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.
There are six white stars present on the flag of Australia. The largest of these stars, under the Union Jack, is known as the Commonwealth Star, which represents the six (6) states of Australia. The five stars on the right half of the flag are intended to represent the Southern Cross constellation, a distinctive constellation visible from the Earth's southern hemisphere. On the flag, the stars of the Southern Cross also represent justice, prudence, temperance, and fortitude.
remembers the five wars
Yes. There were two commonly used arrangement of the stars, One had them in a circle and the other three rows with 5, 8, and 5 stars.
The outer ring of 13 stars represents the original 13 colonies. The five stars in a half ring around the bottom of the torch represent the next 5 states. The largest star above the torch symbolizes Indiana.
If you mean the U.s flag.... there are 50 stars. There are probably 5 or 10 rows on the flag. If you mathematically solve it, I will probably be wrong.
There are 50 stars, and each one of them has 5 points.
China's Flag, or the flag of China, is a mainly red flag with 5 golden stars embellished upon it. The red is to symbolise the Revolution, and the Stars are to represent the leadership change during this time.
remembers the five wars
There are no stars in the union jack. There are three crosses: England's St. George's cross, Scotland's St. Andrew's cross and Ireland's St. Patrick's cross. There are, however, 6 stars on the Australian flag which has a union jack in the top left hand corner. The 5 stars that are on the right side of the flag represent a constellation of stars called the 'Southern Cross'. All of these stars have 6 points which represent the 6 states of Australia. The star on the left hand side of the flag is called Federation star. This is larger and has 7 points which represent Canberra and the Northern Territory.
Yes. There were two commonly used arrangement of the stars, One had them in a circle and the other three rows with 5, 8, and 5 stars.
There are 50 stars on the United States flag. They are white and five pointed, in 9 alternating rows of 6 and 5. They represent the 50 states of the Union.
Australia and New Zealand both have a dark blue flag with a Union Jack in the corner. Te Australian flag also shows the Southern Cross as 5 white stars and the NZ flag the Southern Cross as four red stars
The cross on the flag from New Zealand is part of the British Union Jack. This is used to represent the country's British heritage. The stars on the flag represent the southern cross.
The Australian flag has six stars. This consists of the Commonwealth Star under the Union Jack, which has seven points representing the six states and territories of Australia, with one point representing all the other territories. The Southern Cross constellation is also featured on the flag, with four stars of different sizes.
There are 5 stars on Chinas flag. The large five-pointed star represents the Chinese Communist Party and the four small five-pointed stars represent the workers, peasants, petty bourgeoisie and the national bourgeoisie four classes
the red dot represents the sun, im not sure what the white indicates. __ Red dot on white background is the Japanese flag, not the Chinese flag. The Chinese flag is red with 5 yellow stars. The current government line is: Red = the Chinese Revolution. The stars are supposed to represent unity of the people all under the Communist Party leadership.
The five stars on the Chinese flag represent the unity of the Chinese people under the leadership of the Communist Party of China. The large star symbolizes the party, while the four smaller stars represent the four social classes: the working class, the peasantry, the urban petty bourgeoisie, and the national bourgeoisie.
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.