Designed by Indigenous artist Harold Thomas in 1971, the Aboriginal flag is currently flown on the bridge for 19 days every year, including during NAIDOC (National Aborigines and Islanders Day ...

In the words of the Prime Minister, the Aboriginal flag is now free to be used by all Australians. More than 50 years after the flag was designed, the federal government has acquired the ...

Red for their connection to land. A yellow circle in the centre for the sun. This is the design of the Aboriginal flag, which is seen all over Australia - atop bridges and buildings, painted on ...

A years-long campaign to “free” the design of the Aboriginal flag has gained federal backing this week as the Australian government begins negotiations with a non-Indigenous clothing company ...

The historic deal came after two years of negotiations with Aboriginal Australian artist Harold Thomas – who designed the flag in 1971 as a protest symbol – and the Commonwealth government.

Australia’s government has bought the copyright to the Aboriginal flag, making it freely available for public use and ending a longstanding battle over the design. In a deal worth more than 20 ...

The Aboriginal flag was designed by artist and Luritja man Harold Thomas in 1971 during the rise of the land rights movement. But in 2018, Mr Thomas granted exclusive rights to the non-Indigenous ...

The Aboriginal flag, which has become a symbol of Aboriginal Australia and holds special legal and political status worldwide, was designed and created by artist Harold Thomas. A Luritja man from ...

In 1995, William Hayden, Governor General of Australia proclaimed both the Aboriginal flag and the Torres Strait Islander flag (designed by the late Bernard Manok as) “Flags of Australia ...

An Australian company which holds the rights to reproduce the Aboriginal flag design on flags and banners is a step closer to suing the seller of a reworked flag for alleged copyright infringement ...

The Metropolitan Local Aboriginal Land Council told the committee ... tell the inquiry how many companies had paid to use the flag design, or how many had been asked to stop using it.