01-04-2016, 10:57 PM
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Re: The UK Flag
Originally Posted by Pats
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Actually it's the Union Flag.Unless it's placed on a jackstaff on a ship, then it's a Union Jack or Jack Flag
02-04-2016, 01:04 AM
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Re: The UK Flag
Originally Posted by Old Supporter
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I see in the Express this morning that the EU are demanding that the European Union Stars should be incorporated into the Union Jack.Whether you like the Union Jack or not, these faceless people with little real work to do, should be told where to go.
Arthur
02-04-2016, 11:49 AM
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Re: The UK Flag
Originally Posted by Pats
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Actually it's the Union Flag.Unless it's placed on a jackstaff on a ship, then it's a Union Jack or Jack Flag
For those who do not like following links this is the gyst of the article.
[QUOTE]It is often stated that the Union Flag should only be described as the Union Jack when flown in the bows of a warship, but this is a relatively recent idea. From early in its life the Admiralty itself frequently referred to the flag as the Union Jack, whatever its use, and in 1902 an Admiralty Circular announced that Their Lordships had decided that either name could be used officially. Such use was given Parliamentary approval in 1908 when it was stated that “the Union Jack should be regarded as the National flag”.
Cdr Bruce Nicolls OBE RN (Retd)/[QUOTE]
02-04-2016, 11:59 AM
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Re: The UK Flag
Originally Posted by OldGreyFox
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...I've got one on my flagpole even as we speak but it will be changed for a an English red cross on St Georges day 23rd April.
Sadly mine is flying at half mast today
02-04-2016, 10:43 PM
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Re: The UK Flag
Originally Posted by Bruce
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It's already been done.
I have often wondered about those flags.
They both feature the Southern Cross (constellation), but the Australian version includes a couple of extra stars, presumably less bright and obvious in the sky.
Could this suggest that the Australians have superior telescopes compared to those of New Zealand?
03-04-2016, 12:30 AM
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Re: The UK Flag
Originally Posted by JBR
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I have often wondered about those flags.
They both feature the Southern Cross (constellation), but the Australian version includes a couple of extra stars, presumably less bright and obvious in the sky.
Could this suggest that the Australians have superior telescopes compared to those of New Zealand?
The star below the Union Jack is the Federation Star where each point represents a state and the territories (originally it had one less point as the territories were not represented)
And you might be right about Australia having better telescopes than New Zealand. Because one of the first major buildings in the new colony was the Sydney Observatory - who's view is now obscured by the Harbour Bridge
The time ball on top of the building is still dropped every day at exactly 1pm as it has since the building was built.
Don't forget Australia was first discovered by Captain Cook when he was in the Pacific to observe the transit of Venus which was to calculate the size of the Earth or the distance from the sun or something like that (Google it).
BTW New Zealand recently had a referendum about the flag - they decided to keep it (Cost something like $23mill to change nothing)
03-04-2016, 12:41 AM
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Re: The UK Flag
Thanks Bruce. That's very interesting, but what about the sixth star: the odd one, the one with only five points?Yes, I'd heard about the proposed NZ flag which, if I remember, was to have featured a fern like the one their national rugby team - the All Blacks* - wear.
(*Hope Kaafaa doesn't see this or s/he'll be accusing me of racism!)
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