Flags of Oceania

A map of Oceania with national flags, excluding Southeast Asia and dependent territories

This is a gallery of national flags of Oceania .

Flags of Oceanian sovereign states

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1908 –	Flag of Australia [1] See also: List of Australian flags	A British Blue Ensign defaced with the seven-point Commonwealth Star in the lower hoist quarter and the five stars of the Southern Cross in the fly half.
	1970 –	Flag of Fiji [2] See also: List of Fijian flags	A cyan British Blue Ensign defaced with the shield of Fiji's Coat of Arms in the fly half.
	1979 –	Flag of Kiribati [3]	A horizontal bicolour of red and blue with a gold frigatebird flying over the rising sun with seventeen rays centered on the upper half and three white wavy horizontal stripes on the lower half.
	1979 –	Flag of the Marshall Islands [4]	A blue field with two diagonal stripes of orange and white radiating from the lower hoist-side corner to the upper fly-side corner and the large white star with four large rays and twenty small rays on the upper hoist-side corner above the stripes.
	1978 –	Flag of the Federated States of Micronesia [5]	A light blue field with four white five-pointed stars arranged in the diamond pattern in the center.
	1968 –	Flag of Nauru [6] See also: List of Nauruan flags	A blue field with the thin yellow narrow horizontal stripe across in the center and the large white twelve-pointed star on the bottom of the stripe and near the hoist-side.
	1902 –	Flag of New Zealand [7] See also: List of New Zealand flags	A British Blue Ensign defaced with four stars of the Southern Cross in the fly half.
	1981 –	Flag of Palau [8] See also: List of Palauan flags	A light blue field with a large yellow disk slightly leaning towards the hoist side.
	1971 –	Flag of Papua New Guinea [9] See also: List of Papua New Guinean flags	Divided diagonally from the upper hoist-side corner to the lower fly-side corner: the upper triangle is red with the soaring Raggiana bird-of-paradise and the lower triangle is black with the Southern Cross of four white larger five-pointed stars and the smaller star.
	1962 –	Flag of Samoa [10] See also: List of Samoan flags	A red field with the blue rectangle on the upper hoist-side quadrant bearing the Southern Cross of four white larger five-pointed stars and the smaller star in the center.
	1977 –	Flag of Solomon Islands [11]	A thin, yellow stripe dividing diagonally from the lower hoist-side corner to the upper fly-side corner: the upper triangle is blue with five white five-pointed stars arranged in an X pattern and the lower triangle is green.
	1875 –	Flag of Tonga [12]	A red field with the white rectangle on the upper hoist-side corner bearing the red Greek Cross in the centre.
	1997 –	Flag of Tuvalu [13]	A cyan British Blue Ensign defaced with stars that represent the nine islands which comprise Tuvalu in the fly half.
	1980 –	Flag of Vanuatu [14] See also: List of Vanuatuan flags	A horizontal bicolor of red and green with a golden pall, fimbriated in black, with a black chevron filling the lefthand space (alternately, a golden fillet pall surmounting a black gusset) and two gold crossed namele cycad fronds encircled in a gold boar tusk centered on the chevron.

Flags of Oceanian dependencies and other territories

Flag	Date	Use	State (status)	Description
	1960 –	Flag of American Samoa [15]	United States (unincorporated and unorganized territory)	A red-edged white triangle pointing towards the hoist charged with a bald eagle clutching a war club and a fly-whisk. The white triangle divides the dark blue field into two separate triangles.
	2002 –	Flag of Christmas Island [16]	Australia (external territory)	Blue and green diagonal bicolour charged with a Southern Cross of four seven-pointed white stars and one smaller five-pointed white star on the blue half, a golden bosun bird in gold on the green half, and a gold circle in the centre containing the shape of the island in green
	2004 –	Flag of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands [17]	Australia (external territory)	A green field with a palm tree on a gold disc in the canton, a gold crescent in the centre of the flag and a gold Southern Cross in the fly.
	2006 –	Flag of Easter Island [18]	Chile (special territory)	A white flag with a red reimiro in the centre
	1984 –	Flag of French Polynesia [19]	France (overseas country and collectivity)	Two red horizontal bands encase a wide white band in a 1:2:1 ratio, with the coat of arms centred on the white stripe
	1948 –	Flag of Guam [20]	United States (unincorporated and organized territory)	A dark blue background with a thin red border and the Seal in the center.
	2010 –	Flags of New Caledonia [21]	France (sui generis collectivity)	The flag of France is used for official purposes.
	1979 –	Flag of Norfolk Island [22]	Australia (external territory)	Norfolk Island pine (Araucaria heterophylla) in a central white stripe between two vertical green stripes
	1948 –	Flag of the Northern Mariana Islands [23]	United States (commonwealth)	A circle of flowers and plants with a gray latte stone and a white star on a blue field.
	1984 –	Flag of the Pitcairn Islands [24]	United Kingdom (overseas territory)	A British Blue Ensign with the Pitcairn coat of arms defaced on the fly.
	2009 –	Flag of Tokelau [25]	New Zealand (dependent territory)	A yellow Tokelauan canoe sailing towards the Southern Cross represented by four white stars on a blue field
	1976 –	Flag of Wake Island [26] (unofficial)	United States (minor outlying island)	Horizontally divided between white and red, with a blue pentagon on the hoist, whereupon is found a map of the atoll and the words Wake Island in blue on a gold disc, which is surrounded by three gold stars.
	1794 –	Flags of Wallis and Futuna (unofficial) [27]	France (overseas collectivity)	The Flag of France is used for official purposes.

