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[Crown-4] The rendition of the crown has changed according to the monarchs' wishes. In c. 1901 it was changed to the Tudor Crown, and in 1963 to the St Edward's Crown.

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Date	Use	Description
1901–1903	Historic flag, original 1901 Federal Flag Design Competition winner	A Blue Ensign defaced with the six-point Commonwealth Star in the lower hoist quarter and the five stars of the Southern Cross in the fly half (each star had a varying number of points: 9, 8, 7, 6 and 5—with Alpha Crucis being larger than Beta and Gamma and with Delta being smaller than Beta and Gamma^[1]). It was first flown in Melbourne on 3 September 1901. That day is known as Flag Day.
1903–1908	Historic national flag as approved by King Edward VII	A Blue Ensign defaced with the six-point Commonwealth Star in the lower hoist quarter and the five stars of the Southern Cross in the fly half (all stars had seven points, except the smallest star only had 5 points).
1908–present	Australian National Flag, naval jack and state ensign	A Blue Ensign defaced with the seven-point Commonwealth Star in the lower hoist quarter and the five stars of the Southern Cross in the fly half.
1908–present	Vertical flag of Australia

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1971–present	Australian Aboriginal Flag	A black and red flag with a yellow circle in the middle. The flag was designed in 1971 by Harold Thomas.
	1992–present	Torres Strait Islander Flag	A five-pointed star and traditional headdress in white, on a blue, green and black background. It was designed in 1992 by Bernard Namok.

Date	Use	Description
1902–1909	Flag of the governor-general of Australia	A Union Flag defaced with a six pointed star, crowned, surrounded by ears of corn and a gold circlet. The crown used is the Tudor Crown.
1909–1936	Flag of the governor-general of Australia	A Union Flag defaced with a seven pointed star, crowned, surrounded by ears of corn and a gold circlet. The crown used is the Tudor Crown.
1936–1953	Flag of the governor-general of Australia	A crowned lion standing on a crown on a blue field. The crown used is the Tudor Crown.
1953–present	Flag of the governor-general of Australia	A crowned lion standing on a crown on a blue field. The crown used is St Edward's Crown.

Date	Use	Description
1981–present	Flag of the governor of New South Wales	The state flag with a crowned badge.
1876–present^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Flag of the governor of Queensland	The Union Flag defaced with the state badge.
1975–present	Flag of the governor of South Australia	The state flag with a crowned badge.
1977–present	Flag of the governor of Tasmania	The state flag with a crowned badge.
1984–present	Flag of the governor of Victoria	The state flag with a yellow field and crowned southern cross.
1988–present	Flag of the governor of Western Australia	The state flag with a crowned badge.

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1911	Old Coronation Standard	Banner of arms of Australia
	1937 and 1953	Coronation Standard	Banner of arms of Australia

Date	Use	Description
1901–1903	Red version of the 1901 Federal Flag Design Competition winner	A Red Ensign defaced with the six-point Commonwealth Star in the lower hoist quarter and the five stars of the Southern Cross in the fly half (each star had a varying number of points: 9, 8, 7, 6 and 5—with Alpha Crucis being larger than Beta and Gamma and with Delta being smaller than Beta and Gamma^[7]).
1903–1909	Old Red Ensign, first version approved by King Edward VII	A Red Ensign defaced with the six-point Commonwealth Star in the lower hoist quarter and the five stars of the Southern Cross in the fly half (all stars had seven points, except the smallest star only had 5 points).
1909–present	Australian Red Ensign	A Red Ensign defaced with the seven-point Commonwealth Star in the lower hoist quarter and the five stars of the Southern Cross in the fly half.
1935–1948	Old Australian Civil Air Ensign	Based on the British Civil Air Ensign, with the addition of the Southern Cross and Commonwealth Star in yellow.
1948–present	Australian Civil Air Ensign	Based on the British Civil Air Ensign, with the addition of the Southern Cross and Commonwealth Star in white.

Date	Use	Description
2000–present	Australian Defence Force Ensign	A tricolour of dark blue (navy); red (army) and light blue (airforce) with the triservice badge.
2000–present	Personal flag of the Minister for Defence	A tricolour of dark blue (navy); red (army) and light blue (airforce) with the representative service badges.
2000–present	Personal flag of the Chief of the Defence Force	A horizontal tricolour of dark blue (navy); red (army) and light blue (airforce) with the triservice badge and four gold stars.
2000–present	Personal flag of the Vice Chief of the Defence Force	A tricolour of dark blue (navy); red (army) and light blue (airforce) with the triservice badge and three gold stars.

