Crux
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Crux is a constellation of the southern sky that is centred on four bright stars in a cross-shaped asterism commonly known as the Southern Cross. It lies on the southern end of the Milky Way's visible
Southern Cross from New Zealand
Deep exposure of Crux, Coalsack Nebula, and IC 2944
The constellation Crux as it can be seen by the naked eye
A depiction of the Southern Cross in Mark Twain's 1897 travelogue, Following the Equator
Flag of Australia
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The national flag of Australia is based on the British Blue Ensign—a blue field with the Union Jack in the upper hoist quarter—featuring a large white seven-pointed star and a representation of the So
Crux
…a national or distinctive symbol. The four or five brightest stars of Crux appear, heraldically standardised in various ways, on the national flags of Australia, Brazil, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, and Samoa. A defaced version appears in the canton on the flag of Niue. They also appear on the flags of the…
The flag flying
Australian flag at half-mast on Remembrance Day
The edition of the Review of Reviews front cover signed by Egbert Nuttall, after the winning designers of the 1901 Federal Flag design competition were announced
Annie Dorrington, one of the winning designers for the Australian flag