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26th November 17, 06:05 PM
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Great-kilt folding attempt 3 - Ballarat Tartan, Australian National Tartan
https://pushka.com/great-kilt
The green-blue tartan is the Australian National Tartan - now made into a small-kilt ( https://pushka.com/kilt )
I had plans for the Ballarat tartan - but I'm not so sure about it all at the moment - so for now, it's a great-kilt ~ The first time I wore it - I also slept in it that night, so I can confirm that it's a great all-purpose outfit/ utility-material~
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Australian National - The colours of the flag, 6 white stripes for the 6 stars, Southern-cross and Commonwealth-Federation-Star. Green & Gold - our national colours/ sporting colours - based on our national flower, the Golden-Wattle.
The colours of the Union Jack, and the 3 flag crosses/ colours. Black stripes for our Australian convict heritage and the Indigenous Aboriginal Peoples.
Ballarat, being a long-term gold-rush town, basalt, quarts and seam of gold.
It's also the place of the Eureka Stockade - Australia's only armed rebellion - and precursor to suffrage and democracy for Australians - Eureka Flag is deep blue with 5 white stars on top of a vertical-horizontal white cross (one of the stars in the middle) - each star has 7 points, representing the states/territories - the Commonwealth/Federation star ~
Last edited by pushka; 26th November 17 at 06:14 PM.
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27th November 17, 10:10 AM
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nice kilt
I need to get me a great kilt some day
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27th November 17, 01:49 PM
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 Originally Posted by grizzbass
I need to get me a great kilt some day
They're~ pretty great
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27th November 17, 03:05 PM
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Originally Posted by pushka
https://pushka.com/great-kilt
Eureka Flag is deep blue with 5 white stars on top of a vertical-horizontal white cross (one of the stars in the middle) - each star has 7 points, representing the states/territories - the Commonwealth/Federation star ~
The stars on the Eureka Flag are eight pointed. The Eureka incident took place in colonial Victoria in 1857, some 47 years before Australia became a federated nation with states and territories. The seven pointed Commonwealth Star dates from 1901.
Last edited by Bruce Scott; 27th November 17 at 04:32 PM.
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27th November 17, 03:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Bruce Scott
The stars on the Eureka Flag are eight pointed. The Eureka incident took place in colonial Victoria in 1857, some 47 years before Australia became a federated nation. The seven pointed Commonwealth Star dates from 1901.
Ah, yes - that's right - it's based on the Federation flag, which was a contender for the new Australian flag, but was never adopted officially
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