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British Fiji Islands 1924-1970 (Fiji)

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[State Flag and Ensign 1924-1970 (Fiji)] 1:2 image by Clay Moss, 10 December 2008
Flag adopted 1924 (coat-of-arms adopted 4th July 1908), abolished 1970



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Description

A letter dated 8th May 1924 informed the Colonial Office that instructions to remove the white circle had been issued by the governor. (ADM 116/1847B). Admiralty Flag Book 1930 [hms30], plate 35; under Fiji, notes that there is no white circle.
David Prothero
, 22 December 1999 and 24 October 2002


Blue ensign with disk

[Red Ensign 1924-1970 (Fiji)] image by Clay Moss, 10 December 2008

I am not persuaded that the Fiji blue ensign, badge without disk ever really caught on from a popularity standpoint. It may have existed on paper, but I believe that the badge on disk version was used regularly right up to independence. I once saw a yacht in Hawaii was flying both the blue and red ensign and both had badges on the disk. And, the only other colonial Fiji ensigns I saw around independence time had disks as well. They were not old ensigns at the time. They were new.
Clay Moss, 10 December 2008


Red ensign

[Red Ensign 1924-1970 (Fiji)] image by Clay Moss, 10 December 2008


Colonial Fiji Union flag

[Union flag 1924-1970 (Fiji)] image by Clay Moss, 17 December 2008


Detail of coat of arms

[Coat of arms 1924-1970 (Fiji)] image by Clay Moss, 10 December 2008