List of Australian flags

This is a list of flags used in Australia:

[edit] National Flag

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1901	Flag of Australia	A British Blue Ensign defaced with the Commonwealth Star in the lower hoist quarter and the five stars of the Southern Cross in the fly half.

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1962	The Australian Personal Flag of Queen Elizabeth II	The flag, based on the national coat of arms, is divided into six, each containing the state badges of the six States. A gold Commonwealth star containing the Queen's personal emblem, a crowned "E" surrounded by a garland of gold roses on a blue background is placed in the centre

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1936	Flag of the Governor-General of Australia	A crowned lion standing on a crown on a blue field

Date	Use	Description
1981	Flag of the Governor of New South Wales	The State Flag with a crowned badge
	Flag of the Governor of Queensland	The Union Flag defaced with the state badge
1975	Flag of the Governor of South Australia	The State Flag with a crowned badge
1977	Flag of the Governor of Tasmania	The State Flag with a crowned badge
1984	Flag of the Governor of Victoria	The State Flag with a yellow field
1988	Flag of the Governor of Western Australia	The State Flag with a crowned badge

Date	Use	Description
1993	Flag of Australian Capital Territory	One third blue with the Southern Cross, the other two thirds are yellow with the Coat of Arms of Canberra
1876	Flag of New South Wales	A British Blue Ensign with the State's badge in the fly
1978	Flag of the Northern Territory	One third black with the Southern Cross, the other two thirds are brown with Sturt's Desert Rose, the floral emblem of the Territory
1953	Flag of Queensland	A British Blue Ensign with the State's badge in the fly
1904	Flag of South Australia	A British Blue Ensign with the State's badge in the fly
1875	Flag of Tasmania	A British Blue Ensign with the State's badge in the fly
1953	Flag of Victoria	A British Blue Ensign with the State's badge in the fly
1953	Flag of Western Australia	A British Blue Ensign with the State's badge in the fly

Date	Use	Description
1901	Australian Red Ensign	A British Red Ensign with the Commonwealth Star at the hoist, and the Southern Cross in the other half
1935	Australian Civil Air Ensign	Based on the British Civil Air Ensign, with the addition of the Southern Cross and Commonwealth Star
1988	Australian Customs Service	Australian Blue Ensign defaced with the word CUSTOMS

Date	Use	Description
2000	Australian Defence Force Ensign	A tricolour of dark blue (navy); red (army) and light blue (airforce) with the Triservice badge
1967	Royal Australian Navy Ensign	Based on the British White Ensign, a version of the national flag with a white field and the Commonwealth Star and the Southern Cross in blue
1982	Royal Australian Air Force Ensign	The national flag with a light blue field, the Southern Cross tilted and the RAAF roundel placed in the lower fly
1920	Flag of the Chief of Navy	A fouled anchor on a red-blue background.

Date	Use	Description
1980	Flag of Norfolk Island	A green field with a white square containing a green Norfolk Island Pine.
2002	Flag of Christmas Island	The flag was selected from a competition held in 1986 and was finally approved by the local government in 2002.
2004	Flag of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands	The Flag was designed in 2003 and became official in 2004.

Date	Use	Description
	Flag of the City of Brisbane
1850?	Upper Murray River Flag	Flown by vessels on the upper reaches of the Murray River, predominantly in Victoria. The blue bars are said to represent the four major rivers that form the Murray-Darling River system.
1850?	Lower Murray River Flag	Flown by vessels on the lower reaches of the Murray River, predominantly in South Australia. The blue bars are said to represent the four major rivers that form the Murray-Darling River system.
1998	Flag of Lord Howe Island, New South Wales (unofficial)
	Flag of Greater Melbourne, Victoria (unofficial)
	Flag of Melbourne, Victoria
	Flag of the City of Sydney, New South Wales

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1971	Aboriginal Flag	A black and red flag with a yellow circle in the middle
	1992	Torres Strait Islander Flag	A five-pointed star and traditional headdress in white, on a blue, green and black background

Date	Use	Description
1806	Bowman Flag	A white swallow-tail fly, with a crest featuring the Rose of England, the thistle of Scotland and the shamrock of Ireland supported by an emu and kangaroo. The design was an inspiration for Australia’s National Coat of Arms.
1823/24 – 1831	National Colonial Flag for Australia	A British White Ensign, featuring four white stars on the red cross
1830s – 1920s	Australian Federation Flag	A British White Ensign, featuring the cross in blue with five white stars
1850s – 1875	Van Diemen's Land Ensign	A British White Ensign, featuring six blue bars
1849 – 1853	Australasian Anti-Transportation League Flag	British Blue Ensign, with yellow Southern Cross and white border, to which branch names were added
1854	Eureka Flag	The battle flag of the Eureka Stockade featured the five stars of the constellation Crux Australis in white on a white cross and blue field.