A Simple Change. A Stronger Australian Identity.
Introducing the AU Australia Flags
AUflag.au primary purpose is to help effect a change in the Australian National Flag ie by the removal of the UK Union Jack in the canton; the rest of the flag as is, excepting with a sky blue background.
The UK Union Jack Flag has a magnificent design BUT it is the national flag of another country and we would be better served with a flag design more indicative of our identity and pride in our independent nation.
AU recognised internationally as Australia
With about 4.4 million .au internet domain names registered, including .com.au; .gov.au; .edu.au and other .au domains. Registration commenced in Australia in 1986 but website traffic has rapidly increased in the past 30 years.
Additionally, AU is the country code for ISO International Standards Organisation; AUD for the Australian Dollar and AU is the chemical code for gold.
AU Green & Gold - our National Colours
Officially “proclaimed” in 1984 by the Governor General upon instruction by the then PM Bob Hawke. Used by our National Sporting teams since 1899 starting with the Australian Cricket Team tour of England.
The colours are featured in every national; national team including the Olympics. Since the introduction in Australia of colour TV in 1964 there has been massive publicity world wide cementing the Green & Gold colours into the Australian pyche as a source of national pride.
Some new Australian Flag Proposals
Post Colonial Flags - Australia ?
Even our flag is dual national
LINKS TO INFORMATIVE WEBSITES
- Wikipedia – Australian Flag Debate – Great introduction to the issues involved. We are no longer a British colony or Dominion. We are Australian, not British.
- Facebook – Change the Aussie Flag
- Ausflag.com.au – Lobby Group for New Flag
- Wikipedia – Flags Act 1953 / 1998
- Medium.com – Australian National Identity
- Wikipedia – Flags with the Southern Cross
- Reddit – Proposals for Australian Flag
- Wikipedia – 1977 Australian Plebiscite – National Anthem
- Rikki – Early History of the Australian Flag
- Wikipedia – Proposed Australian Flags
- Study.com – Australian Flag History
- Flag Society of Australia – Designs for New Flag
- ANFA – Australian National Flag Association
- National Museum – Australian Flag
- Reddit – Alternative Australian Flag Designs
- Reddit – Meaning of the Australian Flag
- Olympics – AU Green & Gold
- FlagChronicle.com – Proposed Flags
- Diplomat.com – Does Australia Need a New Flag?
- Wikipedia – List of Australian Flags
- Wikipedia – Coat of Arms of Australia
- Wikipedia – Australia
- Wikipedia – Australian National Anthem
- Reddit – Overseas – Ask an Aussie
- Wikipedia – Australia Portal
- 60 Minutes – 2010 Changing the Flag
- Monarchist.org.au – Flag Amendment Bill 1998
- Wikipedia – Baggy Green and Gold
- 2015 Western Sydney University – 6 Designs for a New Flag
- Flags Act 1954
- The Guardian – 2016: 64% Support Changing the Flag
- Roy Morgan Survey – 2024 – Change the Flag?
- Taylor & Francis – Union Jack in the Australian Flag
Websites of Australian New Flags
About Flags – In General
Case Study – The New Zealand Referendum
- Wikipedia – New Zealand
- Wikipedia – New Zealand Flag Debate
- Wikipedia – New Zealand Silver Fern Flag
- Wikipedia – Court-martial of Breaker Morant
- Wikipedia – Proposed New Zealand Flags
- BBC – New Zealand Flag Referendum
- Wikipedia – New Zealand Flag
- Wikipedia – 2016 New Zealand Flag Referendum
- Wikipedia – The New Zealand Māori Flag
- Wikipedia – New Zealand Logo, 1974 Commonwealth Games
Case Study – Canada Flag Change
- YouTube – Changing the Canadian Flag 1965
- Canada – History of Flag Change 1965
- Wikipedia – Flag of Canada
- Wikipedia – Canadian Flag Debate
- Wikipedia – Proposed Canadian Flags
- Wikipedia – Canada Constitution Act 1867
- Wikipedia – Canada – 1867 Self Government
History – British Empire and Related Topics
- Wikipedia – British Empire
- Wikipedia – Commonwealth Realms
- Wikipedia – Battle of Eureka Stockade
- Wikipedia – Eureka Flag
- Wikipedia – Eureka Rebellion
- Wikipedia – Breaker Morant
Polling Companies
- YouGov.com – NewsPoll – The Australian
- Ipsos Poll
- Roy Morgan Poll
- Essential Research Poll – The Guardian
- JWS Research Poll
- RedBridge Poll
- DemosAU Poll
- Social Research Poll
COMING SOON – in this website, you will find editorials on the issues involved; the legal and other constraints to effect such a change; the history of the current flag; the design elements of the proposed AU Flags; the use of flags in general; and other related matters.