Flag Challenge! On This Day…

Use the following table along with the flag decoder and iPads to show the flags flown during these special dates. Tick the flags you picked as you go along. See if your friends can find out which date you had in mind! Good luck. Side A

Moon Phase Planets Visible Constellations Maritime Flags Maximum Date On This Date Temperatur e

Full Moon Saturn Orion, Crux Govt. Colonial Brig 25°C 3rd Dec, 1854 Eureka Stockade

Last quarter Mars Scorpius, Crux Govt. Colonial Schooner 15°C 5th June, 1858 Sydney Observatory opens

Last quarter Venus, Jupiter, Saturn Orion Steamer 23°C 14th Dec, 1911 Man reaches South Pole for first time

Full moon Saturn Orion, Crux Govt. Colonial Schooner 24°C 19th Mar, 1932 Sydney bridge opened

Full Moon Mars, Saturn Scorpius, Crux Govt. Colonial Brig 19°C 27th May, 1967 Referendum regarding Indigenous Australians

First quarter Venus, Mars, Saturn Scorpius, Crux Foreign Ship 22°C 20th July, 1969 First Moon landing

Last quarter Venus, Mars, Jupiter Orion Govt. Colonial Schooner 29°C 20th Oct, 1973 Sydney Opera house opened

Full Moon Saturn Orion Govt. Colonial Brig 34°C 7th Feb, 2009 Black Saturday bushfires

Third quarter Venus, Jupiter, Saturn Scorpius, Crux Foreign Ship 19°C 6th Aug, 2012 Curiosity lands on Mars

First quarter Jupiter, Saturn Orion Steamer 46°C 18th Jan, 2013 Sydney temperature record

New Moon Saturn Scorpius, Crux Foreign Ship 18°C 21st Aug, 2017 Total solar eclipse (USA)

Side B

Moon Phase Planets Visible Constellations Maritime Flags Maximum Date On This Date Temperatur e

Full Moon Jupiter Orion, Crux Foreign Brig 26°C 13th Mar, 1781 Uranus discovered

First quarter Mercury, Venus, Mars, Orion Govt. Colonial Ship 26°C 1st Jan, 1901 Federation of Australia Jupiter

First quarter Venus, Jupiter, Saturn Orion Private Colonial Ship 21°C 7th Oct, 1916 Taronga Zoo opens

Last quarter Mercury, Venus, Mars, Orion Govt. Colonial Cutter/Sloop 25°C 26th Dec, 1945 The first Sydney to Hobart Yacht Jupiter race

Last quarter Jupiter, Saturn Scorpius, Crux Foreign Brig 20°C 16th June, First woman in space 1963

New Moon Mars, Jupiter, Saturn Scorpius, Crux Govt. Colonial Ship 19°C 3rd June, 1992 Mabo decision

Full Moon Jupiter, Saturn Scorpius Govt. Colonial Cutter/Sloop 19°C 15th Sep, 2000 Olympic Games held in Sydney

Last quarter Venus, Jupiter, Saturn Scorpius, Crux Private Colonial Ship 22°C 16th May, Minecraft is released 2009

New Moon Venus, Jupiter Orion Private Colonial Ship 21°C 14th Nov, 2012 Total solar eclipse (Queensland)

First quarter Jupiter, Saturn Scorpius, Crux Govt. Colonial Ship 26°C 25th April, 100th Anniversary of Gallipoli 2015 landing

Last quarter Saturn Scorpius Foreign Brig 23°C 15th Sep, 2017 Cassini space probe retirement