Date	Use	Description
1911–1967	Royal Australian Navy Ensign	British White Ensign. It was replaced by the Australian White Ensign.
1967–present	Australian White Ensign	A version of the national flag with a white field defaced with a blue Commonwealth Star in the lower canton quarter and a blue Southern Cross in the fly.
1920–present	Flag of the Chief of Navy	A fouled anchor on a red-blue background.
1901–present	Admirals command flag	Cross of St George.
1901–present	Vice Admirals command flag	Cross of St George with one red ball in the upper left canton.
1901–present	Rear Admirals command flag	Cross of St George with one red ball in the upper left canton and one red ball in the lower left canton.
1901–present	Commodores command broad pennant	Cross of St George with one red ball in the upper left canton with a swallow-tailed end.
1956–1972	Sea Cadet Corps	A British Blue Ensign with the badge of the Sea Cadet Corps in the fly. Replaced by the Naval Reserve Cadets Ensign.
1972–2001	Naval Reserve Cadets Ensign	A British Blue Ensign with the Australian White Ensign in canton and the badge of the Naval Reserve Cadets in the fly. Replaced by the Australian Navy Cadets Ensign.
2001–present	Australian Navy Cadets Ensign	A British Blue Ensign with the Australian White Ensign in canton and the badge of the Australian Navy Cadets in the fly.
1983–Present	Queen's Colour for the Royal Australian Navy (1983-2022) King's Colour for the Royal Australian Navy (2022-Present)

Date	Use	Description
1921–1948	Royal Australian Air Force Ensign	British Royal Air Force Ensign.
1948–1982	Royal Australian Air Force Ensign	The national flag with a light blue field, the Southern Cross tilted and the RAAF roundel placed in the lower fly.
1982–present	Royal Australian Air Force Ensign	The national flag with a light blue field, the Southern Cross tilted and the RAAF roundel (Kangaroo) placed in the lower fly.
1982–present	Flag of an Air Chief Marshal	Five horizontal stripes of dark blue, light blue, red, light blue and dark blue, four six-pointed stars in the middle stripe.
1982–present	Flag of an Air Marshal	Five horizontal stripes of dark blue, light blue, red, light blue and dark blue, three six-pointed stars in the middle stripe.
1982–present	Flag of an Air Vice Marshal	Five horizontal stripes of dark blue, light blue, red, light blue and dark blue, two six-pointed stars in the middle stripe.

Date	Use	Description
1832–1882	New South Wales Customs Flag
1882-1901	New South Wales Customs Flag
1949-1952	Customs Flag of the Territory of Papua and New Guinea
1901–1903	Australian Customs Flag	The Australian national flag defaced with "HMC AUSTRALIA"
1903–1904	Australian Customs Flag	The Australian national flag defaced with "HMC AUSTRALIA"
1904–1909	Australian Customs Flag	The Australian national flag defaced with "HMC"
1909–1988	Australian Customs Flag	The Australian national flag defaced with "HMC"
1988–2015	Australian Customs Flag	The Australian national flag defaced with "CUSTOMS"
2015	Australian Border Force Flag as used temporarily	The Australian national flag defaced with "BORDER FORCE"
2015–present	Australian Border Force Flag	The Australian national flag defaced with "AUSTRALIAN BORDER FORCE"

Date	Use	Description
1982–present	Flag of the Australian Federal Police	A black-white-black vertical tricolor, with the badge of the Australian Federal Police in the centre of the white stripe. A black-and-white checkerboard borders the flag.
1981–present	Flag of the New South Wales Police Force	An azure-and-white horizontal bicolor with the badge of the New South Wales Police Force in the centre of the flag.
2006–present	Flag of the Northern Territory Police	A variant of the Northern Territory flag with the Northern Territory Police badge replacing the flower in the fly.
2006–present	Flag of the Queensland Police Service	A light blue-and-dark blue horizontal bicolor with the badge of the Queensland Police Service in the centre of the flag.
1993–present	Flag of the South Australia Police	A British Blue Ensign defaced with the badge of the South Australia Police within a white disk.
??–present	Flag of the Tasmania Police	An azure flag with the badge of the Tasmania Police in the centre of the flag.
??–present	Flag of the Victoria Police	A British Blue Ensign defaced with the badge of the Victoria Police.
2005–present	Flag of the Western Australia Police	A white flag with a stylised depiction of a swan and checkerboard in blue, with the Western Australia Police emblem added.

