Papua and New Guinea 1970-1971 (Australia)

Australian Trust Territory of Papua and New Guinea

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by Mark Sensen

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See also:

• Historical Flags (Papua New Guinea)
• Papua New Guinea
• Australia

From the Flags of Paradise 1996 chart:

1970-1971: Australian Trust Territory: vertical triband, blue with white Crux Australis [southern cross], yellow, red with white paradise bird.
1971-1975: Australian Self Government: current national flag.
1975-: Independent state: current national flag.

Ivan Sache (?)

Both Dorling Kindersley 1997 and Barraclough and Crampton 1981, page 213, report the stripes being blue, white and green, but the correct colours were: blue, yellow and green. Sources:

• Vexilla Nostra no. 31 (1971), page 72, and no. 32 (1971), page 98.
• Poels 1990, page 156.
• Crampton 1990, page 79;
• Crampton 1990h, page 127.

Mark Sensen, 14 August 2001