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The Australia Flag came into being on 1st January, 1901, the year when Australian States were incorporated into Commonwealth of Australia. The Australian Flag has a blue background with the Union Jack at the top left. The Commonwealth Star, which is a white six-pointed star, is placed at the lower end of the Union Jack. On the right-side of the Australia Flag, there are five smaller stars out of which one star is five-pointed and the rest are seven-pointed starts. The Union Jack on the Australian Flag represents the English colonial past of Australia.

Official Name: Commonwealth of Australia

Capital: Canberra

Location: A continent washed by the Pacific and the Indian Ocean, it includes Tasmania and other outlying islands

Area: 7,686,850 sq. km.



Official Languages: English

National Flag: The British Blue, and in the fly 5 star of the southern cross, all in white

Flag Ratio: 1:2

National Anthem:Advance Australia Fair (1984)




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