On 13/12/21 4:38 pm, Mark Rattigan wrote:
I may be nit-picking, but (as I understand it) the Australian Aboriginal Flag
and Torres Strait Islander Flag have been recognised as the flags of the
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people of Australia and as flags of
significance to the Australian nation and thus been appointed by proclamation
of the Governor General as flags of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
peoples respectively, but NOT National Flags.
The Flags Act 1953 https://www.legislation.gov.au/Latest/C2008C00376 declares only
one National Flag - the 'blue flag"
"The blue flag ... is declared to be the Australian National Flag."
The Governor-General may, by Proclamation, appoint such other flags and ensigns
of Australia as he thinks fit, and has done so as below:
Proclamation under the Flags Act 1953 (Australian Aboriginal Flag):
https://www.legislation.gov.au/Latest/F2008L00209
"acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council and noting the fact that
the flag ... is recognised as the flag of the Aboriginal peoples of Australia and a flag
of significance to the Australian nation generally, appoint that flag, ... to be the flag
of the Aboriginal peoples of Australia and to be known as the Australian Aboriginal
Flag..."
Proclamation under the Flags Act 1953 (Torres Strait Islander Flag):
https://www.legislation.gov.au/Latest/F2008L00210
" acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council and noting the fact that
the flag ... is recognised as the flag of the Torres Strait Islander people of Australia
and a flag of significance to the Australian nation generally, appoint that flag ... to
be the flag of the Torres Strait Islander people of Australia and to be known as the
Torres Strait Islander Flag..."
The flags are undoubtedly of significance and represent their respective peoples, but
they don't meet the description from the OSM wiki for flag:type=national being "the
main civil flag of a nation", and have not been declared by the Flags Act 1953 to be
such.
I second the suggestion of flag:type=indigenous - none of the other already
defined flag:types really fit.
Cheers
Mark
You make some good points..
Also see
https://www.pmc.gov.au/government/australian-national-symbols/australian-flags
Protocol - blue fag takes honor over state/territory flag/s then the
Aboriginal flag ...
https://www.racgp.org.au/FSDEDEV/media/documents/Faculties/ATSI/NFATSIH-flag-protocal.pdf
In general ? A national flag is a flag (singular) that represents and
symbolizes a given nation.
I too would take the view of flag:type=indigenous being the 'best fit'.
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