Flag of the Northern Territory

Flag of the Northern Territory

Infobox flag
Name = Northern Territory
Article = the


Use = 110000
Symbol =
Proportion = 1:2
Adoption = July 1 1978
Design = A vertical 1:2 bicolour of black (charged with the Southern Cross) and ochre (charged with a stylised Sturt's Desert Rose)
Type =

The current state flag of the Northern Territory was officially adopted by the Northern Territory, Australia in 1978. The Northern Territory has been in existence since 1911, but could not hoist its first flag until self-government in 1978.

History

The Flag of the Northern Territory was officially acknowledged and raised for the first time in a ceremony celebrating self-government, on the esplanade in Darwin, the Territorial capital, on July 1, 1978. The ceremony was further acknowledged by a 19-gun salute from HMAS "Derwent". As the Northern Territory never had colonial status or a prior flag, it was decided that an original design would be created. The flag was designed by Robert Ingpen, a prominent artist originally from Drysdale, Victoria. Ingpen used a number of designs suggested by the public as a basis for his final design. [Cite web|url=http://www.nt.gov.au/ntg/symbols/ntflag.html|title= Official Symbols - NT Flag |accessdate=2007-01-12|year=2006|author=Northern Territory Government|work= Official Symbols - Faunal Emblems]

Design

The flag differs from the flags of the Australian states as it does not include the British Blue Ensign. It is similar in design to that of the flag of the Australian Capital Territory. The flags' colours consist of the official Territorian colours of black, white and ochre. The Southern Cross appears as five white stars on a black panel at the hoist. In the fly of the flag is a stylised Sturt's Desert Rose, the Territory's floral emblem since 1961, with seven white petals and a black seven-pointed core. The seven white petals represent the six Australian States and the Northern Territory. [Cite web|url=http://www.anbg.gov.au/emblems/nt.emblem.html|title= Sturt's Desert Rose |accessdate=2007-01-22|date=2006-10-11|author=Anne Boden|publisher=Australian Government Department of the Environment and Heritage|work=Floral Emblems of Australia]

References

External links

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