Parliament house centenary flag (Australia)
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The parliament house centenary flag is the flag that flew above Parliament House in Canberra on Australian National Flag Day 2001.[1] 3 September 2001 marked 100 years to the day from when the first Australian flag was flown at the Royal Exhibition Building in Melbourne.
The flag measures 12.8 m × 6.4 m (42 ft × 21 ft).
History
On 18 September 2001 during the centenary of federation the federal member for Hinkler, Paul Neville, would request of the speaker that:
"before it [the flag] becomes too faded or too tattered, [it] be taken down and perhaps offered to a museum or an art gallery as the seminal flag that flew over this building 100 years from the time the first flag was flown?"[2]
The parliament house centenary flag was subsequently entrusted to the Australian Flag Society and has been paraded at schools to mark Flag Day on a tour of the Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales and Queensland.[3][4][5][6][7][8][1]
It has resided in Queensland since 2003 where it has become a Flag Day tradition having been exhibited under the auspices of various organisations including the local chapter of the Australian National Flag Association.[9] Some of the most publicised Flag Day events held since the 2001 centenary of federation celebrations have been held at Ipswich Central State School where the parliament house centenary flag has been unfurled by students on or around the 3 September anniversary. It has also been paraded on one notable occasion by students of Saint James College, as reported by the major Brisbane daily[5] and on Queensland prime time TV news broadcasts, in honour of Flag Day 2009.
See also
References
- ^ a b Iconic flag to tour Warwick, Warwick Daily News, p. 3 <https://www.warwickdailynews.com.au/news/iconic-flag-to-tour-warwick/3215346/>
- ^ Commonwealth, Parliamentary Debates, House of Representatives, 18 September 2001, 30853 (Paul Neville)
- ^ Ian Warden, 'How cricketing animals were kept off Australia's national flag', The Canberra Times (Canberra), 4 September 2002, p. 7
- ^ 'Students celebrate as the Australian flag turns 103', The Reporter (Acacia Ridge), 8 September 2004, p. 3
- ^ a b Annelie Hailes, 'Huge flag for a big country', Courier Mail, 4 September 2009, p. 33
- ^ 'Special day flagged by Central students', The Queensland Times, 2 September 2010, p. 6 <https://www.qt.com.au/news/special-day-flagged-by-central-students/624788>
- ^ Sarah Harvey, 'Now that’s a flag! Students salute big flag', The Queensland Times, p. 4 September 2012, p. 1 <https://www.qt.com.au/news/now-thats-a-flag-students-salute-big-flag/1529988>
- ^ Chris Owen, ‘Ensign flags a very special Aussie day’, The Queensland Times, 3 September 2013, p. 2 <https://www.qt.com.au/news/ensign-flags-a-very-special-aussie-day/2007216>
- ^ "THE QUEENSLAND FLAG DAY FLAG (2001 – )". www.facebook.com.
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