Papua New Guinea

Papua Niugini

Last modified: 1997-12-22 by vincent morley
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by Zeljko Heimer, 26-JAN-1996

• Flag of Papua New Guinea
• Naval ensign
• Flag of Bougainville
• Flag of Port Moresby
• Colonial flag of Papua

The flag of Papua New Guinea was adopted on 1 July 1971. The year of independence is 1975.

Mark Sensen, 5-DEC-1995.

by Jan Oskar Engene, 19-SEP-1996

The simplest variants of the White Ensign are those ensigns which place the national flag in the canton of a plain white field (like Bangladesh posted yesterday). Papua New Guinea is another country using such a naval ensign. Source: flag table in Jane's Fighting Ships.

Jan Oskar Engene, 19-SEP-1996.

by Zeljko Heimer, 4-JUL-1996

Bougainville has a blue flag with a black disk surrounded by white and green triangules within a thin white circle. In the disk there is a red and white device. The ratio is unknown. Source: "Flagmakers catalogue".

Zeljko Heimer, 4-JUL-1996.

by Mario Fabretto, 25-JUL-1996

At the 12th International congress of Vexillology, Wolfgang G. Jilek presented a work about symbols in New Guinea where he showed an actual flag of the city of Port Moresby: yellow with the black silhouette of the "lakatoi" boat of the local Motu people and, below, the inscription "CITY OF PORT MORESBY". Here I attach a reconstructed image from the photograph he showed. Unknown proportions.

Mario Fabretto, 25-JUL-1996.

by Zeljko Heimer, 29-OCT-1996

Papua just had the circle, the crown, and the word PAPUA under the crown.

Josh Fruhlinger, 20-FEB-1996.