Australia's first ever flag, ... who at the time were fighting for the "Empire". ... It will be returned and rehallowed — declared holy by a bishop — at the Newcastle Cathedral on July 30.

In 1953 the Australian Parliament enacted the Commonwealth Government Flags Act 1953 to confirm, not to establish, the flag as the Australian National Flag. Related reading Vote opens on New ...

John Blaxland's proposed design for a new Australia flag. Few realise that the overwhelming majority of the 102,000 Australians who fought and died for the British Empire during the two world wars ...

Mr Jones said an Australian flag design competition was held in 1901, but it wasn’t until 1953 that Robert Menzies passed the Flags Act and the Queen assented the following year. The Golden ...

Mr Jones said an Australian flag design competition was held in 1901, but it wasn’t until 1953 that Robert Menzies passed the Flags Act and the Queen assented the following year. The Golden ...

Australian Flag Association chair Allan Pidgeon said flying the flag came down to one fundamental rule. "As a symbol of the nation it is able to be used by every Australian, but it just needs to ...