Flag	Date	Use	Description
		Lighthouse Service Flag (Government Ship)	Flag of Australia Inside the Southern Cross is a lighthouse service badge.
		Lighthouse Service Flag (Private Boat)	Civil ensigns, at the bottom of the flag is the lighthouse service badge.

Date	Organisation	Description
1984–present	New South Wales Ambulance
	Fire and Rescue New South Wales
	New South Wales Rural Fire Service
	New South Wales State Emergency Service
	Victoria State Emergency Service
1959–present	Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia	Replaced in general use in 1993 due to a rebranding, the flag however isn't considered obsolete as its still used for official engagements.
1978–present	Western Australia Fire and Rescue Service

Date	Use	Description
1908–1912	Flag of the Australasian Olympic Team	A Blue Ensign defaced by a white circle containing the British Crown plus a shield containing the Southern Cross.
1983–present	Boxing Kangaroo sporting flag	A golden kangaroo wearing red boxing gloves on a green field.
2000	Sydney Olympics sporting flag	^[8]
2006	Melbourne Commonwealth Games sporting flag	^[8]

Date	Use	Description
1876–present	Flag of New South Wales	A St George's Cross with four gold stars and a lion in the fly of a British blue ensign.
1876–present^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Flag of Queensland	A light blue Maltese cross with a crown on a white background in the fly of a British blue ensign.
1904–present	Flag of South Australia	A piping shrike on a gold background in the fly of a British blue ensign.
1876–present	Flag of Tasmania	A red lion on a white background in the fly of a British blue ensign.
1877–present^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Flag of Victoria	The Southern Cross surmounted by a crown in the fly of a British blue ensign.
1953–present	Flag of Western Australia	A black swan on a gold background in the fly of a British blue ensign.

Date	Party	Description
2020	Bob Katter's proposed flag for State of North Queensland
1980	Proposed flag for State of North Queensland	Proposed flag designed by Edward Cattoni in 1980, and approved at a meeting of the North Queensland State Party on 16 October 1994.^[9]^[10]
2005	Ian Johnston's proposed flag for a State of North Queensland	Proposed flag for Capricornia (which has been suggested as an alternate name for a separate North Queensland state).^[11]
2005	Ian Johnston's proposed flag for a New England state

