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The Centre for Cross-Cultural Research (more info)
This website contains information about the Centre for Cross-Cultural Research, the first Special Research Centre to be established in the humanities at the Australian National University. The website provides an outline of activities, press releases, gra
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South Australia became Australia's fourth colony when it formally separated from New South Wales on 28 December 1836. ΤΗσ Crux Australis> Anthony Burton (Editor), Flag Society of Australia, Melbourne, Australia. ΤΗσ Flags of the Nations (chart)> Flag Soci...
In the case of Victoria, the Admiralty incorrectly showed the badge of Victoria to be a Southern Cross on a blue shield, with the blue shield on a white disc. ΤΗσ Crux Australis> Anthony Burton (Editor), Flag Society of Australia, Melbourne, Australia. Τ...
The previous flag of Queensland, incorporating a profile (proper) of Queen Victoria, proved to be somewhat difficult to reproduce on flags on a large scale, and this led to a new colonial badge being adopted for Queensland in 1876. ΤΗσ Crux Australis> Ant...
Western Australia was Australia's third colony, joining New South Wales (the remainder of the continent) and Tasmania. Western Australia's first flag, adopted in 1870, was little different from its current flag β~" it had the black swan facing towards the...
ΤΗσ Australian Flags> Department of Administrative Services, Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra, 1995. ΤΗσ Crux Australis> Anthony Burton (Editor), Flag Society of Australia, Melbourne, Australia. ΤΗσ Flags of the Nations (chart)> Flag Soc...
Christmas Island is an external Australian Territory in the Indian Ocean, 1700 km northwest of Western Australia. The Christmas Island Assembly held a design competition for an island flag and coat of arms in early 1986. ΤΗσ Flags of the Nations (chart)...
2. Australian Flags> Department of Administrative Services, Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra, 1995. 3. The Australian National Flag> Department of Administrative Services, Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra, 1988. 12. Fla...
The Australian colonies of New South Wales, Tasmania, Western Australia, South Australia, Victoria, Queensland (and later Western Australia) federated to form a nominally independent country on 1 January 1901. In accordance with British ensign convention...
South Australia's second flag was introduced in 1876 after the British Colonial Office suggested a new design be adopted as the former design was "inconveniently similar to that of New Zealand and Victoria". ΤΗσ Crux Australis> Anthony Burton (Editor), Fl...
The design of the Royal Crown on the flag of Queensland is altered whenever there is a change in the style of crown chosen by the reigning Monarch. ΤΗσ Crux Australis> Anthony Burton (Editor), Flag Society of Australia, Melbourne, Australia. ΤΗσ Flags of ...
The flag of South Australia is a British Blue Ensign defaced with the state badge. ΤΗσ Australian Flags> Department of Administrative Services, Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra, 1995. ΤΗσ Flags of the Nations (chart)> Flag Society of Au...
In 1903, the first design change to the original Australian national flags were made. ΤΗσ Australian Flags> Department of Administrative Services, Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra, 1995. ΤΗσ Flags of the Nations (chart)> Flag Society of ...
ΤΗσ Crux Australis> Anthony Burton (Editor), Flag Society of Australia, Melbourne, Australia. ΤΗσ Flags of Australia (chart)> John C Vaughan, Standard Publishing House, Sydney, 1983. ΤΗσ Flags of the Nations (chart)> Flag Society of Australia, Flag Resear...
ΤΗσ Crux Australis> Anthony Burton (Editor), Flag Society of Australia, Melbourne, Australia. ΤΗσ Flags of Australia (chart)> John C Vaughan, Standard Publishing House, Sydney, 1983. ΤΗσ Flags of the Nations (chart)> Flag Society of Australia, Flag Resear...
From 1909 to 1954, the Australian National flag as generally flown by private citizens (i.e. the civil flag) was a British Red Ensign defaced with a Southern Cross badge and federation star of the same design as on the current Australian national flag. T...
The flag of Queensland is a British Blue Ensign defaced with the state badge. ΤΗσ Crux Australis> Anthony Burton (Editor), Flag Society of Australia, Melbourne, Australia. ΤΗσ Flags of the Nations (chart)> Flag Society of Australia, Flag Research Center,...
The flag of Western Australia is a British Blue Ensign defaced with the state badge. ΤΗσ Crux Australis> Anthony Burton (Editor), Flag Society of Australia, Melbourne, Australia. ΤΗσ Flags of the Nations (chart)> Flag Society of Australia, Flag Research ...
ΤΗσ Crux Australis> Anthony Burton (Editor), Flag Society of Australia, Melbourne, Australia. ΤΗσ Flags of Australia (chart)> John C Vaughan, Standard Publishing House, Sydney, 1983. ΤΗσ Flags of the Nations (chart)> Flag Society of Australia, Flag Resear...
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