Youre getting mixed up, they are now first nations people, note the s.
They werent a united country for starters but a land made up of 300 different cultures with different language, foods and beliefs, look up a map of homelands to see how divided the country actually was.
The aboriginal flag has been sold to the australia govt anyway, typical cash grab.
This flag was not commissioned by any aboriginal group, just one guy decided to make one 50 years ago and he was from the Lurita clan in central OZ, it was designed for land rights protest by this guy.
All this flag has done is create division between aboriginals and non aboriginals living in the one country
On 24 January 2022, the Commonwealth government announced, after more than three years of confidential negotiations,
[49] that Thomas had transferred the copyright in the flag to the Commonwealth.
[50] The federal government paid $20.05m to Thomas and licence holders (including WAM Clothing and Carroll and Richardson Flagworld) to extinguish existing licences and secure copyright. As part of the copyright transfer, Thomas retained
moral rights over the flag (which include the right to be identified as its creator). Following the copyright transfer, Carroll and Richardson Flagworld continued to be the exclusive manufacturer, although individuals may make copies for personal use.
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