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The current state flag of New South Wales was officially adopted in 1876. The flag is based on the defaced British Blue Ensign with the state badge located in the fly.The badge, based on the coat of arms, is a white disc with the cross of St George, a golden lion passant guardant in the centre of the cross and an eight-pointed gold star on each arm of the cross.
flag of New South Wales. Australian flag consisting of a dark blue field (background) bearing the Union Jack in the canton and, at the fly end, a white disk with a red cross, a yellow lion, and four yellow stars. The flag is sometimes described as a defaced Blue Ensign. A number of unofficial flags existed in the early days of New South Wales.
The current state flag of New South Wales was officially adopted in 1876. The flag is based on the defaced British Blue Ensign with the state badge located in the fly.The badge, based on the coat of arms, is a white disc with the cross of St George, a golden lion passant guardant in the centre of the cross and an eight-pointed gold star on each arm of the cross.
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The New South Wales state flag was created as a colonial flag - a British Blue Ensign with the badge of the colony added to the blue field. There is no official explanation for the design of New South Wales's badge,but it is thought to be based on the unofficial local flag used from 1832(which was later revived as the Federation Flag). The stars on...
I drew up my images on this page specifically for John Vaughan, and he will be using theseas the templates for the NSW flags that he (Australiana Flags) makes up forNSW government and the general public. That doesn't qualify the images asbeing "official" as it were, but Australiana Flags is probably Australia'sbiggest supplier of NSW flags which wi...
image by John Vaughan, 8 Sep 2006 New South Wales State Governor used the defaced Union Flag. It changed to a defaced Blue Ensign in 1981. David Prothero, 24 February 1997 The NSW Governor adopted the new pattern of a slight variation of the State Flag, with the addition of aSt. Edward's Crown above the fly badge on 15 January 1981 upon the retirem...
From 1867 to 1870, New South Wales flew a blue ensign with the white letters "NSW" Source: Australian Girl Scouts website (now defunct) Olivier Touzeau, 13 January 2001
image by Martin Grieve, 17 October 2013 Despatch No.197, Government House, Sydney, 1st December 1870 to Earl of Kimberley (Colonial Secretary) Extract: “The design [Five Stars (Golden) representing the Southern Cross upon a blue ground, the whole to be surmounted by a Crown] was intended as one for the ‘Governor’s’ Flag only. ..... My Ministers had...
3 days ago · New South Wales also includes Lord Howe Island, 360 miles (580 km) east of the continent. The state capital is Sydney, the country’s largest city. Lord Howe Island, with (background) Mounts Lidgbird and Gower, New South Wales, Austl. The site of the first British settlement in Australia in 1788, New South Wales is today the most populous and ...
The flag The New South Wales state flag has a blue background and consists of 2 elements; the Union Jack in the upper left corner and the badge of New South Wales on the right side. The first badge of the colony of New South Wales, authorised in 1869, was simply the red cross of St George on a silver (white) field. The colour references for the New South Wales state flag are:
Aug 31, 2020 · The state flag of New South Wales was adopted in 1876, and is an adaptation of the national flag of Australia. The flag features a golden lion passant guardant with four eight-pointed goldent stars within the cross of St. George, on a white disc. all Country Flags here!
