Australian National Flag Association

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The Australian National Flag Association (ANFA) was inaugurated at a public meeting held in Sydney on 5 October 1983 to oppose suggestions that the existing Australian National Flag is not appropriately representative of the nation, and should be changed, with Sir Colin Hines elected as founding president of the New South Wales branch.

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There are also autonomous, state-based incorporated associations still operating as ANFA chapters in Queensland, Victoria, Tasmania and Western Australia. There have been informal meetings between the various state presidents where a national spokesperson for the five separate organisations is appointed. [1] [2]

In 2013 an Australian Flag Association was formed, with ANFA Queensland President Allan Pidgeon AM as chair. [3]

New South Wales

According to their official website ANFA NSW is a non-political, non-sectarian voluntary community service organisation. The controlling Council of Management is elected at each Annual General Meeting, operating under a government approved constitution. [4] The stated aims and objectives are:

Amongst other activities ANFA NSW has successfully proposed that 3 September be proclaimed as Australian National Flag Day and holds annual commemorations along with other state branches. ANFA NSW produced a video "Our National Flag … since 1901" which tells the story of the flag. This was presented to every Australian school as part of the 'Discovering Democracy' programme. [6]

Queensland

In 2017 ANFA QLD announced a search for the very first Australian flag, which has been lost since it flew on 3 September 1901 at the Royal Exhibition Building in Melbourne. [7]

Western Australia

In 1999 ANFA WA erected a memorial on the grave of Mrs Annie Dorrington, who along with four others shared and the prize money in the 1901 Federal Flag Design Competition, with other ANFA state branches contributing towards the costs. [8]

Australian Capital Territory

The most recent ANFA branch was incorporated in the Australian Capital Territory on 4 July 2001. [9] [10] However, on 15 July 2003, affiliation with ANFA was severed, and the organisation rebranded as the Australian Flag Society. [11] In an interview with the Canberra Times the ANFA ACT spokesperson Nigel Morris was quoted as saying: "I don't have much hope for the future of ANFA the average age of the members is about eighty." [12]

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  1. ↑ Centenera, Jeff, "Colours lowered as ACT's flag group ordered to disband", The Canberra Times, 4 November 2002
  2. ↑ "Home". australianflag.net.au.
  3. ↑ MEMBER (AM) IN THE GENERAL DIVISION OF THE ORDER OF AUSTRALIA. gg.gov.au. Archived 2017-02-18 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ↑ "Home". anfa-national.org.au.
  5. ↑ "Home". anfa-national.org.au.
  6. ↑ "Civics | Our National Flag...since 1901". 14 June 2005. Archived from the original on 30 April 2012. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
  7. ↑ "Hunt on for first Australian flag | the Land". Archived from the original on 8 November 2017. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
  8. ↑ "The Grave of Annie Dorrington - Australian Flag Co-Designer". 7 December 1999.
  9. ↑ Pickworth, Carin, "ACT student rapt with Aussie flag", The Canberra Times, 6 July 2001
  10. ↑ Kwan, Dr Elizabeth. Flag and Nation. University of New South Wales Press, 2006, p. 11
  11. ↑ Centenera, Jeff, "Colours lowered as ACT's flag group ordered to disband", The Canberra Times, 4 November 2002
  12. ↑ Centenera, Jeff, "Colours lowered as ACT's flag group ordered to disband", The Canberra Times, 4 November 2002.
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