A New Australian Flag
Existing Icons
Blue with the Commonwealth Star (white): links to the present flag.
Blue & Gold: Australia's heraldic colours. Coat of Arms – Order of Australia.
Green & Gold: Australia's national colours.
Racial Origins of Australia
Blue: symbolic of the sea; original British settlers; maritime heritage.
Respecting our British heritage and its precious gifts, including our political and legal institutions.
Gold: symbolic of Australia itself; Aboriginal people; appropriately central.
Honouring our Indigenous heritage and culture, with its timeless connection to Australia’s land and sea.
Green: symbolic of the land; New Australians, from the great continents.
Celebrating our immigrant heritage of opportunity and endeavour, and its vital contribution to our national identity.
Stripes of equal width: symbolic of the equality of all Australians.
The Australian Landscape is pictured
Blue: Cloudless skies.
Star: Sunrise — dawning of a new day — a young country.
Gold: The Australian heartland. A sunburnt country. Mineral wealth.
Green: Forests, pastures, agricultural wealth.
Horizontal stripes: Australia's wide endless horizons.
also
Blue: The sea — Australia, the island continent.
Gold: Australia's beaches.