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The City of Melbourne flag is a (roughly) a banner of arms. The arms are described at this page on the City of Melbourne website:
"On a silver shield, a red cross (the cross of St George) with a narrow red bar (known as a cotise) is adjacent to, and parallel with, each side of each arm of the cross. On the central part of the cross is a Royal Crown. Also on the shield, in the four quarters, are: a fleece hanging from a red ring; a black bull standing on a hillock; a spouting whale swimming in the sea; and a three-masted ship in full-sail."At the bottom of the page is a photo of what appears to be the reverse of the flag.
![[City of Melbourne flag 1940-70]](../images/a/au-vi_me.gif)
image by Eugene Ipavec, 15 Jun 2006
I have come across a slightly unusual version of the City of Melbourne flag. Instead of the in the third quarter the whale appears in the second, having switched places with the bull. I suppose this could be a flag based on an earlier version of the arms, but the crown does appear to be St Edward’s crown indicating a post 1953 date.
It is a small car flag and I wonder on whose car it would be displayed?
Mattias Hansson, 2 June 2006
The Lord Mayor of the City of Melbourne (Vic., Aust.) does sometimes use a
"Car-size" flag when driven to official functions. The difference in location
for two of the elements on this flag, as reported, is that this flag was based
on the City Arms used between the 30 January 1940 and 18 March 1970. It was
decided to swap the Bull and Whale so that the sea symbols would appear on the
same (lower level), with the land symbols on the same (upper level).
Ralph Bartlett, 11 June 2006