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THE HISTORY OF THE SEA OF HANDS !

The Sea Of Hands is a movement which was created in 1997. The Sea Of Hands was created by ANTaR ( Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation ).

It was a physical representation. Over 300,000 people joined this movement created by an Australian organization. Many people supported this movement.

In December 23rd 1994, the General Assembly decided to celebrate the International Day of the World's Indigenous People.

Over 300,000 Australians have signed their names on one of 120,000 plastics hands for the Sea of Hands, to show they support indigenous people's fight.

THE HISTORY OF THE FLAG !

the Indigenous flag :

- black represents the Indigenous people of Australia

- red represents the Australian ground

- And yellow, in the center, represents the sun !

the Australian flag :

- In the left hand-side angle, we can see the English flag because Australia belonged of the English Empire.

- The 5 stars situated on the right hand side of the flag stand for the Southern Cross which is a constellation of stars visible from the southern hemisphere.

- The star have 7 branches located in the lower left is the star of the Commonwealth. Each branch of the star represents a state or territory of Australia.

The six colours of the Sea of Hands represent the colours of the Aboriginal flag (red, black and yellow), the Torres Strait Islander flag (blue, green and white), and the Australian flag.

Here the Aboriginal flag replaces the English flag. You can see the 5 stars ( Southern Cross ) which is a constellation visible from the Southern hemisphere.