Flag of the Southern Cross Republic

Southern Cross Republic

Name	Estrelada
Use	National flag and ensign
Proportion	2:3
Adopted	August 29, 1912
Design	A horizontal bicolor of dark blue over white with a gold Crux representation in the canton

The Flag of the Southern Cross Republic (Portuguese: Bandeira do Cruzeiro do Sul) was designed in 1911 to replace the flag used during the Portuguese colonialism by the Republicans. It is divided in two stripes, the upper being dark blue with the Crux constellation on the hoist side and the lower being white.

The colors represent the night sky on the south characterized by the Crux constellation, and the peace land.

Legal frame and specifications

The present laws and regulations on the South Crosser flag are:

• The Constitution of the Southern Cross Republic of 1912, establishing the national flag.
• Decree 5/1912, establishing the Regulations on flags, banners and emblems.
• Decree 6/1912, establishing the specifications regarding colors of the flag.

Colors

The official colors of the flag adopted are:

Scheme	Dark Blue	White	Golden
Hex triplet	00008B	FFFFFF	FFD700
sRGB	(0,0,139)	255,255,255	(255, 215, 0)
HSV	(240°, 100%, 55%)	(-°, 0%, 100%)	(51°, 100%, 100%)

Construction

Construction sheet with the official dimensions of the flag.

Other flags

Naval jack

Naval jack.

The South Crossic naval jack (jaque) is a square flag (ratio 1:1) bearing the gold Crux on a dark blue field.

Governmental flags

The president and vice president are also represented by their own flag. The Presidential Standard is a dark blue rectangle (ratio 2:3) holding the gold Crux on its hoist side. It is usually hoisted at the President's official residence, the Presidential palace. It is also displayed on the presidential car, as small-sized flags. The Vice Presidential Standard is a white rectangle (ratio 2:3) holding the gold Crux on its hoist side.

Presidential Standard.

Vice Presidential Standard.

Previous flags

The list below identifies previous flags used in the Southern Cross Republic.

Flag of the Military Order of Christ (1332–1651)

Flag of the Royal Family (1500–1521)

Flag of Dom John III (1521–1616)

Flag of the Iberian Union (1616–1640)

Flag of the Restoration (1640–1683)

Flag of Dom Peter II (1683–1706)

Flag of Dom John V (1707–1750)

Flag of the Royal family (1600–1700)

Flag of the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Southern Cross (1816–1821)

Flag of the Southern Cross Island, in the United Kingdom (1816–1821)

Flag of Constitutional Regime (1821 – September 18, 1822) (1830-1910)

Flag of the Southern Cross Island (1830-1910)

Provisional Flag of the Southern Cross State (1911)

Flag of the Southern Cross Republic (August 29, 1912–present).

See also

• Coat of arms of the Southern Cross Republic
• List of flags of the Southern Cross Republic
• Flags of South America