Australia’s government has bought the copyright to the Aboriginal flag, making it freely available for public use and ending a longstanding battle over the design. In a deal worth more than 20 million ...
SYDNEY, Jan 25 (Reuters) - The Australian government said on Tuesday it had acquired copyright to the Aboriginal flag so it can be freely used, resolving a commercial dispute that had restricted ...
The flag had been at the center of a dispute, but the move allows anyone to reproduce its design without seeking permission or paying a fee. By Yan Zhuang MELBOURNE, Australia — When Laura Thompson, ...
Indigenous leader Jill Gallagher, who spent years working towards the treaty, said that 'history was made.' ...
The Australian Embassy in Dublin became the first embassy in the world to fly the Aboriginal flag in a special digital ceremony on March 5. The flag was raised alongside the Australian flag at the ...
The Aboriginal flag, for the first time, can now be freely used by all Australians. That's because Harold Thomas, the man who designed the flag, agreed to transfer its copyright to the Commonwealth ...
The Aboriginal flag will fly permanently on the Sydney Harbour Bridge as part of a "healing process" and reconciliation efforts with Australia's indigenous community, New South Wales Premier Dominic ...
MELBOURNE, July 7 (Reuters) - Global soccer governing body FIFA has agreed to requests from Australia and New Zealand to display Indigenous flags at the Women's World Cup, the co-hosts said on Friday.
SYDNEY — When the women’s World Cup opened in Sydney/Wangal on Thursday, two flags flew alongside the Australian one as the Matildas played Ireland. The striking black, red, and yellow flag represents ...
At just 16-years-old Cathy Freeman ran her way into the history books at Auckland in 1990 when she became the first female Aboriginal ever to win a Commonwealth Games gold medal in the 4x100 metres.