What does ๐ฆ๐บ Australia Flag mean?
Dark blue with the Union Jack in the upper corner, a large seven-pointed Commonwealth Star beneath it and the Southern Cross constellation in white on the fly. Australians use it around Australia Day on 26 January and Anzac Day on 25 April, to back the Wallabies, the Matildas and the cricket team, and to share beaches, outback road trips and life down under.
Technically, ๐ฆ๐บ is not a single character: it is the pair of regional indicator letters ๐ฆ ๐บ, which spell the region code AU. Apps that support flags combine the two letters into a flag; Windows does not draw country flags, so on Windows you see the letters AU instead โ the emoji still arrives as a flag on the recipientโs phone.
๐ฆ๐บ Australia Flag is an emoji from the Flags category (country flags), added in Emoji 2.0 in 2015.
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๐ฆ๐บ Australia Flag on Apple, Google, Microsoft & more
The code is the same everywhere, but every company draws its own artwork. This is how Australia Flag looks on each platform.
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How do I copy and paste the Australia Flag emoji?
Press the Copy button at the top of this page and ๐ฆ๐บ is copied to your clipboard. Then paste it anywhere with Ctrl+V, Cmd+V or a long press on your phone. In Slack, Discord and GitHub you can also type the shortcode :flag-au:.
When was the Australia Flag emoji added?
๐ฆ๐บ Australia Flag was added in Emoji 2.0, released in 2015. It is supported on all current versions of iOS, Android, Windows and macOS.
Why does the Australia Flag emoji show as letters?
Flag emojis are made of two regional indicator letters (AU). Windows does not include flag artwork, so it shows the letters instead. Phones, Macs and most apps display the full ๐ฆ๐บ flag.