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This is a gallery of national flags of Oceania.

Flags of Oceanian sovereign states

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Flag Date Use Description
1908 – Flag of Australia[1]
See also: List of Australian flags		 A British Blue Ensign defaced with the seven-point Commonwealth Star in the lower hoist quarter and the five stars of the Southern Cross in the fly half.
1970 – Flag of Fiji[2]
See also: List of Fijian flags		 A cyan British Blue Ensign defaced with the shield of Fiji's Coat of Arms in the fly half.
1979 – Flag of Kiribati[3] A horizontal bicolour of red and blue with a gold frigatebird flying over the rising sun with seventeen rays centered on the upper half and three white wavy horizontal stripes on the lower half.
1979 – Flag of the Marshall Islands[4] A blue field with two diagonal stripes of orange and white radiating from the lower hoist-side corner to the upper fly-side corner and the large white star with four large rays and twenty small rays on the upper hoist-side corner above the stripes.
1978 – Flag of the Federated States of Micronesia [5] A light blue field with four white five-pointed stars arranged in the diamond pattern in the center.
1968 – Flag of Nauru[6]
See also: List of Nauruan flags		 A blue field with the thin yellow narrow horizontal stripe across in the center and the large white twelve-pointed star on the bottom of the stripe and near the hoist-side.
1902 – Flag of New Zealand[7]
See also: List of New Zealand flags		 A British Blue Ensign defaced with four stars of the Southern Cross in the fly half.
1981 – Flag of Palau[8]
See also: List of Palauan flags		 A light blue field with a large yellow disk slightly leaning towards the hoist side.
1971 – Flag of Papua New Guinea[9]
See also: List of Papua New Guinean flags		 Divided diagonally from the upper hoist-side corner to the lower fly-side corner: the upper triangle is red with the soaring Raggiana bird-of-paradise and the lower triangle is black with the Southern Cross of four white larger five-pointed stars and the smaller star.
1962 – Flag of Samoa[10]
See also: List of Samoan flags		 A red field with the blue rectangle on the upper hoist-side quadrant bearing the Southern Cross of four white larger five-pointed stars and the smaller star in the center.
1977 – Flag of Solomon Islands [11] A thin, yellow stripe dividing diagonally from the lower hoist-side corner to the upper fly-side corner: the upper triangle is blue with five white five-pointed stars arranged in an X pattern and the lower triangle is green.
1875 – Flag of Tonga[12] A red field with the white rectangle on the upper hoist-side corner bearing the red Greek Cross in the centre.
1997 – Flag of Tuvalu[13] A cyan British Blue Ensign defaced with stars that represent the nine islands which comprise Tuvalu in the fly half.
1980 – Flag of Vanuatu[14]
See also: List of Vanuatuan flags		 A horizontal bicolor of red and green with a golden pall, fimbriated in black, with a black chevron filling the lefthand space (alternately, a golden fillet pall surmounting a black gusset) and two gold crossed namele cycad fronds encircled in a gold boar tusk centered on the chevron.

Flags of Oceanian dependencies and other territories

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Flag Date Use State (status) Description
1960 – Flag of American Samoa[15] United States (unincorporated and unorganized territory) A red-edged white triangle pointing towards the hoist charged with a bald eagle clutching a war club and a fly-whisk. The white triangle divides the dark blue field into two separate triangles.
2002 – Flag of Christmas Island[16] Australia (external territory) Blue and green diagonal bicolour charged with a Southern Cross of four seven-pointed white stars and one smaller five-pointed white star on the blue half, a golden bosun bird in gold on the green half, and a gold circle in the centre containing the shape of the island in green
2004 – Flag of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands[17] Australia (external territory) A green field with a palm tree on a gold disc in the canton, a gold crescent in the centre of the flag and a gold Southern Cross in the fly.
2006 – Flag of Easter Island [18] Chile (special territory) A white flag with a red reimiro in the centre
1984 – Flag of French Polynesia [19] France (overseas country and collectivity) Two red horizontal bands encase a wide white band in a 1:2:1 ratio, with the coat of arms centred on the white stripe
1948 – Flag of Guam [20] United States (unincorporated and organized territory) A dark blue background with a thin red border and the Seal in the center.

2010 – Flags of New Caledonia [21] France (sui generis collectivity) The flag of France is used for official purposes.
1979 – Flag of Norfolk Island [22] Australia (external territory) Norfolk Island pine (Araucaria heterophylla) in a central white stripe between two vertical green stripes
1948 – Flag of the Northern Mariana Islands [23] United States (commonwealth) A circle of flowers and plants with a gray latte stone and a white star on a blue field.
1984 – Flag of the Pitcairn Islands [24] United Kingdom (overseas territory) A British Blue Ensign with the Pitcairn coat of arms defaced on the fly.
2009 – Flag of Tokelau [25] New Zealand (dependent territory) A yellow Tokelauan canoe sailing towards the Southern Cross represented by four white stars on a blue field
1976 – Flag of Wake Island[26] (unofficial) United States (minor outlying island) Horizontally divided between white and red, with a blue pentagon on the hoist, whereupon is found a map of the atoll in blue on a gold disc, and the words Wake Island.

