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Current Issue of Crux Australis: Issue No. 122
The most recent issue of Crux Australis is No. 122 [Volume 30/2] issued for the period April - June 2017.
The contents are:
| Vexillogistics (editorial) | Tony Burton | page 55 |
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| ICV27 Update London 7-11 August 2017 | www.icv27.co.uk |
pages 56 - 57 | |
| 1st Georgian National Conference of Heraldry and Vexillology | State Council of Heraldry, Georgia | pages 58 - 59 | |
| Georgia marks National Flag Day | www.heraldry.ge | page 60 | |
| New model Moldova | Tony Burton and media reports |
pages 61 - 67 | |
| Norfolk Island | Tony Burton |
pages 68 - 69 | |
| Gambia - free at last | Tony Burton |
pages 70 - 71 |
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| Designer's Corner: | |||
| A new frontline for flag design | www.ted.com | page 72 | |
| Doing pennants: How to fix an ugly flag | Rebeckah Barnett, ideas.ted.com | pages 73 - 77 | |
| Seven fantastic flags that break every design rule | Roman Mars, ideas.ted.com |
pages 78 - 79 | |
| Book Review: Vexillogistics | John Cartlledge, Flagmaster |
pages 80 - 81 | |
| Milwaukee flag make-over | Tony Burton | pages 82 - 83 | |
| Pocatello ditto | Paul Beam, www.kpvi.com and flag.pocatello.us | pages 83 - 85 | |
| Adventures in vexillology: The top 10 best designed flags | Brandon Hundt, Rachelbrandon.com |
pages 86 - 91 |
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| 14 Nations and artful flags (Nations imagined by RH Mathews): Archie Moore | David Broker, Canberra Contemporary Art Space |
page 92 - 93 |
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| Archie Moore - 14 Queensland Nations | Frances Wyld, www.artlink.com.au |
pages 94 - 95 |
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| Blue over blue | Tony Burton | pages 96 - 97 | |
| Quiz: Green flags | Tony Burton | pages 98 - 99 | |
| Senator rains on Rainbow flag | Tom McIlroy, Sydney Morning Herald | pages 100 - 101 | |
| Australia Day and the flag | Jenny Noyes, Sydney Morning Herald | page 102 | |
| Book Review: Worth Dying For | Lawrence Joffe, www.thejc.com | pages 103 - 104 |
SUMMARY
The second edition of Crux Australis for 2017 opens with an update on arrangements for the 27th International Congress of Vexillology in London this August, and explains the Congress flag. It also reports on an analogous but smaller flag meeting of regional vexillologists and heraldists in the Georgian capital Tbilisi late last year.
A new flag has been proposed for Moldova as a newly-elected President steers the country more closely to Russia and away from neighbouring EU member Romania, despite a shared history but a confusingly similar flag.
The principles of effective flag design are expounded in detail, with examples including proposals to redesign the flags of three US cities, and the official flags of Norfolk Island, where responsible government has been terminated and of the Republic of The Gambia, where it has been restored.
Aspects of flag design from different perspectives focus on the different shades of blue used in flags, and adaptation of flag-craft by an Aboriginal artist in an exhibition touring the country .
A flag quiz illustrates 28 predominantly green flags, including eight national flags currently in use.
The edition ends with an outline of some flag controversies over alleged political correctness in the display of the multi-coloured Rainbow flag and a billboard promoting Australia Day depicting two Muslim girls with Australian flags.
The edition also contains two book reviews, one dealing with the principles of flag design, the other provocatively entitled flags “Worth Dying For”.
Commentary by Tony Burton
| For previous issues see: | Crux Index vol 26 - current |
| 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 | |
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