Nauru

Naoero, Republic of Nauru

Last modified: 2000-01-14 by santiago dotor
Keywords: nauru | naoero | star: 12 points | equator | anchor | south pacific commission | house flag |
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by Zeljko Heimer
Flag adopted 31st January 1968, coat-of-arms adopted 31 January 1968

• Description
• House Flag of a Shipping Company (incorrectly reported Civil Ensign)

See also:

• Western Pacific High Commissioner 1877-1976
• Australia
• German Colonies
• Japan
• South Pacific Commission

Other sites:

• CIA World Factbook 1999 for information about Nauru

I just checked in Whitney Smith's flag book: "The geographical position (...) of Nauru finds graphic expression in the symbolism of its flag (...). The island is just one degree south of the equator (...) to the east of the international date line, hence the yellow horizontal stripe on blue and the off-center star immediately below the stripe."

Nathan Augustine, 28 September 1995

I thought it was so as to look more like the Australian flag...

James Dignan, 29 September 1995

The Security Council on 25 June 1999 recommended that (...) Nauru become the 187th member of the United Nations. Last step to membership will be General Assembly resolution later this year.

Ralph Kelly, 1 July 1999

Incorrectly reported Civil Ensign

by Christian Berghänel

According to Pedersen 1981 there is a civil ensign: blue field, in the centre is a white 12-point star and in the centre of the star is a yellow anchor. In some other source I have read that this is the flag of a Nauruan ship company, but then again, this company does only have one boat so in fact it is the civil ensign...

Christian Berghänel, 17 January 1998

It is the flag of the Shipping Company. But even if they only have one boat it still remains a house flag! The civil ensign is flown at the stern. While a house flag or company's flag is flown on a mast or pole in the center of the ship.

Ralf Stelter, 2 June 1999