The eyewitness description quoted ("The flag at the forepeak of the Eureka excited particular notice, the device being novel. No specimen or fragment of the original Murray River Flag is known to exist. The relevant passage from "Flag of Stars," Frank Cayley, published 1966 : But there must be answers out there somewhere. So, there isn't much definitive detail on the Murray River flags. This tantalising bit from Cayley: 'Although the Murray River Flag was flown on the barge Eureka in 1853, no connection, other than the coincidence of name, has been traced between the Murray Flag and the flag of revolt that flew over the Eureka Stockade in Ballarat in the following year.' Cayley also makes the point that another flag flown on the Murray featured a black swan, long before it first appeared on the flag of Western Australia. Foley just mentions them in passing - the most complete description is in Cayley - he put a couple of possible representations in his book. I'm also intrigued by the Murray River flag of which there seems to have been two or three versions.Ĭomplete detail on these flags is tantalisingly vague. Descriptions of the original Murray River Flag.Keywords: australia | murray river flag | stars: southern cross | southern cross | stripes (blue and white) | This page is part of © FOTW Flags Of The World website Murray River flag (Australia)
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