Variant Flag of Australia is a red ensign that features the same Commonwealth star and Southern cross as the National flag. It is used as Civil ensign.

In 1850 an unofficial merchant flag was designed, the Van Dieman’s Land Ensign is a blue and white stripped field with a red cross on top and Union Jack in the top left hand centre. It was used until 1875 in the colony now known as Tasmania.

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The Australian Defence Force Ensign is a blue, red and light blue vertical tricolour representing the Navy, Army and Air Force with a golden Triservice badge in the centre.

The Flag of Norfolk Island was adopted in 1980. The flag features a green field with white centre stripe; inside the stripe is a green pine.

The state flag (formerly called a banner) was adopted by the General Assembly in 1917 as part of the commemoration of the state’s centennial, after a competition sponsored by the Daughters of the American Revolution. This image depicts a more recent rendering of a design similar to the prize-winning one submitted by Hadley. In the official version of the flag adopted by the Indiana General Assembly, the addition of the word Indiana was the only change from Hadley’s original design. The torch in the center stands for liberty and enlightenment, and the rays represent their far-reaching influence. The outer circle of stars stands for the original 13 U.S. states. The five stars in the lower inside semicircle represent the states admitted prior to Indiana. The star above the torch stands for Indiana, the 19th state.

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The Eureka Flag was designed as a symbol of resistance for the gold miners revolt in the battle Eureka Stockdale in 1854. It is seen as a symbol of protest in the present day. It is a dark blue flag with five eight-pointed stars with a horizontal and vertical white line crossing the stars.

The National Colonial Flag of Australia was a first attempt at designing a specific Australian national flag in 1824; it featured a red St George’s cross with four eight-pointed stars and the Union Jack the top left hand corner.

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Paul Hadley was born in Indianapolis and lived in Mooresville, in Morgan County. He studied under Otto Stark at Emmerich Manual Training School in Indianapolis, and attended the Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial Art in Philadelphia. He also attended the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. He first concentrated on church windows, then spent 10 years in design and interior decorating, and eventually taught at the Herron Art Institute for 10 years. Hadley also painted many murals for homes. He often rode the interurban trolley to a rural spot and then hiked until he found a scene to paint in watercolors. Madison and other locations along the Ohio River in southern Indiana were some of his favorite settings.

The Queen’s personal Australian Flag was adopted in 1964, it features the six badges of the Australian states defaced with a seven-pointed federation star, inside of which is a blue disc with crowned E surrounded by golden roses.

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The Australasian Anti-Transportation League used a flag very similar to the modern flag of Australia between 1849 and 1853.

An official flag was designed in 1992 to represent the Torres Strait Islanders. The Torres Strait Islanders flag design has green-black-blue-black-green panels with a white dhari headdress in the centre with a five-pointed star in the centre.

The Governors of the Australian States represent the Queen and given a standard. The Governor-General also has his own flag that is used when in residence and as a car flag

Officially used since 2002, The Flag of Christmas Islands has been a blue and green bicolour split diagonally with Southern Cross in the blue and Golden Bosun bird in the green. A gold disc with the shape of the island is where the two colours meet.

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This version of the Coat of Arms of Australia was designed in 1912. It features an ermine bordered shield split into six sections. On the left hand side is a red kangaroo and the right an emu. Above the shield is a six-pointed star and below is a banner that reads “AUSTRALIA”.

The Royal Australian Air Force Ensign was adopted in 1982 and is a version of the national flag; it is a sky blue ensign with Commonwealth star, Southern Cross and RAAF roundel in the lower right.

The first modern Australian flag was chosen from a competition in 1901 and was very similar to the Australasian Anti-Transportation League flag. It is a blue field with the union jack in the top left, the Commonwealth star in the lower left and the Southern Cross centre right.

This photograph documents Hadley (left) working with Ralph E. Priest, a Herron Art Institute student, who applied the gold leaf to this flag depicting the official design adopted by the General Assembly.

New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania and Western Australian Governors have a blue ensign with the Union Jack in the top left hand corner and their badge in the centre left.