This year the flag will be the same size as last years as we nearly finished it last year. It has a small aboriginal flag on it, a large bluey and the text aussie.zone in the bottom right.

Here is the template for this year: https://canvas.fediverse.events/#x=90&y=78&zoom=4&tu=https%3A%2F%2Faussie.zone%2Fpictrs%2Fimage%2F93987250-cd08-4e21-9b00-dbd13669ffe4.png&tw=200&tx=0&ty=0&ts=ONE_TO_ONE

Before using it you will have to lower the transparency in canvas settings (and you’ll have to wait for canvas to start :) )

We also have a matrix chat for the flag: #australiacanvas:matrix.org

Please allow others to place art on the flag and don’t damage it unless it is another countries flag, covers the stars, union jack, bluey, or other important parts of the flag.

  • maniacalmanicmania@aussie.zoneEnglish
    3·
    3 days ago

    I went to check out the status of the Torres Strait Islander flag and ended up going down a bit of a rabbit hole in regards to the Australian Aboriginal flag:

    The flag’s current legal status was debated in an Australian Senate estimates committee in mid‑February 2022, when it was also revealed that the Morrison government had paid $13.75m to Thomas to assume copyright, and also paid $6.3m to two non-Indigenous businesses which held licences to use the flag. These companies are WAM Clothing, which received $5.2m, and Wooster Holdings, which was paid $1.1m. Interests in both companies are held by Gold Coast businessman Ben Wooster, former director of Birubi Art (which was fined $2.3m in 2018 for selling fake Aboriginal art).

    • FireWire400@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      3 days ago

      Is Carroll & Richardson Flagworld an indigenous business? As far as I know they hold the exclusive licence to manufacture the Aboriginal Flag in actual flag form and I wonder why they’re not mentioned

      Edit: I looked into it a bit more and it seems that the exclusive licence held by Carroll & Richardson was kept to ensure a high quality and that manufacturing of the flag stays in Australia, which is actually quite good IMO.

      Explains why those flags are so expensive…

    • eatham 🇦🇺@aussie.zoneOPMEnglish
      1·
      3 days ago

      It’s a bit dumb that the govt doesn’t just make the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander flags public domain

  • FireWire400@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    3 days ago

    I don’t think I’ll be helping this year, it’s too bloody hot over here to deal with all the surrounding drama (from people who try to sabotage the flag), but it’s cool to see that the Aboriginal Flag is now “officially” part of it