File:Australian Merchant ensign (1901 pattern) RMG L0163.tiff
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English: Australian Merchant ensign (1901 pattern) The Australian Merchant ensign of the 1901-09 pattern. It is made of wool bunting, with a cotton hoist. The design is entirely printed with machine-sewn ends and selvedge edges. A rope halyard with a wooden toggle is attached for hoisting. The ensign is red with a Union Flag in the canton and the Southern Cross constellation of five white stars in the fly. On the lower left side is a large white star with six points. On the hoist is written in ink 'M.P.' In 1901 the six colonies that made up the Australian continent combined to form a federal national state. There was an official competition to design a national flag. There was no outright winner but a consensus emerged that the flag should contain the Union Flag, the Southern Cross constellation and a six-pointed star representing the six colonies. After the acquisition of Papua New Guinea in 1905 an extra point was added to the star in 1909. |
| Date | between 1901 and 1909 |
| Dimensions | Flag: 1117.6 x 2260.6 mm |
| Source/Photographer | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/720 |
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| Identifier | dossier number: item-foreign flags id number: AAA0720 |
| Collection | Flags |
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