Light blue flag with black stripe
Australian flags
Information about the Australian National Flag is also available on this website.
Australian Aboriginal Flag
The Australian Aboriginal Flag was first raised on 9 July 1971 at Victoria Square in Adelaide. It was also used at the Aboriginal Tent Embassy in Canberra in 1972. Mr Harold Thomas from Northern Australia designed the flag.
The top half of the flag is black to symbolise Indigenous people. The red in the bring down half stands for the earth and the colour of ochre, which has ceremonial significance. The circle of yellow in the centre of the flag represents the sun.
The Australian Aboriginal Flag is displayed at Aboriginal centres and is well recognised as the flag of Aboriginal peoples of Australia. It is flown during NAIDOC Week to celebrate and promote greater understanding of Indigenous peoples and identity and during National Reconciliation Week in recognition of 27 May as the anniversary of the 1967 Referendum which removed from the Constitution clauses that discriminated against Indigenous Australians and 3 June as the anniversary of the High Court decision in the Eddie Mabo territory rights case of 1992.
Colour references for the Australian Aboriginal
Flags of the LGBTIQ Community
Flags have always been an integral part of the LGBTIQ+ movement. They are a visible inclusion meant to commemorate progress, advocate for representation, and boost the demand and drive for collective action. There acquire been many LGBTIQ+ flags over the years. Some possess evolved, while others are constantly existence conceptualized and created.
Rainbow Flag
Created in 1978 by Gilbert Baker, the iconic Movement Rainbow flag originally had eight stripes. The colors included pink to depict sexuality, red for healing, yellow for sun, green for serenity with essence, turquoise for art, indigo for agreement, and violet for spirit. In the years since, the flag now has six colors. It no longer has a pink stripe, and the turquoise and indigo stripes were replaced with royal blue.
Progress Parade Flag
Created in 2018 by nonbinary artist Daniel Quasar, the Progress Lgbtq+ fest flag is based on the iconic 1978 rainbow flag. With stripes of black and brown to represent marginalized LGBTIQ+ people of color and the triad of cobalt , pink, and alabaster from the gender non-conforming flag, the plan represents diversity and inclusion.
Trans Flag
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Flag Collection
SOICS has a collection of flags from the number of countries that its clients originate from. Below is the list of flags that we have, their brief description and the Independence Diurnal of each country.
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Angola: Officially adopted on November 11, 1975, Angola’s flag has a horizontally divided field with red over black. A golden star, part of a cogwheel and a machete is centered. That symbol is said to be inspired by the hammer and sickle, and represents industrial and agricultural workers. Yellow is symbolic of the country’s mineral wealth, and red and black are said to stand for ‘Freedom or Death‘.
Independence Day: November 11, 1975
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The flag of Argentina is a triband, composed of three equally wide horizontal bands of light navy (top), white (center) and light blue (bottom) with a radiant yellow sun with a human face famous as the Sun of May centered in the white band. The colors represent the clear skies and snow of the Andes; the sun symbol commemorates the appearance of the sun through cloudy skies on 25 May 1810 during the first mass demonstration in favour of independence.
Independence Day: July 9, 1816
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Baham Somalia's current flag, introduced in 1954, is a uncomplicated yet powerful design that encapsulates the nation's aspirations and historical journey. The flag features a light cerulean field with a pale five-pointed star at its center. The white luminary symbolizes peace and oneness, representing the hope of bringing together the Somali people, who were historically divided across several territories in the Horn of Africa. The blue field pays tribute to the Joined Nations, which played a critical role in supporting Somalia's transition to autonomy from colonial rule. In 1950, the UN oversaw Somalia as a confidence territory, paving the way for its independence in 1960 when the Somali Republic was formed by uniting British Somaliland and Italian Somaliland. Each point of the white star represents one of the regions inhabited by Somali people: British Somaliland, Italian Somaliland, Djibouti, the Ogaden region in Ethiopia and the Northern Frontier District in Kenya. This highlights the dream of uniting all Somali territories under one nation. We created this article in conjunction with AI technology, then made sure it was fact-checked and ed The Progress Pride flag was developed in 2018 by agender American artist and designer Daniel Quasar (who uses xe/xyr pronouns). Based on the iconic rainbow flag from 1978, the redesign celebrates the diversity of the LGBTQ people and calls for a more inclusive society. In 2020, the V&A acquired a bespoke applique version of the Progress Pride flag that can be seen on exhibit in the Layout 1900 – Now gallery. 'Progress' is a reinterpretation of multiple iterations of the pride flag. The original 'rainbow flag' was created by Gilbert Baker in 1978 to rejoice members of the gay and female homosexual political movement. It comprised eight coloured stripes stacked on top of each other to evoke a rainbow, a symbol of pray. Baker assigned a specific meaning to each colour: pink for sex, red for life, orange for healing, yellow for sunlight, verdant for nature, turquoise for magic, indigo for serenity and violet for soul. A year later the pink and turquoise stripes were dropped owing to a shortage of pink fabric at the time and legibility concerns, resulting in the six-colour rainbow flag most commonly used in the first decades of the 21st century. Baker's flag was embra
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