Northern Territory

Flag Adopted: 1 July 1978
Flag Proportion: 1:2
Use: State and Civil Flag

The Northern Territory was founded as a Federal Territory on 1 January 1911, but its first flag was not hoisted until self government was attained on 1 July 1978.

The flag was designed by Robert Ingpen, a Victorian illustrator, and incorporates both the Territorian colours and floral emblem. In the centre of the fly is a stylised Sturt's Desert Rose with seven petals on an ochre field. At the hoist is the Southern Cross in white on a black panel.

Note that the Southern Cross is of the Victorian form, with the number of points on the stars ranging from five to eight.

References

• Australian Flags
Department of Administrative Services, Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra, 1995.

• Flags and Arms Across the World
Dr Whitney Smith, McGraw-Hill, New York, 1980.

• Flags of Australia (chart)
John C Vaughan, Standard Publishing House, Sydney, 1983.