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===<span id="Territory"></span>The Territories=== {| class="wikitable" | |<span id="Territory_1"></span>'''1. Australian Capital Territory, Canberra.''' '''Flag''': Or an Escutcheon charged with the Arms granted to the Federal Capital Commissioners (now borne by the Australian Capital Territory as their corporate successors) Azure the charges Argent and supported on the dexter by a Swan Azure beaked and legged Argent and on the sinister by a Swan Argent beaked and legged Azure on a Tierce Azure five Stars representing the Constellation of the Southern Cross Argent. | |- | |'''Arms''': Azure a triple-towered Castle between in chief a Sword of Justice point upwards to the sinister Argent pommel and hilt Or surmounted by a Parliamentary Mace head upwards to the dexter Gold in saltire charged at their point of intersection with a representation of the Royal Crown proper and in base a York Rose barbed and seeded proper. '''Royal Warrant of King George V to the Federal Capital Commissioners and their corporate successors''': 8 October 1928 | |- | |'''Flower:''' Royal bluebell (''Wahlenbergia gloriosa''). '''Adopted''': 1982. The royal bluebell flowers in the alpine areas surrounding Canberra from October to March. |- | |<span id="Territory_2"></span>'''2. Northern Territory of Australia, Darwin.''' '''Flag''': Red-ochre a Heptagon arched Sable encircled by seven round Petals Argent (representing Sturt's desert rose) on a Tierce Sable five Stars representing the Constellation of the Southern Cross Argent. '''Adopted''': 1 July 1978 |- | |'''Arms''': Tenny representations in the Australian Aboriginal manner of an Arnhem Land rock painting of a woman with stylised internal anatomy between in dexter chief and base two symbolic representations of camp sites joined by journey or path markings in the manner of the Central Australian Aboriginals and in sinister chief and base the like all Argent. '''Royal Warrant of Queen Elizabeth II''': 11 September 1978 |- | |'''Flower:''' Sturt's desert rose (''Gossypium sturtianum''). Depicted by Wikimedia Commons user “Squiresy92”. '''Adopted''': 1961. The drought-tolerant shrub, named after Captain Charles Sturt, flowers in central Australia and serves as the badge for the Territory. |- | |<span id="Territory_3"></span>'''3. Norfolk Island, Kingston'''. Flag: Vert tierced in pale Argent a Norfolk Island pine (''Araucaria heterophylla'') of the first. Adopted by the ''Norfolk Island Flag and Public Seal Act 1979'' (Norfolk Island): 17 January 1980 |- | |'''Arms:''' Per chevron Azure and Argent in chief two Mullets of the last and in base issuant from a Rocky Mount charged with a Book expanded proper edged Or leathered Gules a Norfolk Island Pine (Araucaria heterophylla) proper. Royal Warrant of Queen Elizabeth II: 20 October 1980 |- | |<span id="Territory_4"></span>'''4. Territory of Christmas Island, Flying Fish Cove'''. '''Flag''': Per bend Vert and Azure in sinister chief a Golden Bosun bird (''Phaethon lepturus fulvus'') Or in dexter base a representation of the Constellation of the Southern Cross Argent on fess point a Bezant charged with a representation of Christmas Island of the first. '''Designer:''' Tony Couch '''Adopted''': 26 January 2002 |- | |<span id="Territory_5"></span>'''5. Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands, West Island'''. '''Flag''': Vert a Crescent reversed Or in dexter chief Rising Sun depicted as a Bezant charged with a Palm Tree proper in sinister a representation of the Constellation of the Southern Cross of the second. Designer: Mohammed Minkom '''Adopted''': 6 April 2004 |}
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