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Useful Resources
A number of internet sites are identified on other pages at this website: ANFA and Ausflag, other Australian websites with material on flags, flag retailers and manufacturers and websites maintained by international flag societies, particularly Flags of the World (FOTW).
Bibliography
Listed below are the main books that have been published in Australia on the subject of flags. All but two books are out of print, but copies of most of the other books are likely to be available at local libraries. A small selection of books published internationally are also listed. There are several flagbooks currently in print and available in Australian bookstores, however most are little more than a collection of illustrations of national flags with simplistic text written by writers who are not vexillologists - these are not listed.
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Flag and Nation: Australians and Their National Flag Since 1901 Elizabeth Kwan UNSW Press, Sydney, 2006 CURRENTLY IN PRINT |
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Australian Flags Awards and Culture Branch, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet Commonwealth of Australia, Canberra, 2006 - 3rd Edition. First published 1995 with different cover.
CURRENTLY IN PRINT BUT ONLY AVAILABLE THROUGH MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT AND SENATORS |
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The Australian Flag: The First 100 Years Geoff Hocking The Five Mile Press, Noble Park Victoria, 2002 |
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The Eureka Flag: Our Starry Banner Dorothy Wickham, Clare Gervasoni, and Val D'Angri Ballarat Heritage Services, Ballarat, 2000 MAY STILL BE IN PRINT |
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The Australian Flag: Colonial Relic or Contemporary Icon? Carol A Foley The Federation Press, Leichhardt NSW, 1996 |
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Flags and Emblems of Australia Jill B Bruce Jan Wade (Illustrator) Kangaroo Press, Kenhurst NSW, 1991 [plus various reprints] |
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Flags of the Nations Ralph Bartlett National Australia Bank, Melbourne, 1994 [free folded poster, various editions over a number of prior years][illustrations only, except for some text on scouting] |
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The Eureka Flag Len Fox Len Fox, Potts Point NSW, 1992 |
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Flags of Australia John C Vaughan Woolworths Ltd, Sydney, 1984 [poster reprinted on several occasions with some revisions, also issued as a booklet in 1987] |
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The Flag Book: Australia Arthur H Smout Lions Club of Brisbane, Hamilton Central Queensland, 1982 - 3rd edition. First published 1968. [Also published as Our Flag...and How to Fly It, K G Murray Publishing, 1970 - the same book with different cover]
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Beneath the Southern Cross Frank Cayley AH & AW Reed Pty Ltd, Terry Hills NSW, 1980 [This is a re-issue of Flag of Stars - same text but colour images moved to centre section] |
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Unfurled: Australia's Flag G H Swinburne Sirius Publication, Melbourne, 1969 [This book is NOT recommended - it is mostly a patriotic history of the British Empire and Australia with negligible vexillological information] |
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Flag of Stars Frank Cayley Rigby Ltd, Adelaide, 1966 [The first book published about Australian flags] |
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A Grand Old Flag Kevin Keim & Peter Keim DK Publishing, New York, 2007 |
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The American Flag: Two Centuries of Concord & Conflict Howard M Madaus & Whitney Smith VZ Publications, Santa Cruz California, 2006 |
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British Flags and Emblems Graham Bartram Flag Institute, York England and Tuckwell Press, East Linton Scotland, 2004 |
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Complete Flags of the World Dorling Kindersley Dorling Kindersley, London, 2002 [Originally published in 1997 as the Ultimate Pocket Flags of the World] |
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I Stand For Canada Rick Archbold Macfarlane Walter & Ross, Toronto, 2002 |
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Album des Pavillons Nationaux et des Marques Distinctives Service Hydrographique et Océanographique de la Marine [SHOM] SHOM, Brest France, 2000 [Whilst not identified in the publication, the editor was Armand du Prayat] [This is the 8th edition of a series of French official flag books first published in 1858] |
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The World Encyclopedia of Flags Alfred Znamierowski Lorenz Books, London, 1999 [Several abridged versions of this book have been published with various titles] |
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Flags of the Native Peoples of the United States Donald T Healy North American Vexillological Association, Volumes 3/4 of Raven: A Journal of Vexillology, Trenton New Jersey, 1997 |
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The World of Flags: A Pictorial History William Crampton Studio Editions, London, 1990 |
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The Complete Guide to Flags William Crampton Kingfisher Books, London, 1989 |
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Flags at Sea Timothy Wilson Her Majesty's Stationery Office, for the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, 1986 |
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Flags of the World E M C Barraclough and William Crampton (editors) Frederick Warne, London, 1981 [This was the last edition of a series of books with the same title, first published by Frederick Warne in 1897] |
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Flags Through the Ages and Across the World Whitney Smith McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York, 1975 [An abridged edition was ublished in 1980 as Flags and Arms Across the World] |
