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Crux 01

Volume 1 to Volume 5

June 1984 to October 1989

Issues numbered 1 to 24

Crux 24

Index of Crux Australis - Part 1

Following is part 1 of the complete listing of all issues of Crux Australis including all the major articles. Minor "notes" and illustrations without text are not included. Issue 4 of each volume includes a full index of all flags and topics contained within individual articles. Articles which do not have an identified author are credited to the editor at the time. Pages in Issues 1-24 were numbered individually, for later issues pages are numbered sequentially by volume.

A number of the state libraries in Australia subscribe to Crux Australis and all issues from No. 1 are available in their reading rooms.

All past issues of Crux Australis are available for sale by Flags Australia, though some early issues are only available as photocopies.

Article name Author
Subject
Volume 5
1989    
Issue 24
Revision of Symbols of Flag Society of Australia Tony Burton Flag Society of Australia
Crux 24 Flags in the News: Soviet Union John Edwards Azerbaijan, Moldova, Uzbekistan, Belarus, Ukraine, Russia
Flags in the News: Tibet John Edwards Tibet
Flags in the News: West Papua John Edwards West Papua
Flags in the News: Rape! Kill! Pillage! Burn! John Edwards United States of America
Flags in the News: Israel - The Case of the Subversive Pasta John Edwards Israel
The Miles House Flag John Edwards Australia - Shipping Flags
Humping Kangaroos: 13th International Congress of Vexillology Ralph Bartlett 13th ICV Melbourne
FSA Doings Decisions and Deliberations Ralph Bartlett Flag Society of Australia
New Perspectives in Vexillology Ralph Bartlett Flag Usage
       
Issue 23
Colony, Company and Community: A Flag History of Christmas Island John Edwards Christmas Island
Crux 23
Flying High - Melbourne's Olympic Bid Ralph Bartlett Olympic Games
New Flags - Kampuchea/Cambodia Ralph Bartlett Cambodia
FSA Doings Decisions and Deliberations Ralph Bartlett Flag Society of Australia
Letters to the Editor Neale Rosanoski, Jos Poels River Murray Flags, Vexillology
Quick Hoists: Why is it so? - Official Flags Steve Duke Flag Usage
Quick Hoists: Flag Care Steve Duke Flag Usage
Quick Hoists: Why is it so? - Municipal Flags Steve Duke Flag Usage
       
Issue 22
Fighting Kiwi Flag Ralph Bartlett New Zealand
Crux 22
Garden Island Dockyard Andrew Brown Australia - Government entities
Images of the Land Down Under: American College Student's Response to the Australian Flag Scot Guenter Vexillology
Ambulance Service of New South Wales Andrew Brown Australia - Government entities
Flags in the News: To Raise and to Lower - The Australian Flag and the Emperor Showa Ralph Bartlett Flag Usage
Flags in the News: Azerbaijan - A Forgotten Flag? John Edwards Azerbaijan
Flags in the News: Hungary's Hol(e)y Emblems Are Reborn Ralph Bartlett Hungary
Flags of the River Murray David Bliss River Murray Flags
A High Seas Interlude for the Duchy of Courland John Edwards Latvia
FSA Doings Decisions and Deliberations Ralph Bartlett Flag Society of Australia
       
Issue 21
World Expo 88 Flags Ralph Bartlett Australia - Bicentenary
Crux 21
New Flags: Presidential Standard of Sri Lanka Ralph Bartlett Sri Lanka
New Flags: Governor of New South Wales Ralph Bartlett New South Wales
New Flags: Harbour Master, Port of Sydney Ralph Bartlett Australia - Government entities
New Flags: Australian Conservation Foundation Ralph Bartlett Australia - non-government entities
New Flags: Baltic Soviet Socialist Republics Ralph Bartlett Lithuania, Estonia, Latvia
Flag and crest of the City of Cairns Ken Ward Municipal - Cairns
1988 Bicentennial Naval Salute Flag Andrew Brown Australia - Bicentenary
First Standards of the Russian Guards Vladislaw Sokolov Russia
Quick Hoists: Esto 88 Flag Flap Steve Duke Australia - Ethnic Flags
Quick Hoists: State of Judea Andrew Brown Israel
Quick Hoists: Identity Confusion Tony Burton Australia - New Flag Debate
Quick Hoists: Space Oz Volker Junge Novelty flags
The End of German East Africa Leonard Mosley Tanzania
Addenda and Errata John Edwards Australia - Ethnic Flags, Australia - Sporting Flags
Australian Flag Day Campaign Ralph Bartlett ANFA
FSA Doings Decisions and Deliberations Ralph Bartlett Flag Society of Australia
Volume 4