Flags of Oceanian sub-divisions

States of Australia

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1876–present	Flag of New South Wales [28]	A St George's Cross with four gold stars and a lion in the fly of a British blue ensign.
	1876–present	Flag of Queensland [29]	A light blue Maltese cross with a crown on a white roundel in the fly of a British blue ensign.
	1904–present	Flag of South Australia [30]	A piping shrike on a gold roundel in the fly of a British blue ensign.
	1875–present	Flag of Tasmania [31] [32]	A red lion passant on a white roundel in the fly of a British blue ensign.
	1877–present	Flag of Victoria [33]	The Southern Cross surmounted by a crown in the fly of a British blue ensign.
	1953–present	Flag of Western Australia [34]	A black swan on a gold roundel in the fly of a British blue ensign.

Territories of Australia

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1993-present	Flag of the Australian Capital Territory [35]	A vertical 1:2 bicolour of blue (charged with the Southern Cross) and gold (charged with a modified Coat of arms of the city of Canberra)
	1978-present	Flag of the Northern Territory [36]	A vertical 1:2 bicolour of black (charged with the Southern Cross) and ochre (charged with a stylised Sturt's Desert Rose)

Associated states of New Zealand

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1979 –	Flag of the Cook Islands [37]	A British Blue Ensign, with a ring made of fifteen stars defaced on the fly.
	1975 –	Flag of Niue [38]	A golden yellow flag with the Union flag in the upper left (hoist) quarter of the flag. On the Union Jack are two yellow five-pointed stars on the vertical stripe and two on the horizontal stripe. In the centre of the Union flag is a blue disc with another, slightly larger, yellow five-pointed star.

Regions of New Zealand

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	2004 –	Flag of Otago [ citation needed ]	A blue and yellow field divided by a horizontal zigzag, with eight-pointed stars on either side thereof.

Components of the Federated States of Micronesia

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1997--	Flag of Chuuk [39]	38 white stars encircling a white coconut tree on a field of blue.
	1981--	Flag of Kosrae [40]	A white ceremonial fafa stone underneath four stars, flanked by wreaths, on a sky blue field.
	1992--	Flag of Pohnpei [41]	A circle of eleven white stars on a blue field surrounded by wreaths, with a coconut-shell cup underneath.
	1980--	Flag of Yap [42]	A white star encircled by a traditional canoe, itself inside a white ring, indicating a rai stone, all on a blue field.

Components of French Polynesia

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1837-- [43]	Flag of the Gambier Islands [44] [45]	Divided horizontally into white, blue and white stripes, with five stars counterchanged.
	1975--[ citation needed ]	Flag of the Tuamotu Archipelago [46]	Three horizontal stripes of red, white, and red, and a vertical blue stripe on the hoist, with two rows of eight blue stars on the white stripe.
	2018-- [47]	Flag of the Marquesas Islands [48]	Divided horizontally into yellow and red, with a white triangle on the hoist, whereupon is found a matatiki.
		Flag of the Austral Islands [49]	A red flag with an emblem consisting of a blue traditional pestle surrounded by five blue stars on a white Canadian pale.

States of the United States

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1898 –	Flag of Hawaii [50]	Eight alternating horizontal stripes of white, red, and blue, with the Union Jack in the canton.

Flags of Oceanian cities

Main article: List of city flags in Oceania

Flags of cities with over 1 million inhabitants.

