Flag of Goiás Flag of Goiás The flag of Goiás was created by Joaquim Bonifácio de Siqueira and it symbolizes the state of Goiás. It has a rectangle shape, with four green odd stripes and four even yellow stripes. On the upper left hoist, a blue rectangle with five white stars (representing the Southern Cross, constellation that gave Brazil its primitive names - Vera Cruz and Santa Cruz), four on each side and one smaller in the center. The flag was adopted on the president João Alves de Castro's government, by the same law no. 650 of July 30, 1919 and it was
Eureka Flag the 1854 original with blue key lines around each of five equal stars. It is frequently made in the proportions of 20:13. Although the flag is designed as a representation of the Southern Cross, a constellation located in southern skies and thus only visible to viewers in the southern hemisphere, the stars are arranged differently from the arrangement of stars in the constellation itself. The "middle" star (Epsilon Crucis) in the constellation is off-centre, and near to the edge of the "diamond", while the Eureka Flag shows it in the centre. The Eureka Flag is only a stylised version of