Date	Use	Description
1982–present	Armorial Flag of the City of Adelaide	Blue background divided into four quarters by a Saint George's Cross outlined in gold overlain with the Arms of the City of Adelaide. Flag bordered on three sides by diagonal blue and gold stripes.^[12]
	Flag of the local government area of Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara	The logo of Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara on a red field.
1947–present^[13]	Flag of the City of Brisbane	Blue background (representing the Brisbane River) bordered by a golden checker pattern (representing the Sun and Brisbane's warm climate) with the flag divided into six quarters. The upper hoist quarter contains a golden caducei superimposed on wavy white lines, representing the Brisbane River and its ties to the city's commerce. The lower hoist quarter contains two Stafford knots and a white star arranged vertically (all represent the achievements in astronomy of Sir Thomas Brisbane, for whom the city is named). The remaining segments alternate between these two designs. The flag design is based on the shield on the coat of arms of Brisbane.^[14]^[15]
2009–present	Flag of the City of Darwin	According to council policy, Darwin maintains two flags.^[16] The policy reads "One flag will contain the official Coat of Arms, with its nine colours and the CITY OF DARWIN printed underneath in blue, on a yellow background flanked by red and green. The other flag will contain the City Logo and be in the colours of blue, green and white, on a white background."^[17]
	Flag of the City of Hobart	The flag of Hobart City Council, of Tasmania, Australia. Designed in 1951 by Hobart architect and alderman, I.G. Anderson and first flown in 1953. The star is derived from the arms of Lord Hobart, 4th Earl of Buckinghamshire (1760–1816), Secretary of State for War and the Colonies at the time of colonial settlement (1804), and after whom Hobart is named. The colour used on the arms Lord Hobart was, in fact, sable (black), rather than blue. The red lion is from the Tasmanian flag – and its location at the top of the shield signifies Hobart's position as the Capital City.^[18]
	Flag of the City of Launceston	The Launceston flag design is based on the city's coat of arms granted by the College of Arms, London, on 11 June 1957.^[19] The Brisbane Street Mall, the War memorial at Royal Park, the original Queen Victoria Museum (now the Art Gallery) building, atop the Council Chambers and on top of the Albert Hall are places in the city where the flag is regularly flown. The three intersecting lines in the flag represent the city's three rivers (North Esk, South Esk and Tamar) and the two rectangles in the lines represent tin ingots. The strip across the top with the jagged edge is green to represent the city's parks, gardens and surrounding countryside. Waratah flowers at the top symbolise all flowers and similar beauties of nature. The ingots are included because Launceston used to be a large tin smelting centre. The little circle at the river junction is Launceston.
	Flag of the City of Melbourne	White background divided into four quarters by a Saint George's Cross outlined by a concise and overlain with St Edward's Crown. Quadrant features represent the main activities of the economy of the City of Melbourne in the mid 19th century and are, in a clockwise direction from top left, a fleece hanging from a red ring (wool), a black bull standing on a hillock (cattle), a three-mast ship in full sail (shipping), and a spouting whale in the sea (whaling). The flag design is identical to the shield on the coat of arms of Melbourne.^[20]
1961–present	Flag of the City of Newcastle	The colours are brown over green, taken from the shoulder patch of a Battalion raised in the Newcastle/Hunter region. The shield has a gold chief, containing a black diamond, a white sheep's fleece banded gold and a black wheel, representing the principal pursuits of the area: coal mining, farming and grazing, and industry and trade. Below this, the field is green, with a blue downward pointed triangle (pile) bordered gold, portraying a port with the waters of the sea thrusting into the green land. Fertility is emphasised by the gold border. The crest is a lighthouse, for the Nobby's Head lighthouse at the entrance to the harbour, and sits on a helmet with mural crown (city status) and blue, green and gold mantling. The arms stand on a compartment depicting the golden sand and white waves of the city's beaches (with a scroll inscribed "Enterprise") and are supported by two seagulls with mural crowns (the setting and nature of the city).^[21]
1949–present	Flag of the City of Perth	Saint George's Cross overlaid with the City of Perth coat of arms in the centre.^[22]
1908–present	Flag of the City of Sydney	The flag is a horizontal triband of three colours – white, gold and blue. The top third features three designs. In the top left the arms belong to Thomas Townshend, Viscount Sydney, after whom the city was named. The English Naval Flag in the centre acknowledges the role Arthur Philip played in Sydney's foundation. The red cross is overlaid with a globe and two stars – the principal features of James Cook's Arms, which were granted as a posthumous honour for his service in mapping Australia. The arms in the top right belong to the first Lord Mayor of Sydney, Thomas Hughes. It was during his term of office that the title of Mayor became Lord Mayor, and the official coat of arms for the city was granted. The remaining field of the flag features a ship under full sail, an allusion to the prominence of Sydney as a maritime port.^[23]
circa 1960–2008	Flag of the City of Toowoomba	The flag of Toowoomba city is a violet coloured ensign which makes reference to the city's floral emblem of the day, the Toowoomba Violet (aka the sweet violet, Lat. 'Viola odorata').^[24] Notable is the city's coat of arms^[25] in the centre of the ensign and the city's name on the left of the flag, lettered from top to bottom.^[26]
2008–present	Flag of Toowoomba	A new Toowoomba flag was created in 2007 and became the official flag of the Toowoomba Region on 15 March 2008 with the amalgamation of 8 councils; The councils were Clifton Shire, Crows Nest Shire, Cambooya Shire, Jondaryan Shire, Millmerran Shire, Pittsworth Shire, Rosalie Shire and Toowoomba City.^[27] The predominant colours are white and teal. The three white rings in the flag intersect to create eight spaces from their loops and exterior, symbolising the unity of the eight amalgamated former councils. The colour of teal also represents unity.^[28]
1965–present	Flag of Wagga Wagga	Officially, the Wagga Wagga City Flag is square.^[29] The upper quarter of the flag contains eight stalks of wheat positioned so as to form two capital letters W on a vert (green) field. The lower quarter of the upper half of the flag contains a wavy blue line on gold (yellow) representing the river winding through the wheat fields. The lower half of the flag contains the head of a ram positioned centrally on a vert (green) field.
1850–present	Upper Murray River Flag	Flown by vessels on the upper reaches of the Murray River, predominantly in Victoria. The blue bars are said to represent the four major rivers that form the Murray-Darling River system and their dark hue represents the darker colour of the Murray River's darker waters in Victoria and NSW.
1850–present	Lower Murray River Flag	Flown by vessels on the lower reaches of the Murray River, predominantly in South Australia. The blue bars are said to represent the four major rivers that form the Murray-Darling River system and their light hue represents the lighter colour of the Murray River's lighter waters in South Australia.
1998–present	Flag of Lord Howe Island, New South Wales	Despite being an unofficial flag of a state-integrated island, it is used to represent the island.

