Qld Premier’s Message 2005

Queensland Premier, Peter Beattie

AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL FLAG DAY 3 SEPTEMBER 2005

This celebration recognises a proud moment in Australia’s history – the birthday of our national flag.

It was on 3 September 1901 that the flag, bearing the Union Jack, the Southern Cross and the six-pointed Commonwealth Star, was first raised in Melbourne.

More than 100 years later, that flag