Governor-General - Australia

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by Željko Heimer, 15 Jun 2002

• Governor-General's Flag: 1936-present
• Governor-General's Flag: 1901-1909
• Governor-General's Flag: 1909-1936

See also:

• Queen Elizabeth II's Personal Standard in Australia
• State Governors' flags
• Australia
• Other Australian flags

1936-present

Standard blue flag with Royal Crest surmounting a scroll. Note Canada and the Union of South Africa adopted this style of Governor-General's flag in 1931.
David Prothero, 22 Feb 1999

At the official website of the Governor-General of Australia I found a page about this flag at http://www.gg.gov.au/html/ggflag.html:

Governor-General's Flag

In Commonwealth of Australia Gazette No. 56 of 16 July 1936 it was notified that the Governor-General had adopted a personal flag for use in Australia.

The flag, which is in the proportion of two to one, has a royal blue background on which is the Royal Crest in gold (on a St Edward's Crown a lion statant guardant also crowned) with the words "Commonwealth of Australia" in dark blue letters on a gold scroll below the Crest.

The Governor-General's flag is flown continuously when His Excellency is in residence. It is also flown on vehicles in which the Governor-General is travelling.

Reprinted from The Australian National Flag published by the Department of Administrative Services, Canberra 1982.

The Governor General officially still uses the blue flag with the royal crest and the scroll "Commonwealth of Australia". Howeve