National flag and both have the Southern Cross as a prominent feature. The only differences between these flags is that the Australian flag has the Commonwealth Star below the canton, and that on the New Zealand flag, just four stars in the Southern Cross are presented, and they are five-pointed red stars with white borders. On the other hand, all five stars of the Southern Cross are presented on the Australian flag, and they are white with seven points, except for the additional smaller fifth star in the Southern Cross which has only five points on this flag. Some similarities to the
Eureka Flag Eureka Flag The Eureka Flag is a flag design which features dark blue field (2:3.08 ratio); a horizontal stripe wide and a vertical line crossing it of wide; and 5 eight pointed stars, the central star being tall (point to point) and the other stars tall, representing the Crux Australis constellation. The design was first used as the war flag of the Eureka Rebellion (3 December 1854) at Ballarat in Victoria, Australia. A number of people swore allegiance to the flag as a symbol of defiance at its first flying at Bakery Hill on 29 November 1854. Over 30 miners