Australia Day

[IGALOP]

Whatever you do today, remember we are lucky to live in the best country in the world. Enjoy our special day and don't forget to pamper your Pony!

[jusTANG]

Australia Day Question 1

who knows why on the Australian Flag one star depicting the Southern Cross only has 5 points??
No refering to Google for the answer

let the fun start post up any other questions lets see who is the Australian Die Hard

[Nuts]

I always thought it was the five points of the compass, north, south, east, west and lost.

[jusTANG]

I always thought it was the five points of the compass, north, south, east, west and lost.

interesting thought one I didn't think of, however NO !

[goldscode]

The five confederates ???

[jusTANG]

The five confederates ???

thats a commen (apparently) mistake, prize is still up for grabs

[jusTANG]

Australia Day Question 2

Sticking with the flag theme and the cause of a few arguments in the past
how many other countries use the Southern Cross on their flags??
bonus round........can you name them also??

No refering to Google for the answer

[xpconnor]

The Commonwealth star has seven points to represent the states and territories but the 5 pointed star

Other flags with the southern cross, I will say 3;
our sheepish friends New Zealand
then a guess that Fiji has it on their flag
and then just one extra for luck (maybe PNG)

[HappyOne]

Just a wild guess - as l really thought it had to do with the twot that originally draw it up, may not have had enough ink to draw a 6 pointed star.

heres another wild guess ---was it to represent a combination of British heritage and the 5 pointed star had something to do with maybe 5 other countries that the brit's occupied at the time??

[jusTANG]

The Commonwealth star has seven points to represent the states and territories but the 5 pointed star

Other flags with the southern cross, I will say 3;
our sheepish friends New Zealand
then a guess that Fiji has it on their flag
and then just one extra for luck (maybe PNG)

one for sure is our sheepish friends and yes your maybe is on the money too Papua New Guinea, so thats leaving 2 as Fiji Wrong

[jusTANG]

Just a wild guess - as l really thought it had to do with the twot that originally draw it up, may not have had enough ink to draw a 6 pointed star.

heres another wild guess ---was it to represent a combination of British heritage and the 5 pointed star had something to do with maybe 5 other countries that the brit's occupied at the time??

Sorry happy no, no it hasn't anything to do with either of them

[Pinto-Pete]

The Commonwealth star has seven points to represent the states and territories but the 5 pointed star

Other flags with the southern cross, I will say 3;
our sheepish friends New Zealand
then a guess that Fiji has it on their flag
and then just one extra for luck (maybe PNG)

I''ll add samoa and brazil to the flag's Q 1

[mikes68]

If memory serves... a hint would be to take a look at the original flag as it may explain a bit more - it's all relative...

[jusTANG]

hope you didnt cheat Pinto but correct.

One to Pete
Flags including Southern Cross
Australia
1. New Zealand
2. Papua New Guinea
3. Samoa
4. Brazil

[jusTANG]

Yes Mike it is the only start that DID NOT change with a revamp of the original.
Documents state that the others were changed for
economic reasons during the manufacture of the flag. Weather that be true or it was just to make it easier I can not confirm nor deny.

HINT: the starts of the southern cross ranged from 5 points to 9 points on the original design so no Google !!!!!