Long associated with Australian sporting achievements, the national colours have strong environmental connections. Gold conjures images of Australia's beaches, mineral wealth, grain harvests and the fleece of Australian wool. Green evokes the forests, eucalyptus trees and pastures of the Australian landscape.
The yellow represents the sun, the constant re-newer of life. Red depicts the earth and peoples' relationship to the land. It also represents ochre, which is used by Aboriginal people in ceremonies.
The players from England and Australia men's cricket teams lined up wearing blue caps before the start of play on day 2 at Edgbaston in Birmingham. This gesture was a tribute to the late great English cricketer, Bob Willis, who had lit up the Ashes series as a fast bowler during his legendary career in the 70s and 80s.
The green colour represents the rich and vast land that runs through Africa. The yellow colour represents the bright future that is awaiting Africa and its people. The red colour represents the struggles that Africans face as they fight to end racism and oppression in their countries.
The red stripe on the flag represents the Australian Army, the dark blue stripe represents the Royal Australian Navy and the light blue stripe represents the Royal Australian Air Force. The Commonwealth Star and the boomerang on the Australian Defence Force ensign represent Australia.
Australia has a national flag but also recognises other flags, including state and territory flags, the Aboriginal flag, the Torres Strait Islander flag, Defence Force Ensigns and the Australian Red Ensign (flown at sea by Australian registered merchant ships).
The Menzies government introduced the Flags Act to encourage the public to use the Blue Ensign instead of the Union Jack and the Red Ensign, with the latter only to be used on merchant ships. The Flags Act explains that the Blue Ensign is Australia's National Flag. It defines flag dimensions protocols around use.
Yellow is a bright, cheery color associated with happiness, optimism, and warmth in the U.S. However, yellow also has an array of negative connotations in other parts of the globe. In Egypt and much of Latin America, the color is linked to death and mourning. For Germans, yellow symbolizes envy and jealousy.
This is a sight which has been seen in past as well but not many people are aware about the significance of the same. Well, this is known as Pink ODI where Cricket South Africa play their role in raising awareness for Breast Cancer while organizing a massive drive to collect money for the patients suffering from it.
Choose neutral and earthy colours
Avoid camouflage clothing, as some African nations reserve that for the military. But good colour choices include earthy tones and neutrals like brown, khaki and grey. You probably want to avoid white, cream and other light colours as they'll show up any dust and dirt.
Mostly coined in Australia than anywhere else in the world, 'bluey' is (generally) used as an affectionate nickname for a redhead. It is thought by some to have derived from the early 1900s as a form of irony. Blue is evidently contrasting with red, thus being used as a joke.
Aussie Word of the Week
A blue is a fight, dispute or row. You can bung on a blue, stack on a blue or turn on a blue. The slang word has been around since the 1940s and is used to refer to everything from fisticuffs at the pub to a brawl on the footy field.
The Indian and Australian players wore black armbands on their left sleeves and observed a minute's silence during the WTC 2023 final on Wednesday. India and Australia were wearing black armbands for the World Test Championship final to pay respect to the lives lost in the Odisha train collision last week.
Traditionally, the highly creative application of body paint has been used as a way for Aboriginal people to show important aspects of their lives, such as social status, familial group, tribe, ancestry, spirituality and geography.
The laughing kookaburra is Australia's national symbol. The kookaburra is a brown-colored bird, about the size of a crow. The male is easily distinguished from the female by the blue hues on his wing feathers and darker blue on his tail feathers.
Teal independents, simply known as teals and also called community independents, are a loosely-aligned group of independent and minor party politicians in Australian politics.
We don't have a particularly strict dress code, jeans are perfectly acceptable casual wear and the most comfortable clothing item to bring with you.
All Blacks pretty in pink [+pictures]
The All Blacks players each wore a "maillot Rose" for a commemorative photograph taken with players from the Stade Francais squad at their training ground in St Cloud, south-west Paris.
A lot of the current tattoo style in South Africa is very influenced by Western tattooing. The types of tattoos you will find here can generally be found around the Western World. However, looking further back in history, tattoos have been a part of many indigenous cultures everywhere for a multitude of reasons.
Yellow – This color represents power and divinity and creates complete control over an issue. Orange – a symbol of sunshine and the power of regeneration. Gold – For Native Americans, gold was a symbol of luck before they plundered their lands, but it became a symbol of death after the plunder.
Blue represents the element of wood in Chinese culture, also symbolizing immortality and advancement. Blue also represents the season of Spring.
The national flag of Ukraine (Ukrainian: Прапор України, romanized: Prapor Ukrayiny) consists of equally sized horizontal bands of blue and yellow.
The Australian National Flag Association (ANFA) believes that the existing design is an integral part of the Australian heritage and an appropriate expression of our national identity. The existing design of stars and crosses should therefore be retained and not altered in any manner whatsoever.
Long associated with Australian sporting achievements, the national colours have strong environmental connections. Gold conjures images of Australia's beaches, mineral wealth, grain harvests and the fleece of Australian wool. Green evokes the forests, eucalyptus trees and pastures of the Australian landscape.
Australia is known as 'the land Down Under' for its position in the southern hemisphere. The discovery of Australia began when European explorers searched for a land under the continent of Asia. Before Australia was discovered, it was known as Terra Australis Incognita the unknown southern land.