1988

   
Issue 20
Australian Yachting Battle Flags John Edwards Australia - Sports Flags
Crux 20
New Flags: Haiti Ralph Bartlett Haiti
New Flags: Ethiopia Ralph Bartlett Ethipoia
New Flags: Afghanistan Ralph Bartlett Afghanistan
The Playboy Bunny Flag John Edwards Novelty flags
Letters to the Editor Hans Dieter Schneider Municipal - Sherbrooke Shire
FSA Doings Decisions and Deliberations Ralph Bartlett Flag Society of Australia
13th International Congress of Vexillology Ralph Bartlett 13th ICV Melbourne
       
Issue 19
Half a Decade of Australian Vexillological Advancement Ralph Bartlett Flag Society of Australia
Crux 19
New Flags: Governor of Western Australia Ralph Bartlett Western Australia
New Flags: Kanaky Ralph Bartlett New Caledonia
First New Settler's Cultural Flags Ralph Bartlett Australia - Ethnic Flags
Review: Flags and Emblems by Peter McGregor John Edwards Flag publications, Australian Flags
Australia's Vexillological Bicentenary Ralph Bartlett Australia - Bicentenary
The Official Bicentennial Decorations Catalogue Australian Bicentennial Authority Australia - Bicentenary
Some Flags and Banners of the Dutch in Australia John Edwards Australia - Ethnic Flags
FSA Doings Decisions and Deliberations Ralph Bartlett Flag Society of Australia
       
       
Issue 18
Monash: Coat of Arms and Flag of a Legion Ralph Bartlett Australia - non-government entities, Australian Army
Crux 18
The Flags and Arms of Saba John Edwards Saba
FSA Doings Decisions and Deliberations Ralph Bartlett Flag Society of Australia
Letters to the Editor various Sri Lanka, flagpoles, Cook Islands, Christmas Island, Australian Cost of Arms
       
Issue 17
25 Years of Vexillology Ralph Bartlett Vexillology, Vexillology - ICV
Crux 17 FSA Doings Decisions and Deliberations Ralph Bartlett Flag Society of Australia
       
       
Volume 3
1987    
Issue 16
Conflag 13 and its Emblem Tony Burton 13th ICV Melbourne
Crux 16
Visiting the Home of Vexillology Ralph Bartlett Flag Research Centre
XII International Congress of Vexillology Ralph Bartlett Vexillology - ICV
The Elite Squad Flag Ralph Bartlett Australian Army
FSA Doings Decisions and Deliberations Ralph Bartlett Flag Society of Australia
XIII International Congress of Vexillology Ralph Bartlett 13th ICV Melbourne
       
       
Issue 15
Australian Bicentennial Flag Ralph Bartlett Australia - Bicentenary
Crux 15
New Flags: Lesotho John Edwards Lesotho
The Arms and Flag of the City of Hobart Elaine Peters & Kirk Bradbury Municipal - Hobart
The Lion Banner of New England Denis Towner New England
Sinai: The MFO and FRANZAC Flags John Edwards Australian Army
New Flags: As the Sun Sinks Slowly in the East… John Edwards Hong Kong
FSA Doings Decisions and Deliberations Ralph Bartlett Flag Society of Australia
Flags of Australia Booklet (John Vaughan) John Edwards Flag publications
The Philippines: NPA and NDF John Edwards The Philippines
       
       
       
