What flag has the Union Jack in the corner? U.S. state flag consisting of alternating horizontal stripes of white, red, and blue with the Union Jack in the canton.
Why isn’t Wales flag in the Union Jack?
Why doesn’t the Welsh dragon appear on the Union Flag? The Welsh dragon does not appear on the flag because
when the first Union Flag was created in 1606, Wales was already united with England from the 13th century
. This meant that Wales a Principality instead of a Kingdom and as such could not be included.
Why is there the British flag on the upper left corner of the Australian flag?
The Union Jack in the upper left corner
acknowledges the history of British settlement
. Below the Union Jack is a white Commonwealth star. It has seven points representing the unity of the six states and the territories of the Commonwealth of Australia. The star is also featured on the Commonwealth Coat of Arms.
What’s the difference between the Union Jack and the Union Flag?
Sometime around 1674
the British flag became formally known as the ‘Union Jack’ when mounted on a warship and the ship was not in harbour
. At the same time the British flag was referred to as the ‘Union flag’ on land.
Why do Australia and New Zealand have the Union Jack?
Why are the flags so similar? When Capt. James Cook landed in Australia and (against orders of the Crown) declared the land a British colony, Australia and New Zealand shared a flag based on the blue ensign — a flag used by the British Navy.
| Name Red Duster | Use Civil ensign | Proportion 1:2 | Adopted British Merchant Navy | Design Red with the Union Jack occupying one quarter of the field and placed in the canton. |
The National Flag of Ukraine features
two equal horizontal bands of azure/blue (top) and golden yellow
. The blue color of the flag represents the sky, streams, and mountains of Ukraine. The yellow color symbolizes Ukraine’s golden wheat fields and the richness of the earth.
The Hawaii flag’s eight stripes represent the major Islands.
Historians credit its design to an officer of the Royal Navy, who based it on a British naval flag
. While the ensign has become the official state flag of Hawaii, there are some that argue it is not the original flag of the Hawaiian kingdom.
According to the College of Arms, the authority for official flags for the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth of Countries,
an independent Scotland would have no effect on the current Union flag
.
The only official flag for Northern Ireland is the Union Jack
, the flag of the United Kingdom; there is no official local flag that represents only Northern Ireland.
It does not accurately connote Australia’s status as an independent nation.
The Union Jack at the canton suggests Australia is a British colony or dependency
. New Zealand, Tuvalu and Fiji are the only other independent nations in the world to feature the Union Jack on their national flags.
Wales is not represented in the Union Flag
by Wales’s patron saint, Saint David, because the flag was designed whilst Wales was part of the Kingdom of England.
New Zealand’s first flag, Te Kara, was chosen and flew here at Waitangi exactly 185 years ago today and is still one of NZ’s official flags. Visiting schools are surprised to learn that
NZ has two flags
!
The stars on the Flag
represent the Southern Cross constellation, emphasising New Zealand’s location in the South Pacific Ocean
.
The New Zealand flag was flying upside-down on Government Buildings yesterday. Flying a flag upside-down is recognised internationally as
a signal of distress
.
The national flag of Nepal
is the world’s only national flag that is non-quadrilateral in shape. The flag is a simplified combination of two single pennons, the vexillological word for a pennant. Its crimson red is the color of the rhododendron, the country’s national flower. Red is also the sign of victory in war.
The flag of Hong Kong, officially the regional flag of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China
, depicts a white stylised five-petal Hong Kong orchid tree (Bauhinia blakeana) flower in the centre of a Chinese red field.
| Adopted 1957 (earlier versions from 1868 and 1921) | Relinquished 1965 |
The German flag features
a simple tricolour with three horizontal stripes
. The tricolour horizontal bands consist of the official colours of Germany which are black, red, and gold.
