Flag of Papua New Guinea
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[[Image:Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg|thumb|250px|right|[[Image:FIAV 111100.svg|20px]] Flag ratio: 3:4]]
[[Image:Naval Ensign of Papua New Guinea.svg|thumb|250px|right|[[Image:FIAV 111100.svg|20px]] Naval Ensign Flag ratio: 3:4]]
[[Image:Flag of Papua New Guinea 1965.svg|thumb|250px|right|[[Image:FIAV_historical.svg|23px]]Australian Trust Territory of Papua and New Guinea 1965-1970]]
[[Image:Flag of Papua New Guinea 1970.svg|thumb|250px|right|[[Image:FIAV_historical.svg|23px]]Papua and New Guinea 1970-1971]]
[[Image:German new guinea flag.gif|thumb|250px| Flag of [[German New Guinea]] that was used from the end of 19<sup>th</sup> century until World War I.]]
The flag of [[Papua New Guinea]] was adopted on [[July 1]], [[1971]]. In the [[Flag terminology#Description of standard flag parts and terms|hoist]], it depicts the [[Crux|Southern Cross]]; in the fly, a [[Raggiana Bird of Paradise|raggiana bird of paradise]] is silhouetted. The designer of the flag was 15 year old schoolgirl [[Susan Huhume]] who won a nationwide competition for a new flag design in 1971.
Red and black have long been traditional colours of many Papua New Guinean tribes. Black-white-red was the colour of the [[German Empire]]'s flag, which had colonised New Guinea prior to [[1918]]. The bird of paradise is also found on the national Coat of Arms.
Prior to 1970, Papua New Guinea was known as the Australian Trust Territory of Papua and New Guinea, and its flag for sporting events was the bird of paradise on a green background. In 1970 the Australian Administration tried to introduce another flag, a vertical triband: blue at the hoist with the stars of the Southern Cross (''[[Crux Australis]]'') as in the Australian flag, then yellow, then green with the white bird of paradise in the fly.
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[[Category:National flags|Papua New Guinea]]
[[Category:National symbols of Papua New Guinea]]
[[Category:Flags adopted through competition|Papua New Guinea]]
[[bs:Zastava Papue Nove Gvineje]]
[[ca:Bandera de Papua Nova Guinea]]
[[cs:Vlajka Papuy-Nové Guiney]]
[[de:Flagge Papua-Neuguineas]]
[[et:Paapua Uus-Guinea lipp]]
[[el:Σημαία της Παπούα Νέας Γουινέας]]
[[es:Bandera de Papúa Nueva Guinea]]
[[fr:Drapeau de la Papouasie-Nouvelle Guinée]]
[[gl:Bandeira de Papúa Nova Guinea]]
[[hr:Zastava Papue Nove Gvineje]]
[[bpy:পাপুয়া নিউগিনির ফিরালহান]]
[[id:Bendera Papua Nugini]]
[[it:Bandiera della Papua Nuova Guinea]]
[[he:דגל פפואה גינאה החדשה]]
[[lt:Papua Naujosios Gvinėjos vėliava]]
[[hu:Pápua Új-Guinea zászlaja]]
[[nl:Vlag van Papoea-Nieuw-Guinea]]
[[ja:パプアニューギニアの国旗]]
[[no:Papua Ny-Guineas flagg]]
[[pl:Flaga Papui-Nowej Gwinei]]
[[pt:Bandeira da Papua-Nova Guiné]]
[[ru:Флаг Папуа — Новой Гвинеи]]
[[sk:Vlajka Papuy-Novej Guiney]]
[[sr:Застава Папуе Нове Гвинеје]]
[[fi:Papua-Uuden-Guinean lippu]]
[[sv:Papua Nya Guineas flagga]]
[[th:ธงชาติปาปัวนิวกินี]]
[[tpi:Plak bilong Papua Niugini]]
[[zh:巴布亚新几内亚国旗]]