Issue 14
Flags in the News: Great Australian Flag Debate - News Commentary Denis Pryor Ausflag
Crux 14 Flags and Coat of Arms of the (Almost) Forgotten Countries Roman Klimes Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Danzig, Memel Territory
Reflection on Sri Lankan Flags John Edwards Sri Lanka
The Flag and Seal of the Former Republic of Orange Free State Ken Ward South Africa
Flag Designs from Leo T John Edwards Australia - New Flag Designs
Yermak in Siberia: A Fragment form the Remezov Chnronicle Terence Armstrong Russia
FSA Doings Decisions and Deliberations John Edwards Flag Society of Australia
New Flags: Netherlands Antilles John Edwards Netherlands Antilles
New Flags: Maohi Provisional Government John Edwards French Polynesia
New Flags: Marquesas Islands John Edwards Marquesas Islands
       
Issue 13
Flags in the News: Victorian Colonial Ensign Ralph Bartlett Victoria
Crux 13 Flags in the News: Haymarket Gift Flag Stolen Ralph Bartlett Flagpoles
Flags in the News: Australia's Parliamentary Flag Attraction Ralph Bartlett Flagpoles
Flags in the News: The Boxing Kangaroo Loses its Title John Edwards Australia - Sports Flags
Flags in the News: Southern Cross and Ku Klux Klan John Edwards United States of America
Flags in the News: Royal Underpants Shock John Edwards Flag usage
Arms and Flags of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons Kirk Bradbury Australia - non-government entities
Royal Automobile Club of Victoria Flag Ralph Bartlett Australia - non-government entities
Flags and Symbols of Some Australian Political Organizations David Bliss Australia - Political Parties
South Australia's 150th Anniversary Flag Ralph Bartlett South Australia
The Princess Anne Banner of the Royal Australian Corps of Signals John Edwards Australian Army
Flag of the City of Jacksonville, Florida Ken Ward United States of America
Papua New Guinea 10th Anniversary Flag John Collier Papua New Guinea
FSA Doings Decisions and Deliberations John Edwards Flag Society of Australia
New Flags: Sami (Lapland) John Edwards Scandinavia: Indigenous
New Flags: Herm John Edwards United Kiongdom
       
Volume 2
1985- 1986    
Issue 12
Flags of Norfolk Island Ralph Kelly Norfolk Island
Crux 12
Arms and Flags of the City of Geelong Council Elaine Peters Municipal - Geelong
FSA Doings Decisions and Deliberations John Edwards Flag Society of Australia
In Memoriam: Thaddeus Pisz John Edwards Obituary
Flags of the Governor of Tasmania John Edwards Tasmania
Cricket: Ballarat vs. England, 1862 John Collier Australia - Sports Flags
Flags in the News: North Cyprus, Peru John Edwards North Cyprus, Peru
The Prince Phillip Banner of the Royal Australian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (RAEME) John Edwards Australian Army
Separatist Flags of Europe David Bliss Alsace, Andalucia, Brittany,Catalonia, Corsica, Euskadi, Friesland, Gallega, Occitania, Savoie, Scania
The Southern Cross: Variations on a Theme John Edwards Australia - New Flag Designs
New Flags: Sudanese People's Liberation Army Ralph Bartlett Sudan
New Flags: Sint Maarten John Edwards Sint Maartin
New Flags: Errata (South Africa, Saba) John Edwards South Africa, Saba
Letters to the Editor Hans Dieter Schneider, David Bliss Flag usage
On a Literary Fragment John Edwards Holy Roman Empire
       
