File:White Flag of Antarctica RMG L0129.tiff

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Description	English: White Flag of Antarctica White Flag of Antarctica flown by the 'Discovery' when she sailed for Antarctica carrying the BANZARE expedition (British, Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition) of 1929-31. It was intended as an improvised courtesy flag representing a continent with no flag of its own. The 'Times' noted that during a reception on 1 August 1929, before her departure from London: 'The ship was flying the Union Jack at her forepeak, the white Antarctic flag at the foremast, and the Australian flag at the stern'. The white flag was flown again when the ship left Capetown on her journey south. The flag is made of plain white cotton sheeting, hand sewn with a rope and Inglefield clip attached. There is no hoist, the edge of the flag is turned over the rope. The British, Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition 1929-1931 was led by Sir Douglas Mawson (1882-1958). The expedition vessel was the RRS ‘Discovery'. In addition to oceanographic research carried out by the expedition, the coast from 47ºE to 75ºE was charted by ship and aircraft and a new area named MacRobertson Land. After wintering in Australia the expedition returned to the Antarctic and carried out magnetic observations in Commonwealth Bay. The Banzare coast was discovered from the air and the Sabrina Coast named. Princess Elizabeth Land was discovered and the Australian Antarctic Territory annexed for King George V. White Flag of Antarctica
Date	1929 date QS:P571,+1929-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Dimensions	889 x 1498.6 mm
Source/Photographer	http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/895
Permission (Reusing this file)	The original artefact or artwork has been assessed as public domain by age, and faithful reproductions of the two dimensional work are also public domain. No permission is required for reuse for any purpose. The text of this image record has been derived from the Royal Museums Greenwich catalogue and image metadata. Individual data and facts such as date, author and title are not copyrightable, but reuse of longer descriptive text from the catalogue may not be considered fair use. Reuse of the text must be attributed to the "National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London" and a Creative Commons CC-BY-NC-SA-3.0 license may apply if not rewritten. Refer to Royal Museums Greenwich copyright.
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Identifier InfoField	Acquisition Number: W1979-140 file number: A6/4(iii)/03B id number: AAA0895
Collection InfoField	Flags

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