Rainbow flag number of non-cooperative groups led to confusion in several countries around the world. Another variation of rainbow flag is used by Jewish Autonomous Oblast, situated in the Far Eastern Federal District of Russia, by the Chinese border. Proportions 2:3. Adopted first of October 1996. The Jewish Autonomous Oblast has a flag with a seven-colour rainbow. The number of colours is meant to symbolize the seven-branched Jewish Menorah. The rainbow flag was popularized as a symbol of the gay community by San Francisco artist Gilbert Baker in 1978. The different colors are often associated with "diversity" in the gay community (but
Rainbow, Victoria the Metropolis of the Mallee. Robert Riby owned and operated the first newspaper in Rainbow. He married Mary Anne Palethorp. Rainbow was part of the Dimboola Shire until 25 January 1995, when the shire was then united with the Lowan Shire. The town was the subject of an episode of the ABC television program, "Enough Rope", with Andrew Denton, on 31 July 2006. Rainbow was well known for its wheat growing. The silos still stand sentinel over the township and are visible for many kilometres before reaching the township. Many of the towns original settlers were of German descent and