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Australian White Ensign

Chief of Navy grants permission for the Australian White Ensign to fly over the HMAS Sydney (II) Memorial at Geraldton, WA

Editorial Staff · Sep 20, 2020 ·

By LCDR Desmond Woods The HMAS Sydney (II) Memorial at Geraldton in WA has become a place of pilgrimage for 65,000 visitors each year. Some 20,000 arrive by sea on ...

Occasional Paper 18: Ensigns Associated With Ships Based at Garden Island

Rivett, Norman C · Nov 1, 2017 ·

November 2017 Flags have a long been a fascination of founding Society member Mr Norman Rivett as well as Garden Island in Sydney where he has worked and volunteered for ...

Letter: More on “Who Took the Flag?”

Letter Writer · Sep 5, 2017 ·

Dear Editor I refer to David Quick’s letter ‘Who Took the Flag’ in the June 2017 edition of the NHR. A quick look at the RoPs of HMAS Supply tells us ...

Letter: Who Took the Flag – QC Owns Up

Letter Writer · Jun 30, 2017 ·

I read with interest Fifty Years under the Australian White Ensign by Norman Rivett (Naval Historical Review Vol 38 No 1 March 2017). I have a story of my own to ...

Fifty Years under the Australian White Ensign

Rivett, Norman C · Mar 29, 2017 ·

With the Australian White Ensign approaching its fiftieth anniversary on 1 March 2017 it is appropriate to reflect on the history of the revered ensign in its various forms with ...

The Sovereign’s Colours in the Royal Australian Navy 1925-2003

Davidson, Bill, LCDR, RAN · Dec 7, 2003 ·

‘A moth-eaten rag on a worm-eaten pole, It does not look likely to stir a man’s Soul, ‘Tis the deeds that were done ‘neath the moth-eaten rag, When the pole ...

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The Australian White Ensign

A.N. Other · Jun 9, 2002 ·

From its inception in 1911 the Royal Australian Navy flew as its distinguishing flag the White Ensign featuring the red cross of St. George handed down to it by the ...

Queens Colours – The History of the Colours

A.N. Other · Dec 19, 1989 ·

Since the earliest times, warriors have carried standards or flags as a distinguishing mark and to serve as a rallying point during battle. To lose the standard often meant that ...

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