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Historical flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1901 –1903	Flag of Australia [51]	Six-pointed Commonwealth star and Delta Crucis.
	1903 –1908	Flag of Australia [52]	Seven-pointed Delta Crucis.
	1867 –1869	Flag of the Kingdom of Bau [53]	A horizontal tricolour of white, blue, and red, with a rising sun in the blue stripe and a crown in the canton.
	1893 –1901	Flag of the Cook Islands Federation [ citation needed ]	A red-white-red tricolour with the Union Jack in the canton, in the center of which is a palm tree on a white disc.
	1973 –1979	Flag of the Cook Islands [54]	Green flag with a ring of fifteen gold stars in the fly.
	1865 –1867	Flag of the Confederacy of Independent Kingdoms of Fiji [55]	A white eight-pointed star on a blue field.
	1871 –1874	Flag of the Kingdom of Fiji [56]	A dove carrying a wreath in its beak on a red shield underneath a crown, all on a vertical bicolour of white and sky blue.
	1877 –1883	Flag of the Colony of Fiji [57]	British blue ensign defaced with the colonial badge in the fly.
	1883 –1903	Flag of the Colony of Fiji [58]	British blue ensign defaced with the colonial badge in the fly.
	1903 –1908	Flag of the Colony of Fiji [59]	British blue ensign defaced with the colonial badge on the fly.
	1908 –1924	Flag of the Colony of Fiji [60]	British blue ensign defaced with the Fijian coat of arms on a white roundel.
	1924 –1970	Flag of the Colony of Fiji [61]	British blue ensign defaced with the Fijian coat of arms.
	1869 –1871	Flag of the Confederation of Lau [ citation needed ]	Divided horizontally between white and red, with a red Greek cross in the canton.
	1906 –1953	Flag of the British New Hebrides [ citation needed ]	British blue ensign defaced with the colonial badge on the fly.
	1953 –1980	Flag of the British New Hebrides[ citation needed ]	British blue ensign defaced with the colonial badge on the fly.
	1867 –1870	Flag of the Colony of New South Wales [62]	British blue ensign defaced with the letters "NSW" on the fly.
	1870 –1876	Flag of the Colony of New South Wales [63]	British blue ensign defaced with a Southern Cross surmounted by a Crown.
	1835 –1840	Flag of the United Tribes of New Zealand [64]	A St. George's cross with the canton consisting of a blue field, another St. George's cross with white fimbriation, and a white, eight-pointed star in each of the quarters.
	1870 –1876	Flag of the Colony of Queensland [65]	British blue ensign defaced with a portrait of Queen Elizabeth II in the flag, labeled "QUEENSLAND"
	1858 –1888	Flag of the Kingdom of Rarotonga [66]	A red field with a white horizontal stripe, on which are three blue stars.
	1888 –1893	Flag of the Kingdom of Rarotonga [67]	A red field with a white horizontal stripe through the center and the Union Jack in the canton, and three blue stars in the fly.
	1906 –1947	Flag of the British Solomon Islands [68]	British blue ensign defaced with the colonial badge on the fly.
	1947 –1956	Flag of the British Solomon Islands [69]	British blue ensign defaced with the colonial badge on the fly.
	1956 –1966	Flag of the British Solomon Islands [70]	British blue ensign defaced with the colonial badge on the fly.
	1966 –1977	Flag of the British Solomon Islands [71] [72]	British blue ensign defaced with the coat of arms of the Solomon Islands on the fly.
	1870 –1876	Flag of the Colony of South Australia [73]	British blue ensign defaced with the Southern Cross on a black roundel in the fly.
	1876 –1901	Flag of the Colony of South Australia [74]	British blue ensign defaced with an image of Britannia and an Aboriginal Australian man on a roundel on the fly. Remained in use as the state flag from 1901–1904.
	1875	Flag of the Colony of Tasmania [75]	British blue ensign with the Southern Cross in the fly and a white cross over all.
	1976 –1978	Flag of the Colony of Tuvalu [76]	British blue ensign defaced with the colonial badge on the fly.
	1978 –1995	Flag of Tuvalu[ citation needed ]	Cyan British ensign with nine gold stars on the fly, representing the islands of Tuvalu.
	October  -December 1995	Flag of Tuvalu[ citation needed ]	Cyan British ensign with eight gold stars on the fly.
	1995 –1997	Flag of Tuvalu [77]	Five uneven horizontal stripes of red, white, cyan, white and red again, over which are overlaid eight white stars. A white triangle radiates from the hoist, whereupon is found the coat of arms of Tuvalu.
	1870 –1877	Flag of the Colony of Victoria [78]	British blue ensign defaced with the Southern Cross on the fly.
	1877	Flag of the Colony of Victoria[ citation needed ]	British blue ensign defaced with the Southern Cross on a blue shield surmounted by a Crown, all on a white roundel on the fly.
	1877 –1901	Flag of the Colony of Victoria [79] [80]	British blue ensign defaced with a Southern Cross surmounted by a Crown on the fly.
	1870 –1901	Flag of the Colony of Western Australia [81]	British blue ensign defaced with a right-facing black swan on a gold roundel. Remained in use as the state flag from 1901–1953.

See also

Lists of flags of Oceanian countries

• List of Australian flags
• List of Fijian flags
• List of Nauruan flags
• List of New Zealand flags
• List of Palauan flags
• List of Papua New Guinean flags
• List of Samoan flags
• List of Vanuatuan flags

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