Australian Flag

Answer the questions below to find out more about our Australian flag.

(Save all your answers on to a webpage)

1. What are the three main emblems on the Australian flag? Name them and tell why you think each one is part of the design.

2. What crosses are used to form the Union Jack? What countries do they represent?

3. Import this picture of a flag into Paint Shop Pro and colour it, using the correct colours. Import it into your webpage.

4. How did we come to have our present flag?

5. In what year did it officially become the Australian flag?

6. Design a flag of your own - think about these ideas......

	Given that the National Flag is the nation's principal symbol if you were designing a new flag for Australia, what aspects of our land and its features, history, culture, tradition and religion etc would you think were important to include?
	With people from about 90 countries now living in Australia, a flag design competition would attract many quite different designs. Should its design be left to politicians and experts, or should the people be given a say?

Useful links :

History of the Australian Flag