List of Papua New Guinean flags
This is a list of flags used in Papua New Guinea.
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National flag
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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![]() | 1971–present | Flag of Papua New Guinea |
Divided diagonally from the upper hoist-side corner to the lower fly-side corner: the upper triangle is red with a silhouette of the soaring Raggiana bird-of-paradise in yellow and the lower triangle is black with the Crux of four white larger five-pointed stars and a smaller star. Red and black have long been the colours of Papua New Guinea, the Raggiana bird-of-paradise is the national bird of the country, and the Southern Cross represents its position in the Southern Hemisphere. |
Flag of the Governor-General
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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![]() | 1975–present | Standard of the Governor-General of Papua New Guinea | A dark blue field featuring a St. Edward's Crown surmounted by a lion with the name "PAPUA NEW GUINEA" on a scroll beneath it. |
Ensigns
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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![]() | 1975–present | Naval Ensign of Papua New Guinea | A White Ensign with the flag of Papua New Guinea in the canton. |
Provincial flags
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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![]() | Flag of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville | ||
![]() | Flag of Central Province | ||
![]() | Flag of Chimbu | ||
![]() | Flag of Eastern Highlands | ||
![]() | Flag of East New Britain | ||
![]() | Flag of East Sepik | ||
![]() | Flag of Enga | ||
![]() | Flag of Gulf Province | ||
![]() | Flag of Hela | ||
![]() | Flag of Jiwaka | ||
![]() | Flag of Madang | ||
![]() | Flag of Manus | ||
![]() | Flag of Milne Bay | ||
![]() | Flag of Morobe | ||
![]() | Flag of the National Capital District | ||
![]() | Flag of New Ireland | ||
![]() | Flag of Oro | ||
![]() | Flag of Southern Highlands | ||
![]() | Flag of Western Province | ||
![]() | Flag of Western Highlands | ||
![]() | Flag of West New Britain | ||
![]() | Flag of Sandaun |
Historical flags
National flags
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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![]() | 1914–1949 | Flag of the Territory of New Guinea | A blue British ensign with a white disc in the fly featuring the Tudor Crown over the letters "T.N.G.". |
![]() | 1906–1949 | Flag of the Territory of Papua | A blue British ensign with a white disc in the fly featuring the Tudor Crown over the name "PAPUA". |
![]() | 1888–1906 | Flag of British New Guinea | A blue British ensign with a white disc in the fly featuring the Tudor Crown over the initials "B.N.G.". |
![]() | 1884–1888 | Flag of British New Guinea | A blue British ensign with a white disc in the fly featuring the Tudor Crown over the initials "N.G.". |
Viceregal flags
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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![]() | 1906–1945 | Flag of the Lieutenant-Governor of Papua | A Union Jack defaced with a white disc in the centre featuring the name "PAPUA" surmounted by a crown. |
Sporting flags
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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![]() | 1965–1970 | Flag for sporting events | Flag flown for the Territory at international sporting events. A red and yellow Raggiana bird-of-paradise on a green field. |
Proposed flags
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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![]() | 1970–1971 | Proposed flag of Papua New Guinea | A vertical tricolour of blue, gold and green, with a white Southern Cross in the hoist and a white Raggiana bird-of-paradise. |
![]() ![]() ![]() | Between 1884 and 1914 | Proposed flags of German New Guinea | Various designs incorporating the horizontal black-white-red tricolour of the German Empire. |
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