History & Culture
Defining Moments in Australian History: The nation finally has its own flag
1954: The Flags Act 1953 becomes law, defining the official Australian flag.
Tag: federation
On This Day
On this day: Australia’s national flag gazetted
How did we end up with the flag we have today? Why didn’t we choose the animals playing cricket?
On This Day
On this day in history: Canberra given to NSW
To get New South Wales to agree to federation, the other colonies gave it Canberra at this ‘secret’ conference.