File:Civil Air Ensign of Australia.svg

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to: navigation, search
Full resolution‎ (SVG file, nominally 1,200 × 600 pixels, file size: 2 KB)

[edit] Summary

Description Civil Air Ensign of Australia
Date 22 February 2012(2012-02-22)
Source [1] (see below for transcript)
Author
  • Original version by Butterstick
  • New, more accurate code by NikNaks

[edit] Licensing

Public domain This work has been released into the public domain by its author, NikNaks. This applies worldwide.
In some countries this may not be legally possible; if so:
NikNaks grants anyone the right to use this work for any purpose, without any conditions, unless such conditions are required by law.

[edit] Specification

Included in the Gazette is a very detailed construction sheet. Unlike the New Zealand case, the dark blue cross itself is 1/10 the width of the fly, with fimbriations 1/3 of its width, leading to a total width for the cross+fimbriations of 1/6 the width of the fly, rather than 1/5. The Union Jack is constructed following hte usual rules in a 5:11 canton. The Commonwealth Star has, as in the national flag, an outer diameter 3/5 the width of the Union Jack. (Of course, in this case, this is not the same as the 3/10 of the fly specified in the Flags Act.)

The stars of the Southern Cross are tilted 45 degrees, so that Alpha and Gamma lie on the line from the lower fly corner to the centre of the top of the flag. They definitely have points pointing in that direction, although to the casual glance, the difference between pointing this way and pointing up in 7-pointed stars is not that significant. Say this line is 'A' and it contains a point 'B', the centre of the southern cross. Then the centre of each star is given as:

  • Alpha: 1/3 of the width of the fly from B along A towards the lower fly.
  • Beta: 1/4 the width of the fly from A towards the bottom of the flag along a line at right angles to A, meeting A 1/16 the width of the fly from B towards the top of the flag.
  • Gamma: 1/3 of the width of the fly from B along A towards the top of the flag.
  • Delta: 2/9 the width of the fly from A towards upper fly along a line at right angles to A meeting A 1/16+1/15 the width of the fly from B towards the top of the flag.
  • Epsilon: 1/10 the width of the fly from A towards upper fly along a line at right angles to A, meeting A 1/24 the width of the fly from B towards the lower fly.

Alpha, Beta, Gamma and Delta have outer diameters 1/7 the width of the fly and are 7 pointed, Epsilon has outer diamter 1/12 the width of the fly and is five pointed. All stars (including the Commonwealth Star) have inner diameters 4/9 their outer diameter. This means that the Southern Cross is identical to that in the national flag, except for the tilt and the movement of the centre of the cross (B) from the centre of the fly towards the lower fly corner. It is not exactly clear where B is. It could be 1/16 thh width of the fly from the centre, so that the line from the centre of Beta meets A in the centre of the fly, but it looks similarly close to the point which makes the centre of Epsilon fall vertically in the centre of the main cross. Either way, the placement is obviously intended to ensure that Epsilon is in the cross and all the others are clear of it.

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current21:58, 22 February 2012Thumbnail for version as of 21:58, 22 February 20121,200 × 600 (2 KB)NikNaksConflicting colour specs removed
21:29, 22 February 2012Thumbnail for version as of 21:29, 22 February 20121,200 × 600 (2 KB)NikNaksCracked it. Now should be completely accurate
19:43, 22 February 2012Thumbnail for version as of 19:43, 22 February 20121,200 × 600 (2 KB)NikNaksActually, *this* is as close as I can get. Fixing the red diagonals (to one-third the white as on the Union Jack) and a more accurate decimal for the position of the stars on the right. There must surely be an exact mathematical way of doing it, but I c
21:49, 21 February 2012Thumbnail for version as of 21:49, 21 February 20121,200 × 600 (2 KB)NikNaksThis is as mathematically accurate as I can get, given that the Union Flag isn't the normal size.
18:20, 21 February 2012Thumbnail for version as of 18:20, 21 February 20121,200 × 600 (5 KB)NikNaksStill not right. I need to play around with this.
18:12, 21 February 2012Thumbnail for version as of 18:12, 21 February 20121,200 × 600 (2 KB)NikNaksI am not 100% sure of the position of the Southern Cross itself, but if I understand correctly, these stars are the correct size now. Apologies.
21:49, 20 February 2012Thumbnail for version as of 21:49, 20 February 20121,200 × 600 (5 KB)Fry1989little fix and we are good
21:16, 20 February 2012Thumbnail for version as of 21:16, 20 February 20121,200 × 600 (2 KB)NikNaksHow's this? Redone using new stars
15:29, 19 February 2012Thumbnail for version as of 15:29, 19 February 20121,200 × 600 (2 KB)NikNaksStars should now be aligned correctly, although sizes and exact locations may need tweaking.
06:01, 2 August 2009Thumbnail for version as of 06:01, 2 August 20091,200 × 600 (3 KB)ButterStickThe stars still look a bit odd to me.
01:17, 2 August 2009Thumbnail for version as of 01:17, 2 August 2009600 × 300 (5 KB)ButterStickReverted to version as of 13:46, 4 June 2006
01:17, 2 August 2009Thumbnail for version as of 01:17, 2 August 20091,200 × 600 (3 KB)ButterStickFrom File:Civil Air Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg; a paraphrase of the specification from [http://www.mail-archive.com/fotw@googlegroups.com/msg00336.html].
13:46, 4 June 2006Thumbnail for version as of 13:46, 4 June 2006600 × 300 (5 KB)Nightstallion{{GFDL}} SVG Image drawn by Trisreed from FOTW Flags Of The World website at http://flagspot.net/flags/. Original image sourced from [http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/au_cae.html]. Category:Flags of Australia Category:SVG flags

Global file usage

The following other wikis use this file:

Metadata

This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to create or digitize it. If the file has been modified from its original state, some details may not fully reflect the modified file.
Width 1200
Height 600
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Civil_Air_Ensign_of_Australia.svg"
Personal tools
Namespaces

Variants
Views
Actions
Navigation
Interaction
Toolbox