Date	Party	Description
1843	William Wentworth and William Bland (flag)	Election banner for William Wentworth and William Bland who ran on a joint ticket in the City of Sydney for the New South Wales Legislative Council in the first colonial election of 1843.^[30]
1940s–1950s	Communist Party of Australia (1920)	De facto flag seen on photos.
1960s	New England New State Movement
1990s–present	Eco Warriors Flag
1996–present	Progressive Labour Party
2016–present	Antipodean Resistance
1992–present	Australian Greens
2020s–present	Communist Party of Australia (1971)
2020–present	National Socialist Network (NSN)	One of two flags used.
	Anarchist-Communist Eureka Flag
	Green Eureka flag used by environmental protestors against coal seam gas exploitation.

Date	Use	Description
2011–present	Flag of Adnyamathanha^[31]
?–present	Flag of Aṉangu
1972–present	Flag of the Larrakia people^[32]
2013–present	Flag of Muruwari^[33]
1980s–present	Flag of Meriam – Murray Island^[34]	The flag of Murray Island is made of three vertical stripes, red-white-black. In canton, a brown leaf is placed in a white disk. Eight white six-pointed stars surround the disk.
1999–present	Flag of Ngarrindjeri^[35]
2001–present	Flag of Saibai Island^[36]
1995–present	Flag of Tunuvivi^[37]
2021–present	Flag of Taungurung	A rectangle diagonally divided by a yellow wavy line. (Heraldic) The right side is ocher with the 7 stars arranged into the constellation of the Pleiades, the left side is black.^[38]

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1867	Flag of New South Wales
	1870–1876	Flag of New South Wales
	1859	Flag of Queensland
	1870–1876	Flag of Queensland
	1876–1901	Flag of Queensland
	1901–1963	Flag of Queensland
	1870–1876	Flag of South Australia
	1876–1904	Flag of South Australia
	1875	Flag of Tasmania
	1870-1877	Flag of Victoria
	1877	Flag of Victoria
	1877–1901	Flag of Victoria
	1901–1952	Flag of Victoria
	1870–1953	Flag of Western Australia

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1993–present	Flag of the Australian Capital Territory	One third blue with the Southern Cross, the other two thirds are yellow with the coat of arms of Canberra.
	1978–present	Flag of the Northern Territory	One third black with the Southern Cross, the other two thirds are Ochre with Sturt's Desert Rose, the floral emblem of the Territory.

Date	Use	Description
2002–present	Flag of Christmas Island	The blue and green diagonal panels represent the sea and the island's vegetation, a small map of the island is included in the centre. The main emblem is a golden bosun bird. The flag was selected from a competition held in 1986 and was approved in 2002.
2004–present	Flag of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands	The flag is green, with a palm tree on a gold disc in the canton, a gold crescent for the Cocos Malay people in the centre of the flag and a gold southern cross in the fly. The flag was designed in 2003 becoming official in 2004.
1980–present	Flag of Norfolk Island	A green field with a white square containing a green Norfolk Island pine.

Date	Use	Description
1914–1949	Flag of the Territory of New Guinea	British blue ensign with a white disk on the fly, filled with the Tudor Crown and the initials “T.N.G.”
1902–1949	Flag of the Territory of Papua	British blue ensign with a white disk on the fly, filled with the Tudor Crown and the initials “Papua”.
1971–1975	Flag of the Territory of Papua and New Guinea	The upper triangle is red with the soaring Raggiana Bird of Paradise and the lower triangle is black with the Southern Cross of four white larger five-pointed stars and the smaller star.

Flag	Date	Use	Description
		Flag of the Anglican Church of Australia	A red St. George's Cross bordered in white, on a field of dark blue, with four white eight pointed stars in each of the four quarters. In the centre is a gold bishop's mitre.
		Flag of the Grand Orange Lodge of Australia	An orange ensign with the Australian flag in the canton and an open book surmounted by a Saint Edward's Crown in the lower fly.
		Flag of the Loyal Orange Institution of Victoria	An orange ensign with a Saint George's Cross in the canton, and a Southern Cross with a Saint Edward's Cross above it and an open book below it in the fly.

