1954: The Flags Act 1953 becomes law, defining the official Australian flag. What’s now the Australian national flag was created soon after Federation in a competition run by the newly formed federal ...

This was the civil ensign and was recognised as the unofficial Australian flag after Federation. The blue ensign existed but was in limited circulation. At the opening of Parliament House in 1927 ...

Azerbaijan’s tennis federation has called for Karen ... not be allowed to bring the Russian or Belarusian flag to the site of the Australian Open to enforce its “neutral flag” policy.