Issue 11
The Flags of Tasmania John Edwards Tasmania
Crux 11      
       
Issue 10
Flags in the News: The First ANFA Flag Day John Edwards ANFA
Crux 10 Flags in the News: Australia Day John Edwards Australia - New Flag Debate
Flags in the News: The Ausflag Competition John Edwards Ausflag
Flags in the News: New Colour for the RAN John Edwards Royal Australian Navy
Flags in the News: France John Edwards France
Flags in the News: Haiti John Edwards Haiti
Flags in the News: the Philippines John Edwards The Philippines
Lesser Known Australian Flags, Coats of Arms and Seals Roman Klimes Norfolk Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Christmas Island, Australian Antartic Territory
Arms and Flags of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen Hans Dieter Schneider Bremen
Capital and Anti-capital: The Flags of the Stock Exchange of Melbourne and the Unemployed Workers Union John Edwards Australia - non-government entities
FSA Doings Decisions and Deliberations John Edwards Flag Society of Australia
An Aboriginal Inspiration John Edwards Australia - New Flag Designs
Review: Flags at Sea by Timothy Wilson John Edwards Flag publications, United Kingdom
New Flags: South Africa John Edwards South Africa
New Flags: Namibia John Edwards Namibia
New Flags: St Vincent and the Grenadines, French Polynesia John Edwards St Vincent and the Grenadines, French Polynesia
New Flags: Lebanon John Edwards Lebanon
New Flags: Curacao, Saba John Edwards Curacao, Saba
New Flags: Netherlands John Edwards Netherlands
New Flags: Bicentenary Heritage Flag (John Vaughan) John Edwards Bicentenary Heritage Flag (John Vaughan)
New Flags: Norfolk Island John Edwards Norfolk Island
New Flags: Anglican Church of Australia John Edwards Australia - Religions
New Flags: Halleys Comet John Edwards Novelty flags
       
Issue 9
Flags of Acheh Whitney Smith Acheh
Crux 9 Humour in Proposed National Flags John Edwards Australia - New Flag Debate
FSA Doings Decisions and Deliberations John Edwards Flag Society of Australia
New Flags: Guernsey, Herm John Edwards Guernsey, Herm
New Flags: Tamil flags John Edwards Sri Lanka
New Flags: Flags of the Lebanese Civil War John Edwards Lebanon
       
Issue 8
Province of Bumbunga Ralph Bartlett Micronations
Crux 8 The Flag Information Code Whitney Smith Vexillology
Flags in the News: The Ausflag Competition John Edwards Ausflag
A Flag for The Australian Capital Territory Kelvin Fahey Australian Capital Territory
New Flags: North Cyprus, Burkina Faso John Edwards North Cyprus, Burkina Faso
The Lyrebird Flag John Edwards Australia - New Flag Designs
Miracles of Modern Science: Flag-Waving Machines Eric Mishara Flagpoles
FSA Doings Decisions and Deliberations John Edwards Flag Society of Australia
Letters to the Editor Carl Cotto Australia - New Flag Designs
New Flags: Pitcairn Isalnd John Edwards Pitcairn Isalnd
       
Issue 7
The Banner of the National Aborigines and Islander Ex-services Association John Edwards Australia - Indigenous
Crux 7 History of the Australian Flag Ivor Evans Australian Flag - History
The Union Flag Steve Duke Australian Flag - History
One National Arms, Six National Flags, and Two Interfering Foreigners John Edwards Australia - New Flag Designs
XI International Congress of Vexillology Ralph Bartlett Vexillology - ICV
Review: Badges of Labour, Banners of Pride: Aspects of Working Class Celebrations John Edwards Trade Unions
Letters to the Editor Hans Dieter Schneider Flag Design Elements - National Symbols
       
Volume 1
1984 - 1985    
Issue 6
Flags of the 1985 Australia Games Ralph Bartlett Australia - Sports Flags
Crux 6 Flags in the News: A Confusion of Patriotism John Edwards Australia - New Flag Debate
Flags in the News: Prince Charles and the Great Australian Flag Debate John Edwards Australia - New Flag Debate
Flags in the News: Eureka - Patriotism in Conflict John Edwards Eureka Flag
Flags in the News: The Haymarket Flagpole - Erect at Last John Edwards Flagpoles
Flags in the News: Australia - New Zealand (and Vice Versa) John Edwards New Zealand
The Arms and Flag of the City of Ballaarat Elaine Peters Municipal - Ballaarat
Eureka: A Flag of Revolution or Reform? P J Lalor Eureka Flag
FSA Doings, Decisions and Deliberations John Edwards Flag Society of Australia
The Flag Design of Aussie Push for 88 John Edwards Australia - New Flag Designs
Letters to the Editor various Australia - New Flag Debate
And Last, But Not Necessarily Least… John Edwards Australian Flag - Usage
       