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1788–1801	Union Flag	The Union Flag of the Kingdom of Great Britain. Raised by Captain Arthur Phillip RN on 26 January 1788 at Sydney Cove upon the landing of the First Fleet.
	1801–1903	Union Flag	The Union Flag of the United Kingdom.
	1806	Bowman flag	A white swallow-tail fly, with a crest featuring the Rose of England, the thistle of Scotland and the shamrock of Northern Ireland supported by an emu and kangaroo. The design was an inspiration for Australia's national coat of arms.
	1823/24–1831	National Colonial Flag for Australia	A British White Ensign, featuring four white stars on the red cross
	1831–1903 (de facto Flag of Australia); 1903–1920s (still commonly used)	Australian Federation Flag/New South Wales Ensign	A British White Ensign, featuring the Cross in Azure with five Argent Stars often varying between 5–8 Points. It was the de facto flag of Australia from 1 January 1901 to 3 September 1901. It was widely used in New South Wales as a local shipping ensign until 1883 when the Admiralty banned its continued use at sea. The Australian government received approval to fly the Blue Ensign in 1903—but the Australian Federation Flag was still commonly unofficially used by members of the populace as late as the 1920s.
	1849–1853	Australasian Anti-Transportation League Flag	British Blue Ensign, with yellow Southern Cross and white border, to which branch names were added
	1850s–1875	Van Diemen's Land Ensign	A British White Ensign, featuring six blue bars
	1854	Eureka Flag	The battle flag of the Eureka Stockade featured the five stars of the constellation Crux Australis in white on a white cross and blue field
	1859	Queensland Separation Flag	The Queensland Separation Flag, flown on 10 December 1859 to mark Queensland becoming a separate colony from New South Wales. A red cross on a light blue field, with the Union Jack in the canton.
^{[citation needed]} ^{[citation needed]}	1860s	Lambing Flat riots banner, flag and banner flag	Flags associated with the Anti-Chinese Lambing Flat riots.
	Post 1910–c. 1945	British Empire flag	An unofficial flag of the British Empire featuring its constituent dominions and India. The Australian coat of arms are featured in the bottom right. It was flown by civilians as a display of patriotism on special occasions such as Empire Day. The flag was flown at the official unveiling of the Dangarsleigh War Memorial in 1921, and again at the centennial in 2021.^[41]
	1918	Australian Honour Flag	Awarded to towns who exceeded double their quota of war funding.
	1988	Bicentennial Flag	The 200th anniversary of European settlement in Australia^[8]
	2001	Centenary of Federation Flag	The 100th anniversary of Federation – the establishment of the Commonwealth of Australia^[8]

Flag	Date	Company	Description
	2012–present	Blue Star Line
	1991–present	Sydney Ferries
	1887–1961	Australasian United Steam Navigation Company
	1881–1887	Queensland Steam Shipping Company
	1875–2006	Adelaide Steamship Company
	1875–1993	McIlwraith, McEacharn & Co
	1858–1955	Illawarra Steam Navigation Company

Flag	Club
	Black Rock Yacht Club
	Adelaide University Sailing Club
	Balmain Sailing Club
	Cruising Yacht Club of Australia
	Hamilton Island Yacht Club
	Royal Melbourne Yacht Squadron
	Royal Perth Yacht Club
	Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania
	Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron
	Sandringham Yacht Club
	Sun City Yacht Club
	Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club
	Royal Prince Edward Yacht Club
	Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron
	Manly Yacht Club
	Little Ship Yacht Club
	Royal Motor Yacht Club of New South Wales

List_of_Australian_flags

National flags

Other flags recognised under the Flags Act 1953

Personal flags

Sovereign

Governor-General

State governors

Prime Minister

Coronation Standards

Civil ensigns

Australian Defence Force

Royal Australian Navy

Royal Australian Air Force

Australian Border Force

Federal and state police

Commonwealth Lighthouse Service

Emergency Services and Health Care flags

Sporting flags

Vexillology Association flags

States and territories

States

Historical

Internal territories

External territories

Historical

Proposed states

Cities and areas

Political flags

Religious flags

Ethnic groups flags

Indigenous

Immigrants

Historical flags

House flags of Australian freight companies

Yacht clubs of Australia

Other flags/Micronational flags

See also

Notes

References

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