The Australian anti-tourist Flag
Wallaby recovering after All Black tackle. Nice.
A history lesson packed into a flag. Once you go down that path where do you stop?Originally Posted by kingwilly
We should have some blue stripes for the greeks, a little map of italy in one corner and a spruce tree for the lebs?
The symbols of nature are timeless and non-proporietary.
So what's the union jack, tricolor or stars and stripes all about then?
I think the Union Jack is a highly contentious flag design which basically trumpets the subjugation of the Scottish and Irish crosses under the St George cross. With the Scottish independence vote the UJ is going to look a bit odd if Scotland breaks away.
The US flag has been revised so many times every time they add another state that in retrospect it cannot be seen as a very clever flag design.
I think it is a short-sighted to build history lessons or political messages into flags. Flag designs should strive to reflect the essence of the land they represent - the natural environment offers a wealth of non-divisive imagery which is a better well to draw from than a subjective political or historical potted history.
And is childlike... the natural environment offers a wealth of non-divisive imagery
Combine the aboriginal flag with the Eureka flag...
This is promoted by Ausflag, a nonprofit body seeking to engender public support for a new Australian flag. Recent opinion polls show only 35% support for a new flag, but the numbers are growing, and more ominously, there is 45% support for a change in the 25-39 age group.Ausflag ran a design competition for a new Australian flag in conjunction with[at]The Australian[at]newspaper in late 1993, with the winning design (above) announced on 17 December 1993. The competition had a total prize pool of A$25,000, with A$15,000 going to the winner, Mark Tucker, a graphic designer from Sydney.
The red arc at the bottom represents Uluru (formerly known as Ayers Rock, a huge monolith in the centre of Australia), and the blue above represents our clear, wide skies. Retention of the Southern Cross was seen as crucial, as it has been incorporated into many symbols of Australia and the fact that it is extremely popular with the public.Using red, white and blue provides continuity with our existing flag and is still symbolic of our British history without the need to replicate the British flag in its entirety as part of the design
Are our skies any wider and bluer than other countries?
Uluru, a privately controlled rock that you have to pay to take photos of......
Why not put Seaworld on the flag?
It's not about percentages, tis about original owners. However; that's not my choice anyway, I think it would be too decisive.
Originally Posted by kingwilly
Aus would be an international laughing stock with that. It is awful.
Makes a nice pillow cover.
Not many since mass genocideOriginally Posted by Necron99
how far back are we allowed to go ?Originally Posted by kingwilly
a VB logo on a checked tea towel oughta do
Genocide was a way of life in times past. Almost every country in the world has seen episodes of genocidal behaviour at some time in their history be it political, religious, racial, ideological whatever.
The aboriginal descendants may feel aggrieved about the British colonisation but they got an Aussie passport and privileged citizenship with special rights out of it so it is a glass is half full/glass is half empty situation. Many subjugated indigenous populations in the world are not nearly so lucky.
They were caveman-style hunter gatherers when whitey rocked up. Now they have government funded dental care.
And PepsiCo.Originally Posted by kingwilly
Right then Bruvvas, so apart from roads, education, public safety, sanitation, the aquaduct, social welfare, health care, engineering, entertainment, 10,000 years of social and technological development, and oh yes, the wine and beer, ...what has Whitey ever done for us....
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