Issue 5
Abhorred or Adored? The Australian Natonal Flag and the Great Australian Flag Debate John Edwards Australia - New Flag Debate
Crux 5 Victoria's 150th Anniversary Flag Ralph Bartlett Victoria
Flags of the Sports Aircraft Association of Australia John Edwards Australia - Sports Flags
The Australian Republican Party's Flag Design John Edwards Australia - New Flag Designs
Activities of FSA John Edwards Flag Society of Australia
Letters to the Editor Russell Evans Australian Flag - Usage, Australian Flag - History
       
Issue 4
Flags in the News: The RSL and the Great Australian Flag Debate John Edwards Australia - New Flag Debate
Crux 4 Flags in the News: The National Flag and the 1984 Election John Edwards
Australia - Political Parties
Flags in the News: The Tallest Free-standing Phallic Symbol in the World John Edwards Flagpoles
Presentation of the Society's Flag Ralph Bartlett Flag Society of Australia
An Antipodean Dilema Whitney Smith Heraldry and Vexillology, New South Wales
Legacy Club and its Symbol of Service Lorraine Simpson Australia - non-government entities
The Bowden-Kelly Flag Designs John Edwards Australia - New Flag Designs
A Flag of Her Own: Wollongong John Edwards Municipal - Wollongong
The Flag Society of Australia: Its Origin and Development John Edwards Flag Society of Australia
Analysis of Office Holders and Membership of FSA 1983-84 Ralph Bartlett Flag Society of Australia
The Society's Activities Kirk Bradbury Flag Society of Australia
Letters to the Editor John Vaughan New Zealand
       
Issue 3
Australian Olympic Flags John Edwards Olympic Games
Crux 3 Cooma's Multicultural Flag Tribute Lorraine Simpson Flag Usage
Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works Flag Ralph Bartlett Australia - Government entities
The Arms and Flags of the City of Sydney Council Elaine Peters Municipal - Sydney
The Victoria Police Flag (Addition) Ralph Bartlett Police Flags
The All Australian Flag Athol Kelly Australia - New Flag Designs
Review: Flags of Australia poster by John Vaughan John Edwards Flag publications, Australian Flag - History
       
Issue 2
Flags in the News: The Aboriginal Flag John Edwards Australia - Indigenous
Cruxx 2 Flags in the News: The Eureka Flag John Edwards Eureka Flag
Flags in the News: On Flagpoles and Anniversaries John Edwards Flagpoles
Flags in the News: America's Revenge John Edwards Australia - Sports Flags
Choosing Our Symbols Ralph Bartlett Flag Society of Australia
The Victorian Police Flag Ralph Bartlett Police Flags
The Quarantine Signal Mast John Vaughan Flagpoles
On the Usage of the Eureka Flag Steve Duke Eureka Flag
The Independent State of Rainbow Creek John Edwards Micronations
The Arms and Flags of the Swiss Cantons - Part 2 Kirk Bradbury Switzerland
The Fair Dinkum Flag John Edwards Australia - New Flag Designs
FSA - First AGM Kirk Bradbury Flag Society of Australia
       
Issue 1
Introduction John Edwards Flag Society of Australia
Crux 1 Choosing Our Symbols Ralph Bartlett Flag Society of Australia
Flags in the News: National Anthem and National Colours John Edwards Australia - National Symbols
Flags in the News: Governor of Victoria John Edwards Victoria
Flags in the News: West Papua John Edwards West Papua
The Flags and Arms of the City of Melbourne Elaine Peters Municipal - Melbourne
Australia's National Flag Competition John Vaughan Australian Flag - History
The Flags and Arms of the Swiss Cantons - Part 1 Kirk Bradbury Switzerland
Proposed National Flags: "The Australian Pride" John Edwards Australia - New Flag Designs
Review: Flags of the World poster by Rosella-Lipton John Edwards Flag publications

Index compiled by Ralph Kelly.

For later 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

 

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