1794 – Flags of Wallis and Futuna (unofficial)[27] France (overseas collectivity) The Flag of France is used for official purposes.

Flags of Oceanian sub-divisions

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States of Australia

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Flag Date Use Description
1876–present Flag of New South Wales[28] A St George's Cross with four gold stars and a lion in the fly of a British blue ensign.
1876–present Flag of Queensland[29] A light blue Maltese cross with a crown on a white roundel in the fly of a British blue ensign.
1904–present Flag of South Australia[30] A piping shrike on a gold roundel in the fly of a British blue ensign.
1875–present Flag of Tasmania[31][32] A red lion passant on a white roundel in the fly of a British blue ensign.
1877–present Flag of Victoria[33] The Southern Cross surmounted by a crown in the fly of a British blue ensign.
1953–present Flag of Western Australia[34] A black swan on a gold roundel in the fly of a British blue ensign.

Territories of Australia

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Flag Date Use Description
1993-present Flag of the Australian Capital Territory[35] A vertical 1:2 bicolour of blue (charged with the Southern Cross) and gold (charged with a modified Coat of arms of the city of Canberra)
1978-present Flag of the Northern Territory[36] A vertical 1:2 bicolour of black (charged with the Southern Cross) and ochre (charged with a stylised Sturt's Desert Rose)

Associated states of New Zealand

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Flag Date Use Description
1979 – Flag of the Cook Islands [37] A British Blue Ensign, with a ring made of fifteen stars defaced on the fly.
1975 – Flag of Niue[38] A golden yellow flag with the Union flag in the upper left (hoist) quarter of the flag. On the Union Jack are two yellow five-pointed stars on the vertical stripe and two on the horizontal stripe. In the centre of the Union flag is a blue disc with another, slightly larger, yellow five-pointed star.

Regions of New Zealand

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Flag Date Use Description
2004 – Flag of Otago [citation needed] A blue and yellow field divided by a horizontal zigzag, with eight-pointed stars on either side thereof.

Components of the Federated States of Micronesia

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Flag Date Use Description
1997-- Flag of Chuuk [39] 38 white stars encircling a white coconut tree on a field of blue.
1981-- Flag of Kosrae[40] A white ceremonial fafa stone underneath four stars, flanked by wreaths, on a sky blue field.
1992-- Flag of Pohnpei[41] A circle of eleven white stars on a blue field surrounded by wreaths, with a coconut-shell cup underneath.
1980-- Flag of Yap [42] A white star encircled by a traditional canoe, itself inside a white ring, indicating a rai stone, all on a blue field.

Components of French Polynesia

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Flag Date Use Description
1837--[43] Flag of the Gambier Islands[44] Divided horizontally into white, blue and white stripes, with five stars counterchanged.
1975--[citation needed] Flag of Tuamotus [citation needed] Three horizontal stripes of red, white, and red, and a vertical blue stripe on the hoist, with two rows of eight blue stars on the white stripe.
1998--[45] Flag of the Marquesas Islands[46] Divided horizontally into yellow and red, with a white triangle on the hoist, whereupon is found a matatiki.
Flag of the Austral Islands [47] A red flag with an emblem consisting of a blue traditional pestle surrounded by five blue stars on a white Canadian pale.

States of the United States

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Flag Date Use Description
1898 – Flag of Hawaii [48] Eight alternating horizontal stripes of white, red, and blue, with the Union Jack in the canton.

Flags of Oceanian cities

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Main article: List of city flags in Oceania

Flags of cities with over 1 million inhabitants.

