Talk:Flag of Western Australia

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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