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| Colours: Black,
White and Ochre. |
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| Proportions: Width
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The Northern Territory Flag (1978) |
The Northern Territory flag was designed by Mr Robert Ingpen and is a composite of different designs submitted as part of a flag competition organised by the Northern Territory Government in 1978.
It was flown for the first time on the 1st of July 1978, the day the Northern Territory was granted self-government. |
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The Symbolic Meaning |
Black, white and ochre are the Northern Territory’s official colours and the central flower is a stylised Sturt’s desert rose, the territory’s official floral emblem.
The desert rose’s 7 petals and the seven-pointed black star at its centre, symbolise the 6 Australian states and the Northern Territory.
The five stars at the hoist of the flag symbolise the constellation the Southern Cross, representing the stars Alpha, Beta, Gamma and Delta each with seven points and Epsilon with five points because it doesn't shine as brightly as the other stars in the constellation.
The Southern Cross a prominent constellation seen from the southern hemisphere. It denotes the Northern Territory’s geographical position in the
world and is included on the national flag and other state and territory
flags. |
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