Australia Flag

ABOUT AUSTRALIA FLAG:

BLUE WITH THE FLAG OF THE UK IN THE UPPER HOIST-SIDE QUADRANT AND A LARGE SEVEN-POINTED STAR IN THE LOWER HOIST-SIDE QUADRANT KNOWN AS THE COMMONWEALTH STAR, REPRESENTING THE FEDERATION OF THE COLONIES OF AUSTRALIA IN 1901; THE STAR DEPICTS ONE POINT FOR EACH OF THE SIX ORIGINAL STATES AND ONE REPRESENTING ALL OF AUSTRALIA'S INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL TERRITORIES; THE REMAINING HALF IS A REPRESENTATION OF THE SOUTHERN CROSS CONSTELLATION IN WHITE WITH ONE SMALL FIVE-POINTED STAR AND FOUR LARGER, SEVEN-POINTED STARS