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The Australia Flag came into being on 1st January, 1901, the year when Australian States were incorporated into Commonwealth of Australia. The Australian Flag has a blue background with the Union Jack at the top left. The Commonwealth Star, which is a white six-pointed star, is placed at the lower end of the Union Jack. On the right side of the blue background the Australia Flag picture has five smaller stars out of which one star is five-pointed and the rest range up to nine points. The Union Jack on the Australian Flag represents the English colonial past of Australia.

Official Name: Commonwealth of Australia

Capital: Canberra

Location: A continent washed by the Pacific and the Indian Ocean, it includes Tasmania and other outlying islands

Area: 7,686,850 sq. km.

Official Languages: English

National Flag: The British Blue, and in the fly 5 star of the southern cross, all in white

Flag Ratio: 1:2

National Anthem:Advance Australia Fair (1984)