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The flag differs from the [[List of Australian flags# | The flag differs from the [[List of Australian flags#State and territory flags|flags of the Australian states]] as it does not include the British [[Blue Ensign]]. The [[flag of the Australian Capital Territory]] adopted 15 years later is similar in design. The flag's colours consist of the official Territorian colours of black, white and [[ochre]] (making it the only flag among Australia's states and territories not to feature the colour blue). The [[Crux|Southern Cross]] appears as five white stars on a black panel at the [[Flag terminology#Description of standard flag parts and terms|hoist]]. In the [[Flag terminology#Description of standard flag parts and terms|fly]] of the flag is a stylised [[Sturt's Desert Rose]], the territory's [[List of Australian floral emblems|floral emblem]] since 1961, with seven white [[petal]]s and a black seven-pointed core. The seven white petals represent the [[States and territories of Australia|six Australian States]] and the Northern Territory.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.anbg.gov.au/emblems/nt.emblem.html|title= Sturt's Desert Rose |access-date=22 January 2007|date=11 October 2006|author=Anne Boden|work=Floral Emblems of Australia|publisher=Australian Government Department of the Environment and Heritage}}</ref> | ||
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The flag of the Northern Territory was officially adopted in 1978. The Northern Territory has existed as a territory of Australia since 1911, but did not adopt its own flag until it was granted self-government in 1978.
History
The flag of the Northern Territory was officially acknowledged and raised for the first time in a ceremony celebrating self-government, on the esplanade in Darwin, the Territorial capital, on 1 July 1978. The ceremony was further acknowledged by a 19-gun salute from HMAS Derwent. As the Northern Territory never had colonial status or a prior flag, it was decided that an original design would be created. The flag was designed by Robert Ingpen, a prominent artist originally from Drysdale, Victoria. Ingpen used a number of designs suggested by the public as a basis for his final design.[1]
Design
The flag differs from the flags of the Australian states as it does not include the British Blue Ensign. The flag of the Australian Capital Territory adopted 15 years later is similar in design. The flag's colours consist of the official Territorian colours of black, white and ochre (making it the only flag among Australia's states and territories not to feature the colour blue). The Southern Cross appears as five white stars on a black panel at the hoist. In the fly of the flag is a stylised Sturt's Desert Rose, the territory's floral emblem since 1961, with seven white petals and a black seven-pointed core. The seven white petals represent the six Australian States and the Northern Territory.[2]
See also
References
Template:Reflist 3. Northern Territory Government. (2019) The NT Flag. Retrieved 13 July 2019. https://nt.gov.au/about-government/the-nt-flag