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The Torres Strait Islander Flag is an official Flag of Australia, and is the flag that represents Torres Strait Islander people. It was designed in 1992 by Bernard Namok. It won a local competition held by the Islands Coordinating Council, and was recognised by the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission in June 1992. ==Status== The Government of Australia granted it Flag of Australia status, under the ''Flags Act 1953'' (Cth), by proclamation on 14 July 1995.〔''Commonwealth of Australia Gazette'', Special, No. S 258, 14 July 1995. This was a special issue of the ''Gazette'', printed in colour on high quality paper. It may be found at the back of Government Notices issue No. GN 28, 19 July 1995, together with the proclamation (No. S 259) of the Australian Aboriginal Flag.〕 Due to an "administrative oversight", the 1995 proclamation was not lodged so that it would continue in force indefinitely; hence it automatically expired on 1 January 2008. It was therefore almost identically replaced, on 25 January 2008, with effect as from 1 January.〔 The only significant change from 1995 is that "Torres Strait Islander flag" is altered to "Torres Strait Islander Flag".〕 In the 2008 proclamation, the flag "is recognised as the flag of the Torres Strait Islander people of Australia and a flag of significance to the Australian nation generally" and appointed "to be the flag of the Torres Strait Islander people of Australia and to be known as the Torres Strait Islander Flag". The design is reproduced in Schedule 1 and described in Schedule 2. Although Namok has since died, the Torres Strait Islander Flag is still subject to copyright under the ''Copyright Act 1968'' (Cth). The copyright was administered by the Island Coordinating Council until 2008, when that body was superseded by the Torres Strait Island Regional Council, which is willing to permit reproductions of the flag that are accurate and that acknowledge Namok as the designer.〔(Torres Strait Island Regional Council - Torres Strait Islander Flag ) Retrieved 23 December 2014.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Torres Strait Islander Flag」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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