Talk:Flag of Western Australia

Swan
Any idea why they reversed the swan? My guess is to make it face the union jack rather than trying to "escape" it, but it's only a guess.

Another suggestion is that in the 1920s, the state nearly seceded from Australia, so perhaps that's why it looks westwards.


 * My assumption is that the swan facing the fly was fine for naval use, since the ensign on a wind-driven ship will flow forwards. On land, a flag carried on a staff will flow backwards. If usage shifts from naval use to land use, the swan will seem to swim the wrong way, which may be why they changed the flag. --Palnatoke 22:52, 23 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Parlament house has been flying this flag for some time, are we in for a change? --Mitsuhama


 * Somehow I highly doubt Parliament House has ever flown that flag officially. A poor design like that would make our great state look more like a territory! --Snadder (talk) 10:48, 17 August 2008 (UTC)

swan direction
I suspect that the website that is referenced itself is lacking references. A quick search in Trove pulled up three articles that discuss the swan direction. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article52938935 - Nov 1953 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article52939910 - Nov 1953 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article52936774 - Oct 1953

As can be noted, there was no clear consensus in 1953 about which way the swan should be facing. As such, to say that it "changed" in 1953 is wrong. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.30.234.37 (talk) 04:23, 26 August 2020 (UTC)