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Flag of Territorio del Norte

Although the Northern Territory has existed since 1911, it has only had self-government since 1978.

Flag of Territorio del Norte
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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
19781 of July de 1978 · 48 years ago
Colours
  • black
  • white
  • ocre
Reference shades: the official one may vary slightly.
Coat of arms
YesIt carries the coat of arms on the cloth.
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  1. The black panel and the ochre field

  2. 1

    The five stars

  3. 2

    The desert rose

How it is described

The flag in the words of vexillology and heraldry.

Vexillological description

Bandera de proporción 1:2 dividida en dos partes verticales: una franja negra junto al asta y el resto ocre.

Franja negra
un tercio del ancho, con cinco estrellas blancas que forman la Cruz del Sur.
Campo ocre
rojo ocre, dos tercios del ancho.
Rosa del desierto de Sturt
blanca, de siete pétalos y centro negro, centrada en el campo ocre.

Sin escudo. Colores oficiales del territorio: negro, blanco y rojo ocre. La diseñó Robert Ingpen y se izó por primera vez el 1 de julio de 1978.

What it carries

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

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

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

Sources

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

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Credits

Flag image: Robert Ingpen, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain.

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