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Current Issue of Crux Australis: Issue No. 132
The most recent issue of Crux Australis is No. 132 [Volume 32/4] issued for the period October - December 2019.
The contents are:
| Vexillogistics (editorial) | Tony Burton | page 159 |
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| Flags as homework | Malcolm Bourke | pages 160 - 161 | |
25th International Congress of Vexillology |
based on reports to FOTW by Bruce Berry and Ralph Bartlett |
pages 162 - 172 |
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| Greenland and its flag not for sale ... yet | Tony Burton |
pages 173 - 175 |
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| The flag that could have been Greenland's | Anton Pihl |
pages 176 - 177 |
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How Fred Brownell designed South Africa's flag |
BBC News Magazine |
pages 178 - 182 |
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| What the flag means | Yolisa Mkele, Sunday Times, South Africa |
page 183 | |
| Hong Kong reads the stars | Tony Burton |
page184 |
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| "Not us": Push for a new ACT coat of arms gathers momentum | Dan Jervis-Bardy, Canberra Times | pages 185 - 187 | |
| Wagga Wagga City Council | City of Wagga Wagga | page 188 | |
| City of Goulburn, NSW | Jonathan Dixon and Tony Burton |
pages 189 - 191 |
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| A waratah, not a lotus | Tony Burton |
pages 192 - 196 |
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| Is the waratah emblem about to be plucked? | Peter Hannam, Sydney Morning Herald | pages 197 - 198 | |
| Topeka, Kansas | Greater Topeka Partnership and WIBW-TV | page 199 |
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| Say it with flowers | Quiz | pages 200 - 201 | |
| Foundations of vexillology: |
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| Aspects of flags 232 | Tony Burton | pages 202 - 206 | |
| Index of Crux Australis Volume 32 | Tony Burton | pages 207 - 208 |
SUMMARY
The opening essay by one of our youngest members shows that natural curiosity leads to vexillology: an example to inspire the next generation around the world, and transcending the frequent association of flags with narrow nationalism. An overview follows of the most recent International Congress of Vexillology (ICV28) at San Antonio, Texas.
Donald Trump’s brainstorm in August to buy Greenland prompts background on the flag of the self-governing Danish territory, with intriguing detail on its origin and derivation. In a similar subliminal way, the South African flag evolved from an idle doodle at the Zurich flag conference in 1993. With protests in Hong Kong entering a seventh month, the details of the local flag and the subtlety of its layers of meaning are topical – and typically Chinese. The Chinese design device of tangram explores the many ways of looking at a flag, and prompts a vexillological version of Rubik’s Cube. Think outside the rigid rectangle.
On 23 August the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly published recommendations related to calls for revision of its Arms and flag. The historic flags of two regional cities of NSW are presented: Goulburn and Wagga Wagga and its double W explained. Implied in the case of Goulburn, a floral device already the state emblem of NSW, the waratah, has been suggested for a new state flag. Further afield, the state capital of Kansas has a bold proposal for a new flag. A floral theme is sustained in the flag quiz, while the index lists all flag topics in the four issues of Crux Australis for 2019.
Commentary by Tony Burton
| For previous issues see: | Crux Index vol 31 - current |
| Crux Index vol 26 - 30 | |
| Crux Index vol 21-25 | |
| Crux Index vol 16-20 | |
| Crux Index vol 11-15 | |
| Crux Index vol 6-10 | |
| Crux Index vol 1-5 | |
ICV13 Report |
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