The Flag of the City of Sydney The red

							The Flag
                                   of the City of Sydney
                                                           The red cross is overlaid with
                                                           a globe and two stars, the
                                                           principal features of Captain
                                                           James Cook’s Arms which
                                                           were granted as a
                                                           posthumous honour for his
                                                           service in the discovery of
                                                           Australia, whilst commis-
                                                           sioned as a naval officer.




     T
               he flag of the City of
                                             The Arms in the top right are those of the
               Sydney is flown from
                                             first Lord Mayor of Sydney, the Hon
               Sydney Town Hall. The
                                             Thomas Hughes, M.L.C. It was during his
design incorporates features from the
                                             term of office that the title of Mayor
Coat of Arms for the City of Sydney
                                             became Lord Mayor, and the official Coat
which was granted by the British College
                                             of Arms for the city was granted.
of Heralds in 1908.

                                             The remaining field of the flag is subdivided
The flag is a horizontal triband of three
                                             into gold and blue thirds overlaid with a
colours, white, gold and blue. The top
                                             sailing ship under full sail, an allusion to the
third features three armorial designs. In
                                             prominence of Sydney as a maritime port.
the top left, the arms are those of
Thomas Townshend, Viscount Sydney after
                                              Thomas
whom the City was named. His inclusion        Townsend,
                                              Viscount
recognises the important role he played       Sydney
as Principal Under-Secretary of State in
the English government in 1788, the year
of the City’s foundation.


The Naval Flag of England in the centre
acknowledges the contribution of Captain
Arthur Philip in the foundation of Sydney.