Look to the right side of Australia's flag and you'll find the Southern Cross in five stars, a constellation visible only from below the equator and a dead giveaway for the hemisphere. The Union Jack in the corner nods to British ties, a seven-pointed Commonwealth Star sits below it, and the whole design became law in 1954.
What 🇦🇺 means
A navy blue rectangular flag comprised of the Blue Ensign, a seven-pointed white star beneath it and a bunch of five such stars of varying sizes to the right of the ensign. The 🇦🇺 Flag: Australia emoji represents the country and continent of Australia.
This emoji is shown as 'AU' on some platforms.
How and when to use it
Other Names
- 🇦🇺 Australian Flag
- 🇦🇺 Flag of Australia
- 🇦🇺 Aussie Flag
- 🇦🇺 Flag of the Commonwealth of Australia
- 🇦🇺 Country/Continent Code - AU
The lowdown
- Category
- Flags › country-flag
- Codepoints
U+1F1E6 U+1F1FA- Emoji version
- Emoji 2.0
- Shortcodes
:australia:GitHub:flag-au:Slack:flag_au:Discord:au:Discord- Keywords
- flag
How it looks across platforms
Seeing a blank box instead of the emoji somewhere? Here's why that happens. Curious why the designs above don't match to begin with? Here's why that happens too.
⚡ Quick round
Which joined the keyboard first — 🇦🇺 Flag: Australia or 🕴️ Person in Suit Levitating?