Australian National Flag Day
In 1984 the ANFA staged the first Australian National Flag Day ceremony at Hyde Park in Sydney. The proposal for a special anniversary for the Australian National Flag was originally made by vexillographer and historian John Christian Vaughan.
On 28 August 1996, the Governor General of the Commonwealth of Australia, Sir William Deane, issued a proclamation from Government House, Canberra which officially proclaimed 3 September as Australian National Flag Day to "commemorate the day in 1901 on which the Australian national flag was first flown".
Each year the Association arranges 3 September celebrations in capital cities and provincial centres.
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