Flag of South Australia

Flag of South Australia, 1870–1876

The first flag of South Australia was adopted in 1870. It too was a defaced British Blue Ensign but with a black disc in the fly containing the Southern Cross and the two pointers (Alpha and Beta Centauri).

Flag of South Australia, 1876–1904

South Australia then adopted a second flag in 1876, also a Blue Ensign, with a new badge. The badge design was an artistic rendition of the arrival of Britannia (a woman in flowing garb and holding a shield, representing the new settlers) meeting an Aboriginal sitting with a spear on a rocky shoreline. A kangaroo appears to be carved into the rocks behind the Aboriginal. This flag was adopted after a request from the Colonial Office for a new design over the old one due to its similarity to the flags of New Zealand and Victoria.

On 29 October 2016, a motion to adopt a new, "more multicultural" state flag was passed at the South Australian Labor Party conference. It has yet to be seen how the State Government will act on this proposal.[2]

The Governor of South Australia, being the representative of the South Australian head of state, the Queen of Australia, is officially granted a flag for use on all official occasions. It is identical in design and construction to the flag of South Australia, except that it features a St. Edward's Crown above the badge to represent vice-regal power.

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  Standard of the Governor of South Australia
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  Standard of the Governor 1904–1975
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  Standard of the Governor 1876–1904
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  Standard of the Governor 1870–1876

• Coat of arms of South Australia
• List of Australian flags
• Flags of the Governors of the Australian states

• The State Flag of South Australia
• South Australia at Flags of the World
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