The Australian flag has a blue base with a red-and-white Union Jack and six white stars. So why do Australia's teams and athletes wear yellow and green? The golden wattle — or acacia pycnantha — is ...

Gone is any sign of the Union Jack and instead, the national colours of green and gold feature in a wave-like design at the bottom of the flag.

Prominent Australian writer Peter ... which has a green and gold boomerang through the centre. Another Southern Cross flag, which is a version of the Aboriginal flag as a rising sun over a dark ...

Flag bearers Cate Campbell of Australia and Patty Mills of Australia ... Olympian and it’s always so special to pull on the green and gold. Being a flag bearer is beyond anything I ever dreamed ...