Australian Aboriginal flag
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flag representing Aboriginal Australians
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Vinony's link graph records 345 inbound references to Australian Aboriginal flag, and connects out to 2000 Summer Olympics, flag of Australia and list of Australian flags.
It sits within the topics 1995 establishments in Australia, Australian Aboriginal culture and Ethnic flags.
Vinony links it to 28 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Other names
- Aboriginal Flag, Indigenous Flag
- Use
- Flag of Aboriginal Australians
- Proportion
- 2:3 (originally), 1:2 (commonly used)
- Adopted
- 14 July 1995
- Design
- A horizontal bicolour of black and red with a yellow disc in the centre
- Designed by
- Harold Thomas
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- flag
- Depicts
- roundel
- Creator
- Harold Thomas
- Image
- Australian Aboriginal Flag.svg
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- Commons category
- Australian Aboriginal flags
- inception
- 1971-07-12
- copyright status
- public domain
- non-free artwork image URL
- aiatsis.gov.au/sites/default/files/view_images/explore/aboriginal_flag.png
- represents
- Aboriginal Australians
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Encyclopedic overview
Marching from Parliament House down King William Street to Victoria Square/Tarntanyangga, Adelaide, to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Aboriginal flag, 8 July 2001 The Australian Aboriginal flag is an official flag of Australia that represents Aboriginal Australians. It was granted official status in 1995 under the Flags Act 1953, together with the Torres Strait Islander flag, in order to advance reconciliation and in recognition of the importance and acceptance of the flag by the Australian community. The two flags are often flown together with the Australian national flag.
The Australian Aboriginal flag was designed by Aboriginal artist Harold Thomas in 1971, and it was first flown in Adelaide in July of that year. Thomas held the intellectual property rights to the flag's design until January 2022, when he transferred the copyright to the Commonwealth government. The flag was designed for the land rights movement and became a symbol of Aboriginal people of Australia.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Australian Aboriginal flag” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.