Historical flags

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Flag Date Use Description
1901 –1903 Flag of Australia [54] Six-pointed Commonwealth star and Delta Crucis.
1903 –1908 Flag of Australia [55] Seven-pointed Delta Crucis.
1867 –1869 Flag of the Kingdom of Bau [56] A horizontal tricolour of white, blue, and red, with a rising sun in the blue stripe and a crown in the canton.
1893 –1901 Flag of the Cook Islands Federation[citation needed] A red-white-red tricolour with the Union Jack in the canton, in the center of which is a palm tree on a white disc.
1973 –1979 Flag of the Cook Islands [57] Green flag with a ring of fifteen gold stars in the fly.
1865 –1867 Flag of the Confederacy of Independent Kingdoms of Fiji [58] A white eight-pointed star on a blue field.
1871 –1874 Flag of the Kingdom of Fiji[59] A dove carrying a wreath in its beak on a red shield underneath a crown, all on a vertical bicolour of white and sky blue.
1877 –1883 Flag of the Colony of Fiji [60] British blue ensign defaced with the colonial badge in the fly.
1883 –1903 Flag of the Colony of Fiji [61] British blue ensign defaced with the colonial badge in the fly.
1903 –1908 Flag of the Colony of Fiji [62] British blue ensign defaced with the colonial badge on the fly.
1908 –1924 Flag of the Colony of Fiji [63] British blue ensign defaced with the Fijian coat of arms on a white roundel.
1924 –1970 Flag of the Colony of Fiji [64] British blue ensign defaced with the Fijian coat of arms.
1869 –1871 Flag of the Confederation of Lau [citation needed] Divided horizontally between white and red, with a red Greek cross in the canton.
1906 –1953 Flag of the British New Hebrides [citation needed] British blue ensign defaced with the colonial badge on the fly.
1953 –1980 Flag of the British New Hebrides[citation needed] British blue ensign defaced with the colonial badge on the fly.
1867 –1870 Flag of the Colony of New South Wales [65] British blue ensign defaced with the letters "NSW" on the fly.
1870 –1876 Flag of the Colony of New South Wales [66] British blue ensign defaced with a Southern Cross surmounted by a Crown.
1835 –1840 Flag of the United Tribes of New Zealand [67] A St. George's cross with the canton consisting of a blue field, another St. George's cross with white fimbriation, and a white, eight-pointed star in each of the quarters.
1870 –1876 Flag of the Colony of Queensland [68] British blue ensign defaced with a portrait of Queen Elizabeth II in the flag, labeled "QUEENSLAND"
1858 –1888 Flag of the Kingdom of Rarotonga [69] A red field with a white horizontal stripe, on which are three blue stars.
1888 –1893 Flag of the Kingdom of Rarotonga [70] A red field with a white horizontal stripe through the center and the Union Jack in the canton, and three blue stripes in the fly.
1906 –1947 Flag of the British Solomon Islands[71] British blue ensign defaced with the colonial badge on the fly.
1947 –1956 Flag of the British Solomon Islands [72] British blue ensign defaced with the colonial badge on the fly.
1956 –1966 Flag of the British Solomon Islands [73] British blue ensign defaced with the colonial badge on the fly.
1966 –1977 Flag of the British Solomon Islands [74][75] British blue ensign defaced with the coat of arms of the Solomon Islands on the fly.
1870 –1876 Flag of the Colony of South Australia [76] British blue ensign defaced with the Southern Cross on a black roundel in the fly.
1876 –1901 Flag of the Colony of South Australia [77] British blue ensign defaced with an image of Britannia and an Aboriginal Australian man on a roundel on the fly. Remained in use as the state flag from 1901–1904.
1875 Flag of the Colony of Tasmania [78] British blue ensign with the Southern Cross in the fly and a white cross over all.
1976 –1978 Flag of the Colony of Tuvalu [79] British blue ensign defaced with the colonial badge on the fly.
1978 –1995 Flag of Tuvalu [citation needed] Cyan British ensign with nine gold stars on the fly, representing the islands of Tuvalu.
October  -December 1995 Flag of Tuvalu [citation needed] Cyan British ensign with eight gold stars on the fly.
1995 –1997 Flag of Tuvalu [80] Five uneven horizontal stripes of red, white, cyan, white and red again, over which are overlaid eight white stars. A white triangle radiates from the hoist, whereupon is found the coat of arms of Tuvalu.
1870 –1877 Flag of the Colony of Victoria [81] British blue ensign defaced with the Southern Cross on the fly.
1877 Flag of the Colony of Victoria [citation needed] British blue ensign defaced with the Southern Cross on a blue shield surmounted by a Crown, all on a white roundel on the fly.
1877 –1901 Flag of the Colony of Victoria [82][83] British blue ensign defaced with a Southern Cross surmounted by a Crown on the fly.
1870 –1901 Flag of the Colony of Western Australia [84] British blue ensign defaced with a right-facing black swan on a gold roundel. Remained in use as the state flag from 1901–1953.

See also

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Lists of flags of Oceanian countries

Notes

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References

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  6. ^ https://www.britannica.com/topic/flag-of-Nauru
  7. ^ https://www.mch.govt.nz/our-work/flags-anthems-and-emblems/new-zealand-flag
  8. ^ https://www.palaugov.pw/about-palau/flag/
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  11. ^ https://www.britannica.com/topic/Solomon-Islands-flag-of-the
  12. ^ https://www.britannica.com/topic/flag-of-Tonga
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  14. ^ https://www.britannica.com/topic/flag-of-Vanuatu
  15. ^ https://www.britannica.com/topic/flag-of-American-Samoa
  16. ^ https://www.pmc.gov.au/resources/australian-flags-booklet/part-3-other-official-flags-australia/state-and-territory-flags
  17. ^ https://www.pmc.gov.au/resources/australian-flags-booklet/part-3-other-official-flags-australia/state-and-territory-flags
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