The union jack is above the "seven-pointed Commonwealth star" and to the side of the Southern Cross, a constellation of five stars that can be easily seen in the southern hemisphere. The country's ...

The Flag Act 1954 finally made the Southern Cross-emblazoned blue ensign, not the Union Jack, the Australian national flag – although many military ensigns and “colours” remained based on ...

Flags featuring the Southern Cross outnumber the koru and the silver fern among the long-list whittled down from the 10,292 designs submitted for a vote on a new New Zealand flag. The Prime ...

the debate about what to call the flag when it is flown on land - union jack or union flag - rumbles on. In 1801 a red diagonal cross was added to represent union with Ireland and after a bit of ...