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The Southern Cross or Crux, a constellation visible in the Southern Hemisphere, is depicted on flags and coats of arms of various countries and sub-national entities. This star constellation is visible mostly in the southern hemisphere and it therefore symbolises the southern location of its users.
- Australia
- Brazil
- New Zealand
- Papua New Guinea
The flag of Australia features the Union Jackand Southern Cross on a blue background. The larger seven-pointed star (Commonwealth Star) below the Union Jack represents the states and territories of the country. The flag of Australia resembles but is not identical to the flag of New Zealand. In 2018 the acting Prime minister of New Zealand urged Aus...
The flag of Brazil depicts a starry sky on a circular blue background. At first glance, one cannot tell that the flag features the Southern Cross since it is reversed, unlike other flags. There are 27 stars in the Brazilian flag, each representing a federative unit. The initial flag adopted in 1889 had 21 stars, one more was added in 1960 to repres...
The flag of New Zealand resembles the flag of Australia but without the Commonwealth Star and the smaller five-pointed star of the Southern Cross. The Crux in the flag of New Zealand, therefore, has four stars instead of five. The state has been seeking to change the flag, and in 2016 it narrowed down the choices to four designs, but a referendum o...
The flag of Papua New Guinea depicts the Crux in the hoist and a Raggiana bird-of-paradise in the fly. The design was adopted in 1971 through a nationwide competition. Black and red have been the traditional colors of the tribes of the country, while the Raggiana bird is a native species. Other flags with the Southern Cross are those of Samoa and T...
The flag of Australia is based on the British Blue Ensign—a blue field with the Union Jack in the upper hoist quarter—augmented with a large white seven-pointed star (the Commonwealth Star) and a representation of the Southern Cross constellation, made up of five white stars (one small five-pointed star and four, larger, seven ...
8 de may. de 2024 · Although variations of the Battle Flag pattern were numerous and widespread, the most common design, known as the “Southern Cross,” featured a blue saltire (diagonal cross), trimmed with white, with 13 white stars—representing the 11 states of the Confederacy plus Missouri and Kentucky—on a field of red.
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22 de sept. de 2021 · Australia’s Southern Cross has been used on flags and coats of arms since the early colonial period but, despite its endurance, it’s a very difficult emblem for many Australians. By Lisa Needham, University of Melbourne. Australia has long had a connection with the stars.
Since 1823 the Southern Cross has appeared on the flags intended to represent Australia. Combined with the Union Jack on the National Colonial flag and the blue and red ensigns of 1903, it served as an emblem of loyalty and affiliation with the British crown.
12 de ene. de 2021 · But though it was extremely popular, this new battle flag— which eventually became known as the “Southern Cross”—wasn’t adopted as the Confederacy’s official military or government symbol.
