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![[Norfolk Island]](../images/n/nf.gif)
1:2 ? | stripes 7:9:7
by Johann Eisenreich Jr. and António Martins
Flag adopted 17th January 1980, coat-of-arms adopted 21st October 1980
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From Foley: "...the winning design was approved by the Norfolk Island Council on 6 June 1979. The designer of the flag was not announced. The "Norfolk Island Flag and Public Seal Act" 1979 (NI) legislatively created the Norfolk Island Flag and set out rules in relation to its use. The Flag became official as at the date of the commencement of the Act on 17 January 1980."
David Cohen, 6 March 1998
From Political History of the Pitcairn People in Norfolk Island from 1856 to 1996:
1980 - The Governor-General of Australia assented to Norfolk Island's having its own flag. Queen Elizabeth II signed the warrant for Norfolk Island's armorial bearings, which show the Norfolk Island escutcheon supported by a British lion and an Australian kangaroo. Neither beast is native to Norfolk Island.Does anybody know about this? The flag, on the other hand, seems well-accepted. But reading the whole of this historical (and political) statement, one may well wonder if this remarkably non-Aussie flag will survive until Australia itself changes its own flag (it this ever happens)...
Thanh-Tâm Lê, 15 October 1998
The green is dark green, the center stripe is wider than the outer ones. Stripes' ratio is 7:9:7.
Ralf Stelter, 25 July 1999
In the Flags of Aspirant Peoples chart appears "169. Norfolk Island - External territory, Australia." Identical to the flag in FOTW.
Ivan Sache, 17 September 1999
The Norfolk Island flag was adopted with a law issued on January 1st 1980, effective 17th January 1980.
Pier Paolo Lugli, 21 September 1999
António Martins asked, "what is the overall ratio of the flag?". Foley 1996 doesn't give a ratio, but the image in the book is 1:2, the same as our [Australian] national flag.
David Cohen, 22 September 1999
The pine is scientifically named Araucaria excelsa.
Pier Paolo Lugli, 21 September 1999
The English name is Norfolk Pine, or maybe Norfolk Island Pine.
António Martins, 29 September 1999
António Martins asked about the number of branches. I have a 2x4 feet Norfolk Island flag (bought on NF but no doubt manufactured in Australia) and the branch detail is very poor.