[talk-au] First Nations flags?

[Graeme Fitzpatrick]

On Fri, 17 Dec 2021 at 08:19, Graeme Fitzpatrick <graemefitz1 at gmail.com>
wrote:

>
> As I said, I flicked an e-mail to the PM & C Department but so far, not
> even an acknowledgement, let alone an answer :-(
>

After quite a delay, I finally received an answer!

Basically confirms what we had already discussed:

"the Australian Aboriginal Flag and Torres Strait Islander Flag were
proclaimed flags of Australia under section 5 of the *Flags Act 1953 *on 14
July 1995.

As such, they are considered as other official flags of Australia; the
Australian National Flag still takes precedence in Australia over all other
flags."

So while they are official flags, no, they are NOT National Flags.

Indigenous is a good term so I'll update the wiki accordingly.

Thanks

Graeme

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