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These represent the Southern Cross constellation which can bee seen in the nights sky in New Zealand. Australia has a similar flag but with an extra star that can only be seen there. New Zealand is considering changing its flag to something more iconic.
New Zealand is significantly more mountainous than Australia. The Australian continent is relatively flat.
There are 50 stars on the US flag, one for every state
because there are more states and there for more stars on the flag. hoped that helped
The New Zealand flag incorporates the British flag because it represents when both New Zealand and Britain were joined in 1841. It also has The Crux which is more commonly known as The Southern Cross
There are twenty-seven stars on the Brazil flag. For more information search Brazilian flag on Google.
The group of five stars form the constellation of the Southern Cross, a valuable navigation aid to early sailors travelling through the southern hemisphere. There is a sixth star, known as the Federation or Commonwealth star. It has seven points, with six of the points representing the six states of Australia, and the seventh representing Australia's two mainland territories as well as its numerous external (offshore) territories. See the related link below for more information on the symbolism of the Australian flag.
i lived in new zealand for 12 years and then moved to Australia. the Australian dollar is worth more than the new zealand dollar. new zealand has much more hills/ mountains because it is on a faultline (earthquakes) and Australia is not. Julia gillard is Australia's first female prime minister. new zealand had a female prime minister, Helen clark, years ago. New zealand is about the length of the Northern Territory in Australia. Australia is enormous compared to new zealand new zealand only have regions, not states, as Australia do in new zealand they call FLIP FLOPS or THONGS jandles. there are alot of slang differences in Australia and new zealand in new zealand they say burger king. in Australia it is hungry jacks.
it grows by getting more states and adding stars
The US flag has 50 stars, one for each state
Because the flag shows of the stars over Alaska and Hawaii
No. None of the stars on the Australian glag symbolise Papua New Guinea, because PNG is not a territory of Australia any more - nor was it a territory when the flag was originally designed.