Tag: NAIDOC

Melbourne and Sydney to Fly Aboriginal Flag Permanently Atop Iconic Bridges

Australia’s Victorian state government will fly the Aboriginal flag permanently atop Melbourne’s West Gate Bridge to recognise its importance as a symbol of unity, identity, and resilience for Aboriginal people in Victoria. This comes less than a month after the New South Wales Government announced the iconic flag would be flying atop Sydney Harbour Bridge…


Australian Aboriginal Flag Now Available for Public Use

The iconic Aboriginal Flag has been made freely available for public use after negotiations between the Australian Government and artist Harold Thomas. On Tuesday, in a media release, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said that copyright for the Aboriginal Flag had been transferred to the Commonwealth. “We’ve freed the Aboriginal Flag for Australians,” the Prime Minister said….