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Gunnedah
South Public School, Flag Day 2003. Pictured here is the giant
parliament house flag which flew over Capitol Hill, Canberra on 3
September 2001.
Source:
Namoi Valley Independent, "Celebrating the Australian Flag", 4
September 2003.
About Us:
The Australian Flag Society is a national, non-profit
organisation that was formed in 2003 by a group of concerned Australians in response
to proposals for the design of the Australian National Flag to be reviewed
by a parliamentary committee and a new flag adopted by an Act of the
Commonwealth parliament without the Australian people being consulted via a
National Flag Poll.
The Society is voluntarily managed and has no political
affiliations.
Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur Newton MBE
was a guest at Government House, Canberra for Flag Day 2001 during
the Centenary of Federation. He served in the 2/17th Infantry
Battalion during the Siege of Tobruk. Their motto was: "What we
have, we hold!"
Mr Newton was the inaugural patron of
the Australian Flag Society.
Source: The Canberra Times, "Flying high
... the nation's 100-year-old flag", 4 September 2001.
Constitution:
A copy of the Constitution of the Australian Flag Society is available free
of charge to any member of the general public on request.
Activities:
♦ Providing information to journalists writing articles about the Australian
National Flag.
♦ Providing information about the Australian National Flag in response to
specific enquiries.
♦ Lobbying elected representatives at all levels of government to secure
greater support for the Australian National Flag and for Australian National
Flag Day, 3 September.
♦ Facilitating contact between members to discuss ways to promote the
Australian National Flag and patriotism in general.
♦ Writing to national and local media outlets promoting the goals and
objectives of the Society.
♦ Protesting to media outlets about disrespectful and inaccurate reports
concerning the Australian National Flag and, if necessary, lodging formal
complaints with the relevant authorities, including the Australian Press
Council.
♦ Maintaining a reference library and a list of useful publications on the
Australian National Flag.
♦ Providing participants for television, radio and newspaper interviews.
♦ Organising public displays of the Australian National Flag which flew over
Parliament House, Canberra on 3 September 2001.
Become a Supporter:
To become a supporter of the Society please
enter your details below:
Donations:
Donations
to the Society can be made by:
1. Direct
bank transfer to: Australian Flag Society BSB 032-554 A/c no. 167028
2. Cash,
cheque or money order payable to the Australian Flag Society
3. Paypal:
Focus on Flags
Commonwealth of Australia
The Australian Aboriginal Flag
since 1995, was first flown in 1971. In Australia where political
correctness is a major force this yellow, black over red defaced
horizontal bicolour is common. In 1997 Harold Thomas was given a back
dated copyright to the design by a federal court; it is said he wasn't
able to provide any direct evidence to support his competing claim.
Several sources have claimed that in fact a Maori man from New Zealand has the
original patent.
Current Campaigns
2013 National Congress of
Australia's First Peoples elections
Vote 1 Nigel Morris
(Integrationists)
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