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![[flag of Christmas Island]](../images/c/cx.gif)
image by Zoltan Horvath, 3 May 2024
Flag ratio 1:2, adopted 14 Apr 1986, made official 26 Jan 2002
The flag of Christmas Island was chosen from a flag competition held in 1986 and announced on April 14, 1986. There were 69 entries in the competition which had a prize of $100 (Australian). The winning design was created by Tony Couch of Sydney, who had worked on the island for 4 years as a phosphate mining rigging supervisor. Although the flag was selected, its status has not been officially approved by the Christmas Island Assembly.
As you know, Christmas Island off the coast of Australia has had an unofficial
flag since the 1980s. It appears this flag has been official since Australia
Day 2002. I wrote the Christmas Island Government. They sent me this
article, which is here.
Joshua Holman, 20 April 2006
The article the link refers to was published in The Islander, issue no.
245, on 1 February 2002. The Islander is the newsletter of the Shire of
Christmas Island and the only local newspaper in circulation.
Margaret Robinson, CEO, Shire of Christmas Island, 26 April 2006
As far as the current status of Christmas Island, here are the basics:
http://regional.gov.au/territories/Christmas/governanceadministration.aspx
http://www.indianoceanterritories.com.au
1 Oct 1958 Following
request by Commonwealth of Australia to the UK Parliament it became an
Australian Territory under the Christmas Island Act 1958. Under that Act laws in
force on the Island immediately before transfer to Australia were to continue (ie,
laws of the Colony of Singapore as specified in the Christmas Island Order in
Council 1957 plus certain regulations made by the Administrator of the Colony of
Christmas Island during the period 1 Jan - 30 Oct 1958).
1984 Australian
Government announced decision to move towards 'normalisation' policy and
extension of mainland laws to Christmas Island. First Christmas Island Assembly
elected by residents in 1985.
1 July 1992 the Local Government
(Transition) Ordinance 1992 (under the Christmas Island Act 1992) established
the Christmas Island Shire Council to direct and provide services to residents
of the Island. The Council has the same powers as a Western Australian shire
council. It replaced the Assembly and Services Corporation (Western Australia
state laws were applied to the island).
Ben Cahoon, 4 September 2016
The blue and green triangles represent the sea surrounding the island and the vegetation of the island. The Southern cross in the blue triangle is the representation appearing in the Australian flag.
The image in the green triangle is the Golden Bosun Burd, which is unique to the island.
The gold disk in the center of the flag represents the island's phosphate mining history and originally included to provide a background for the green map of Christmas Island.
The flag was certainly influenced by that of Papua New Guinea
Željko Heimer, 7 February 2001
Carlos Esperza suggests that the southern cross may have stars with different numbers of points, as on the Victorian and Northern Territory flags:
![[Alternative design]](../images/c/cx-var.gif)
image by Carlos Esperza
My wife has returned from working on the Island and reported that the flag was flown at the Airport but not seen elsewhere as locals report they are frequently stolen, presumably as souvenirs.
A postcard photo [differs from] the Carlos Esperza version with
the star to the right having 7 points. The green is darker (as in
Norfolk Island).
Hayden Williams, 4 March 2006
The Olympic Flag Manuals don’t illustrate this flag, because Christmas Island
is not a member of the IOC or IPC.
The Album des Pavillons 2000 [pay00]
gives an illustration, but with very light shades of blue and green, there is no
color specification.
The Album des Pavillons 2023 also illustrate this
flag, but with very dark shades of blue and green, there is no color
specification.
Vexilla Mundi gives a very detailed
construction sheet and gives colors in the Pantone system: PMS 281C (blue), PMS 361C
(green) PMS 116C (yellow), and PMS White.
Wikipedia illustrates the flag,
but doesn’t give any color values.
Flag Color Codes gives the following color
values:
Blue: Hex: #0021AD, RGB 0-33-173, CMYK 100-81-0-32, Pantone Dark
Blue C, RAL 5005
Green: Hex: #1C8A42, RGB 28-138-66, CMYK 80-0-52-46,
Pantone 7731 C, RAL 6032
White: Hex: #FFF FFF, RGB 255-255-255, CMYK
0-0-0-0, Pantone N/A, RAL N/A
Yellow: Hex: # FFC639, RGB 255-198-57, CMYK
0-22-78-0, Pantone 136 C, RAL 1018
Shire of Christmas Island (governing
body) has a logo, the green map of island superimposed with bosum bird, image
attached as cx).gif
Zoltan Horvath, 3 May 2024
![[flag of Christmas Island]](../images/c/cx).gif)
image by Zoltan Horvath, 3 May 2024
The Shire of Christmas Island (the governing body) has a logo, featuring the
green map of the island superimposed by a bosum bird.
Zoltan Horvath, 3 May 2024