3rd
September
2008
Flag Day (Australia)
In 1996, the Governor-General, Sir William Deane, issued a proclamation establishing an annual Australian National Flag Day, to be held on 3 September.
Flag Day celebrations had been occurring in Sydney since 1985. They were initiated by the vexillographer John Christian Vaughan to commemorate the first occasion when the Flag was flown in 1901.
On Flag Day, ceremonies are held in some major centres, and the Governor-General and some politicians attend or release statements to the media.
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