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The current state flag of Victoria in Australia is a British Blue Ensign defaced by the state badge of Victoria in the fly. The badge is the Southern Cross imperially crowned. The stars of the Southern Cross are white and range from five to eight points with each star having one point pointing to the top of the flag. The flag dates from 1877, with minor variations, the last of which was in 1953. Image File history File links Flag_of_Victoria_(Australia). ...
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The modern Blue Ensign of the United Kingdom The British Blue Ensign (1707–1801) English Blue Ensign as it appeared in the seventeenth century. ...
Defacement is a term used in heraldry and vexillology to refer to the addition of a symbol to a background. ...
Motto: Peace and Prosperity Other Australian states and territories Capital Melbourne Governor HE Mr John Landy Premier Steve Bracks (ALP) Area 237,629 km² (6th) - Land 227,416 km² - Water 10,213 km² (4. ...
The design and description of flags typically uses specialised flag terminology with precise and technical meanings (a form of jargon). ...
CRUX is a lightweight, i686-optimized Linux distribution targeted at experienced Linux users. ...
1877 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...
1953 (MCMLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link is to a full 1953 calendar). ...
Previous flags
The first flag of Victoria was adopted in 1870. It too was a defaced British Blue Ensign with the Southern Cross located in the fly. The stars of the Southern Cross are white and range from five to eight points with each star having one point pointing to the bottom of the flag. The adoption of the flag came about when Victoria became the first Australian colony to acquire a warship, and thus under the British Colonial Naval Defence Act of 1865 Victoria needed a flag to distinguish its ships from other British ships. 1870 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...
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1865 (MDCCCLXV) is a common year starting on Sunday. ...
Victoria then adopted the current flag in 1877. The depictions of the imperial crown have varied in accordance with heraldic fashion and the wishes of the monarch of the time. During Queen Victoria's reign, the imperial crown had slightly dipped arches. From c. 1901-1952, during the reigns of Kings Edward VII, George V, Edward VIII and George VI the depiction of the imperial crown known as the "Tudor crown", with domed arches, was used. Within this period the stars were modified so that one point of each star pointed to the top of the flag. 1877 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...
Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria) (24 May, 1819 – 22 January, 1901) was the eminent Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June, 1837, and Empress of India from 1 January, 1877, until her death in 1901. ...
1901 (MCMI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ...
1952 (MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...
Edward VII (Albert Edward) (9 November 1841–6 May 1910) was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, King of the Commonwealth Realms, and the Emperor of India. ...
George V (George Frederick Ernest Albert) (3 June 1865–20 January 1936) was the last British monarch of the House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, changing the name to the House of Windsor in 1917. ...
Edward VIII (Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David Windsor), later The Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor (23 June 1894 – 28 May 1972), was the second British monarch of the House of Windsor. ...
George VI (Albert Frederick Arthur George Windsor) (14 December 1895 – 6 February 1952) was the third British monarch of the House of Windsor, reigning from 11 December 1936 until his death. ...
The current depiction of the imperial crown in the state badge is based on the St. Edward's Crown, and was changed in 1953 along with imperial crowns in flags and coats of arms across the Commonwealth of Nations in accordance with the wishes of Queen Elizabeth II. St. ...
1953 (MCMLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link is to a full 1953 calendar). ...
The Commonwealth of Nations, usually known as The Commonwealth, is an association of 53 independent sovereign states, almost all of which are former territories of the British Empire. ...
Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor), born on 21 April 1926, is Queen of sixteen independent nations known as the Commonwealth Realms. ...
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