Originally Posted by Bernieboy (Post 6604181)

Mmmm looks a bit gay:thumbdown:,NEXT

Originally Posted by Amazulu (Post 6604184)

Agree. That one is shite. Stick with what we've got.

Originally Posted by Bernieboy (Post 6604181)

Mmmm looks a bit gay:thumbdown:,NEXT

Originally Posted by Trevglas (Post 6604193)

Nothing gay about the events of the Eureka stockade:

The Eureka Flag was flown for the first time on Bakery Hill, Ballarat, Australia as a symbol of the resistance of the gold miners during the Eureka Stockade rebellion in 1854. Beneath this flag, Peter Lalor, leader of the Ballarat Reform League, swore this oath to the affirmation of his fellow demonstrators: "We swear by the Southern Cross to stand truly by each other and fight to defend our rights and liberties." According to the Ballarat Times, at "about eleven o'clock the 'Southern Cross' was hoisted, and its maiden appearance was a fascinating object to behold. The flag is silk, blue ground with large silver cross; no device or arms, but all exceedingly chaste and natural."

According to Frank Cayley's book, Flag of Stars, the flag's five stars represent the Southern Cross, and the white cross joining the stars represents unity in defiance. Professor Geoffrey Blainey has advanced the view the Eureka flag is an Irish cross rather than a configuration of the Southern Cross.[2] The design of the flag was taken by Captain Henry Ross, one of Eureka's miners and a Canadian expatriate, to three women, Anastasia Withers, Anne Duke and Anastasia Hayes who were wives of miners who were in the protest against the licence fees, to sew up in time for a large rally at Bakery Hill, at 2.00pm on 29 November 1854. There is no evidence on who exactly designed the flag, although Ross was known on the diggings as the 'bridegroom' of the miners flag. The flag looks similar to the Federation Flag, on which it was based according to some historians.

During the battle of the Eureka Stockade on December 3, 1854, Henry Ross was mortally wounded near the flagpole and the Eureka flag was torn down, trampled, hacked with sabres and peppered with bullets

taken from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eureka_Flag

Originally Posted by Bernieboy (Post 6604194)

Bloody trouble makers if you ask me:thumbdown:

Originally Posted by Trevglas (Post 6604201)

Exactly: thats Australian history (from the First Fleet) for you!

Originally Posted by Trevglas (Post 6604193)

Nothing gay about the events of the Eureka stockade:

The Eureka Flag was flown for the first time on Bakery Hill, Ballarat, Australia as a symbol of the resistance of the gold miners during the Eureka Stockade rebellion in 1854. Beneath this flag, Peter Lalor, leader of the Ballarat Reform League, swore this oath to the affirmation of his fellow demonstrators: "We swear by the Southern Cross to stand truly by each other and fight to defend our rights and liberties." According to the Ballarat Times, at "about eleven o'clock the 'Southern Cross' was hoisted, and its maiden appearance was a fascinating object to behold. The flag is silk, blue ground with large silver cross; no device or arms, but all exceedingly chaste and natural."

According to Frank Cayley's book, Flag of Stars, the flag's five stars represent the Southern Cross, and the white cross joining the stars represents unity in defiance. Professor Geoffrey Blainey has advanced the view the Eureka flag is an Irish cross rather than a configuration of the Southern Cross.[2] The design of the flag was taken by Captain Henry Ross, one of Eureka's miners and a Canadian expatriate, to three women, Anastasia Withers, Anne Duke and Anastasia Hayes who were wives of miners who were in the protest against the licence fees, to sew up in time for a large rally at Bakery Hill, at 2.00pm on 29 November 1854. There is no evidence on who exactly designed the flag, although Ross was known on the diggings as the 'bridegroom' of the miners flag. The flag looks similar to the Federation Flag, on which it was based according to some historians.

During the battle of the Eureka Stockade on December 3, 1854, Henry Ross was mortally wounded near the flagpole and the Eureka flag was torn down, trampled, hacked with sabres and peppered with bullets

taken from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eureka_Flag

Originally Posted by Amazulu (Post 6604210)

Great story but it's still a shit flag. It's also the flag of the CFMEU union.

Originally Posted by Bernieboy (Post 6604181)

Mmmm looks a bit gay:thumbdown:,NEXT

Originally Posted by worzel (Post 6604187)

If it ain't broke don't fix it. But if we had to change, I would go with this one that I often see on car bumpers:

Originally Posted by Amazulu (Post 6604210)

Great story but it's still a shit flag. It's also the flag of the CFMEU union.

Originally Posted by nickyjohnt (Post 6606094)

Nothing wrong with the CFMEU;)

Originally Posted by worzel (Post 6604187)

If it ain't broke don't fix it. But if we had to change, I would go with this one that I often see on car bumpers: