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Flag of New South Wales

The current design of the flag of New South Wales was officially adopted by the government of New South Wales in 1876.

Flag of New South Wales
Coat of arms
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The flag, in figures

Every fact about the flag, each with what it means.

Proportions
1:22 wide for every 1 high. 49 flags in the catalogue share it.
Properties
Normal flagFIAV symbol: the form of the flag.
Use
Civil and stateFIAV symbol: who may fly the flag.
Adopted
18761876 · 150 years ago
Colours
  • blue
  • red
  • yellow
  • white
Reference shades: the official one may vary slightly.
Coat of arms
YesIt carries the coat of arms on the cloth.
Origin
Blue Ensign
123

Take a closer look

  1. The blue cloth

  2. 1

    The Union Flag

  3. 2

    The badge

  4. 3

    The stars

How it is described

The flag in the words of vexillology and heraldry.

Vexillological description

Enseña azul de proporción 1:2: paño de azur oscuro (azul) con la Union Flag en el cantón y la insignia del estado en el batiente.

Paño
de azur oscuro.
Cantón
la Union Flag, en el cuarto superior junto al asta.
Insignia
disco de plata (blanco) centrado en la mitad del batiente.

What it carries

Each element and how many of the 1,390 flags in the catalogue carry it. In yellow, the rarest.

The full story

How it was born, how it has changed and what it means.

How it came about

How it has changed

What it means

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Test what you have read about the flag of New South Wales.

  1. 1. Which one is the flag of New South Wales?

  2. 2. Which of these elements appears on the flag?

  3. 3. What are the proportions (height:width) of the flag?

  4. 4. In which year was the current flag adopted?

Sources

Text based on the article “Bandera de Nueva Gales del Sur” from the Spanish Wikipedia, published under the licence CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Credits

Flag image: Denelson83 (original), Wikimedia Commons · Public domain.

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