Quote from Shadow on Feb 7^th, 2010, 10:38pm:

WHOW when i fish  it sure is dangerouse

well...lets see
the American flag......everyone knows what it looks like.............and the Canadian..............and yup...the Union Jack.............thats 3
now oh yeh...the Australian flag........or is is Austria............oh...ooooooooooops...thats the New Zealand one................must be that one over there...........next to the aborigianl flag....which is upside down isnt it??? oh...that's Belgium? are u sure?............or maybe some war torn African one..........but hey...yup...for sure thats the canadian one..a ripper eh! and yup...the yank one and the pom one.....ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh ripper....here come the Aussies....yup...thats them..........for sure!!!!!! know that boxing kangaroo anywhere........makes ya proud huh to see our guys
and hang on...who are those guys behind us waving our flag............oh........bloody kiwis..........yeh....thats their flag........i think............

duds i have an old set of encyclopedias  in the house under flags pages of them a lot of them look similar very hard to identify which flag for whot country   thats one of the reasons i dont want to or have never wanted to change our australian flag

Quote from Duds on Feb 7^th, 2010, 7:56pm:

 
IF , AND ONLY ' IF ' , THERE IS NO OTHER OPTION AND CHANGE IS PRONOUNCED ..............
 
 
                                                  " THE EUREKA FLAG "
 
 
 
              ' WHEN INJUSTICE BECOMES LAW --- RESISTANCE BECOMES DUTY '
 
 
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The Eureka flag is believed to have been designed by a Canadian gold miner by the name of " Lieutenant " Ross during the Eureka Stockade uprising in Ballarat , Victoria - Australia in the year 1854.
 
The flag's five stars represent the Southern Cross and the white cross joining the stars represents unity in defiance. The blue background represents the shirt colours worn by the diggers ( miners ) rather than represent the sky as was originally thought.
 
The flag above , the Eureka Flag , is the design that was torn down by police constable John King on the morning of the digger's uprising --
 
                                              Sunday Dec 3rd 1854.
 
The " Eureka Stockade " uprising was a revolt by gold miners ( diggers ) against petty officialdom and harassment by a corrupt police force , who would often ask miners to show there licences several times a day . The miners objected to holding licences and resented paying the exorbitant fees to hold same.
 
Led by an elected Sgt at Arms , Peter Lalor ( who later became a Federal Government minister ) , the Eureka revolt was a spectacular failure in a military sense. The revolt had it's roots in the killing of a miner , James Scobie .
 
An inquest was held and despite the evidence of miners , no conclusion was made about who had been responsible for Scobie's death ( by shooting ). Those miners who pressed for the arrest of the shooter were taken into custody .
 
Miners then took the law into their own hands . Revenge was taken and the shooter's home and other property was burned to the ground . The ' culprits ' were imprisoned by the police without trial and the situation in the gold fields became explosive . Unequal laws and unequal rights caused much discontent.
 
Peter Lalor lead the miners in war against the police and they built a stockade at the goldfields so as to defy the authorities .  
 
The Eureka flag then appeared . -----  ( refer ' When injustice becomes ---- ' )
 
Many rebels along with many of the ' King's men ' were killed in the bloody battle to follow . Reinforced police numbers from far and wide eventually destroyed the stockade .
 
So is the story of the ' Eureka ' flag and it's cause.
 
In Australia today , the flag is worn by many of our bike fraternity signifying the same defiance against the injustices that prevail within the ' authority ' .
 
 
Shadow .                                            
   
 

That they do Steve and I made the pilgrimage in 2004 150th anniversay of Eureka, on my own had a great time met some good folks...

'to a certain point' willow..... and yes my is loud enough to hear stephen and she goes well keeps up with the front of the pack!  Very nice bike.

IMHO...Given Australia's multicultural make up, we have a net gain of one international migrant every 1 minute and 51 seconds, and the short sightedness of our politicians who can only see as far as the next election... do you really think that the Eureka Flag would even be a choice in a referendum?  The Eureka flag, the very symbol of us ordinary people sticking it to the establishment!
 
We'll more likely get some "never leave their desk" computer geeks symbolising the multicultural nature of our society or some such PC crap...I'll bet ya a beer!

she is pritty cool this kas,  yes i think we will  just keep the old flag, especially coming from the old dark  . I rearley rearley like it any way