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Many stories have been written about Afghani refugees arriving in Australia but very few Afghans have told their own stories about where they came from, why they left and how they have made Australia their new home. Guests: Najaf Mazari - Former Afghan refugee, rug-maker and author. Robert Hillman - Biographer and fiction writer. User name. Cover image courtesy of the ABC. The material on this page is available to AustLit subscribers. If you are a subscriber or are from a subscribing organisation, please log in to gain full access. To explore options for subscribing to this unique teaching, research, and publishing resource for Australian culture and storytelling, please contact us or find out more. Australi A Different Perspective On Australian History.It is one of the officially proclaimed flags of Australia[1] and holds special legal and political status. It is often flown together with the national flag and with the Torres Strait Islander Flagwhich is also an officially proclaimed flag.
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The Australian Aboriginal Flag was designed in by Aboriginal artist Harold Thomaswho is descended from the Luritja people of Central Australia and holds intellectual property rights to the flag's design. The flag was originally designed for the land rights movement, and it became a symbol of the Aboriginal people of Australia. The flag is horizontally and equally divided into Australi A Different Perspective On Australian History black region above and a red region below ; a yellow disc is superimposed over the centre of the flag.
Due to an "administrative oversight", [4] the proclamation Differdnt not lodged so that it would continue in force indefinitely; hence it automatically expired on 1 January It was therefore almost identically replaced, on 25 Januarywith effect as from 1 January.
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In the proclamation, the flag "is recognised as the flag of the Aboriginal peoples of Australia and a flag of significance to the Australian nation generally" and appointed "to be the flag of the Aboriginal peoples of Australia and to be known as the Australian Aboriginal Flag". The design is reproduced in Schedule 1 and described in Schedule 2. The symbolic meaning of the flag colours as stated by Harold Thomas is: [6]. The official colour specifications of the Australian Aboriginal Flag are: [7]. In most cases, on-screen or digital reproductions of the flag should use the RGB colours as in the table above. When displaying in physical fabric formats, it is much preferred to use the Pantone specifications.
When printing on paper, the CMYK colours are superior. In the early months of the embassy—which was established in February that year—other designs were used, including a black, green and red flag made by supporters of the South Sydney Rabbitohs rugby league club, and a flag with a red-black field containing a spear and four crescents in yellow. Cathy Freeman caused Hisory at the Commonwealth Games by carrying the Aboriginal flag as well as the Australian national flag during her victory lap of the arena, after winning the metres sprint; only the national flag is meant to be displayed.
Despite strong criticism from both Games officials and Australian team president Arthur TunstallFreeman carried both flags again after winning the metres.
The decision in by Labor Prime Minister Paul Keating that the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander flags should be given the status of national read article was opposed by the Liberal Opposition at the time, Opposition Leader John Howard stating that "any attempt to give the flags official status under the Flags Act would rightly be seen by many in the community not as an act of reconciliation but as a divisive gesture". However, this decision was differently criticised by the designer of the flag, Harold Thomas, who said that the Aboriginal flag "doesn't need any more recognition".
On the 30th anniversary of the flag inthousands of people were involved in a ceremony where the flag was carried from the Parliament of South Australia to Victoria Square. Many buildings in Australia fly the Aboriginal flag as well as the Australian flag, the Melbourne Trades Hall being an example.]
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