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The City of Whitehorse is a local government area in north-eastern Melbourne,
formed in 1994 from the Cities of Box Hill and Nunawading. It takes its name
from a white horse statue at the front of the area's first hotel in the 1850s.
The flag of the city is white with the city's logo. The main part of the
logo is a white horse's head, like a chess knight, against a rectangle which is
orange to the left of the head and green to the right. Below the rectangle, the
base of the knight is portrayed in two stripes of orange and green. Above and
below the image is the "CITY OF" (above) "WHITEHORSE" (below) in green.
According to the
city website,
"The City’s logo is modelled on the knight, which is one of the most powerful
and flexible pieces in the game of chess. The significance of the white horse
emanates from the historical and mythological representation of strength,
courage and fertility. The symbol of the white horse in Celtic mythology comes
from the Goddess Epona (Gaul), Macha (Eire) and Rhiannon (Britain), each a
guardian of good fortune ‘for monarch and tribe’. In astrology the white horse
characterises freedom, strength and growth."
While the logo on the flag
and on the website at an earlier date (see
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:WhitehorseCityCouncilLogo.svg)
is in
orange and green, the logo used on the website now is black and white.
A
photo of the flag flying at Box Hill Town Hall, along with the national and
state flags on 2 March 2014, can be found on flickr
http://www.flickr.com/photos/13994192@N07/13079028533/in/photostream/
Council minutes from 19 April 2010:
http://www.whitehorse.vic.gov.au/IgnitionSuite/uploads/docs/Council%20Meeting%20Minutes%2019%20April%202010.pdf
tells us that these three flags were flown there permanently, and also at the
Nunawading Civic Centre, and it was decide to add a fourth pole in both
locations for the Aboriginal flag.
Jonathan Dixon, 12 March 2014
