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Current Issue of Crux Australis: Issue No. 100
The most recent issue of Crux Australis is No. 100 [Volume 24/4] issued for the period Oct - Dec 2011.
The contents are:
| Vexillogistics (editorial) | Tony Burton | page 155 | |
| The Queen's Banners | Tony Burton | pages 156 - 157 | |
| CHOGM | BrainCELLS | page 158 | |
24th International Congress of Vexillology, Washington |
Tony Burton | pages 159 - 164 | |
| ICV26 Sydney 2015 - Congress Flag | Ralph Kelly | pages 165 - 167 | |
| ICV26 Emblem - The Process | Tony Burton | pages 168 - 173 | |
| Say, Can You See ... What Is That on the Flag? | Tony Burton and Lee Herold | pages 174 - 185 | |
Know Your Flags Quiz |
Tony Burton |
pages 186 - 187 | |
| The Vexing Thing About Flags | James Griffin, New Zealand Herald | pages 187 - 189 | |
Five Questions for Vexillologist Whitney Smith and Historian Marc Leepson |
Britannica Blog |
pages 190 - 195 | |
| Cuddle Rug: Wrapt - In the Folds of the Flag | Tony Burton | pages 196 - 197 | |
| The Queen's Honour: New Colours for Australia's Military | Ralph Bartlett | pages 198 - 202 | |
Index to Crux Australis Volume 24 |
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pages 203 - 204 |
SUMMARY
This issue of Crux Australis is special - for it represents the 100th issue of our Society's journal. Congratulations to our long-serving editor Tony Burton, who has been editor since issue 25 in 1990 - an incredible period of service and excellence in vexillological journalism.
This issue reports on the Washington Flag Congress (ICV24) held in Alexandria, Virginia in August 2011, which was attended by four Australian vexillologists. At ICV24 the flag for the 26th International Congress of Vexillology was unfurled. The design and the significant collaborative process used to design the flag and emblem of our 2015 Sydney Congress are detailed in this issue.
The United States has 50 state flags of varying design quality and an article jointly authored by Lee Herold and Tony Burton looks at some of the flags that have effective designs, with a particular focus on the state flags of Minnesota (and efforts to change it), Maryland and Tennessee.
The cover illustration inspires a short article on the personal flags of HM The Queen in Australia and her other realms and the emblem of CHOGM, the reason for Her Majesty's visit to Australia. Another article reports on the presention of new colours to the Royal Military College of Australia at Duntroon and the 7th Batallion of the Royal Australian Regiment.
The regular flag quiz looks at a variety of similar flags with circles and single-stars and tests knowledge of flags both current and historical. Some recent media reports are also reproduced including interviews with Whitney Smith and Marc Leepson, author of "Flag: An American Biography".
Commentary by Ralph Kelly, editor of Flags Australia web site.