Bibliography of Flag Books From Australia and International

Resources

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 on the Flag Books page are the main books that have been published in Australia and internationallyon the subject of flags. The Australian books currently in print are:


		Flag and Nation: Australians and Their National Flag Since 1901 Elizabeth Kwan UNSW Press, Sydney, 2006 CURRENTLY IN PRINT, BUT USUALLY A SPECIAL ORDER

		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

		Murphy's Signals Hobart Town Mark L Risby Forty° South Publishing, Lindisfarne, Tas, 7015 CURRENTLY IN PRINT Richly illustrated large format hardback showing the hand-drawn flag charts created by Edward Murphy in the 1840s and 1850s. These charts are the source for the Van Diemen's Land Ensign and the book shows numerous Hobart shipping house flags.

		Australian Flags and Emblems Karen Tayleur Ralph Kelly (flag illustrations) Black Dog Books (Walker Books), Newtown, NSW, 2042 [Note: this is a Juvenile Non-Fiction Book] CURRENTLY IN PRINT An excellent resource for students with fresh text and large clear illustrations of Australian, state and territory flags. There are clever explanations of the coats of arms and good histories of the states.

		Flags and Coats of Arms Samone Bos Macmillan Education Australia, South Yarra,Vic, 3141 [Note: this is a Juvenile Non-Fiction Book] CURRENTLY IN PRINT Part of the series Symbols of Australia the book is expensive and the content is flawed. The text is simplistic and the flag drawings are clip art, with errors in the designs of the ACT, NSW, Qld, and WA, whilst those for the other states are poorly drawn.