Today is Australian National Flag Day, commemorating the first time the Australian flag was flown, on September 3 1901. Back then it had a six-pointed Commonwealth star.
The six points of the Commonwealth star represented the six states of Australia. Later, a seventh point was added to represent the territories....
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