Unit4HistoryandTraditionsSailorsusedtospeakofa“Jack”whentheymeantaflagwhichwassetnearthebowofasailingship
Theflagshowedthecountrytowhichtheshipbelonged1
TheUnionJackbecametheflagofGreatBritain
Australia’sflaghastheUnionJackinthetoplefthandcornertogetherwiththestarsoftheSouthernCross
TheyhavekeptthissmallpartofBritainontheirflagbecausetheircountrywasfirstsettledbypeoplefromBritain
Australia’sflagisthesamecolorastheUnionJack—red,whiteandblue
Theactofjoiningtogetheriscalleda“Union”.TheUnionJackwasthenameoftheflagmadewhenEngland,ScotlandandIrelandjoinedtogethertomakeonecountry
Itallbeganin1707whenEnglandandScotlandjoinedtogethertobecomeonenation
Aflagwasmadeusingtwocrosses—oneforthepatronsaint(守护神)ofeachcountry
Theword“patron”meansprotector
ManycenturiesbeforetheEnglishhadtakenStGeorgeastheirp