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Flag of Tasmania

The current version of the flag of Tasmania was officially adopted by the Tasmanian government in 1875.

Flag of Tasmania
Coat of arms

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
187625 of September de 1876 · 150 years ago
Colours
  • blue
  • white
  • red
  • black
Reference shades: the official one may vary slightly.
Coat of arms
YesIt carries the coat of arms on the cloth.
12

Take a closer look

  1. The blue cloth

  2. 1

    The Union Jack canton

  3. 2

    The lion

How it is described

The flag in the words of vexillology and heraldry.

Vexillological description

Bandera de proporción 1:2, un pabellón azul (Blue Ensign) con la insignia del estado.

Paño
azul marino, liso.
Cantón
la Union Jack (bandera del Reino Unido), en el cuartel superior junto al asta.
Insignia
disco blanco (roel de plata) en el batiente, a mitad de camino entre el borde del asta y el extremo libre y a un tercio de la altura desde abajo.
León
rojo (gules), pasante, dentro del disco.

No lleva escudo, y la insignia del estado no es un blasón completo. No hay una explicación oficial de por qué se eligió el león, que se supone una referencia a Gran Bretaña. La bandera se proclamó en 1876 y se confirmó oficialmente el 3 de diciembre de 1975. No consta una descripción heráldica escrita.

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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Sources

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

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Credits

Flag image: Unknown author (Proclaimed by Sir Frederick Weld), Wikimedia Commons · Public domain.

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