Made in Australia Southern Cross Flag Kangaroo National Colours Baseball Hat Cap

This is a new without tags hat from Australia made by Creative Products of New South Wales.  Made from cotton twill, the cap features the national colours of Australia, green and gold and an embroidered front placement design incorporating the Australian flag with kangaroo.   The cap is a structured six panel baseball cap with an adjustable snapback closure.

The Australian flag uses three prominent symbols, the Union Jack Flag, the Commonwealth Star, and the Southern Cross.  The Commonwealth Star, also known as the Federation Star, originally had six points, representing the six federating colonies.  In 1908, a seventh point was added to symbolize the Papua and any future territories.  The flag of Australia is a defaced Blue Ensign: a blue field with the Union Jack in the upper hoist quarter, and a large white seven-pointed star known as the Commonwealth Star in the lower hoist quarter.  The flag contains a representation of the Southern Cross constellation, made up of five white stars, one small five-pointed star, and four, larger, seven-pointed stars.  The Southern Cross is one of the most distinctive constellations visible in the Southern Hemisphere, and has been used to represent Australia since the early days of British settlement.  Ivor Evans, one of the flag's designers, intended the Southern Cross to also refer to the four moral virtues ascribed to the four main stars by Dante: justice, prudence, temperance and fortitude.  The flag's original design was chosen in 1901 from entries in a competition held following Federation, and was first flown in Melbourne on 3 September 1901, the date proclaimed as Australian National Flag Day.

 The national colours of Australia are green and gold.  They were established by the Governor-General of Australia, Sir Ninian Stephen, on 19 April 1984; on advice from Prime Minister Bob Hawke.  The gold color represents the golden wattle (Acacia pycnantha), which is Australia's national flower and is featured on the Coat of Arms of Australia.  The uniforms of Australia's national sports teams are usually green and gold.