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Saibai Island (Australia)

image by António Martins, 7 Jun 2004

Description
Saibai Island clan flags
- Dhoeybaw

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Description

Quoting from the Saibai Island webpage:

The flag of the island of Saibai, just south of the coast of Papua New Guinea, is dark blue with a green triangle at the hoist on which is placed a yellow leaf, symbol of peace. The green colour symbolises the land, blue is the sea, while the white eight-pointed star signifies Australia. The flag was designed by the local council members.

In the image shown, the white star is placed in the fly on the blue background. It is interesting that the council members chose the eight-pointed star to represent Australia, rather than the seven pointed star. I wonder exactly what their thinking was on the matter, and whether it was at all influenced by the use of the eight-pointed star in the centenary of federation celebrations in 2001.
Jonathan Dixon, 8 June 2004

This is quite similar to the unidentified flag reported here. It is too different for a mis-observation, but similar enough to have been a previous design...
António Martins, 7 June 2004

Saibai Island clan flags

images located by Paris Renesis, 9 April 2024

Here are the clan flags of Saibai Island (and others):
https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php
also in the videos below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsJuI5DbFfQ a very close look at the flags after min. 04.16
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TxFuKP9qPE a close look after min. 08.30
Paris Renesis, 9 April 2024

The 7 clans of Saibai Island (and their symbols-totems), Torres Strait Islands, Australia:
Ayth Koedal [also spelled Ait Koedal] (Ait crocodile) , Dhoeybaw (wild yam), Saibai-Koedal (Saibai crocodile), Samu (cassowary), Suy Baydham [also spelled Sui-Baidam] (shark/swamp bird), Thabu [or Thabu-Burm / Katbay] (snake) , Umay [also spelled Umai] (dog).

The flags were copied and pasted from stamps on shirts advertised on this FB page: https://www.facebook.com/saibai.stags.5

These flags were displayed in Mabo Day / Festival March - Winds of Zenadth Cultural Festival 2023: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TxFuKP9qPE after minute 08:30 and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsJuI5DbFfQ, a very close look at the flags after minute 04:16

image located by Paris Renesis, 7 June 2025

In these videos 8 flags are displayed (not including the Saibai island flag). Two of these flags (see below) are not to be found in the Saibai Stags FB page and the Dhoeybaw flag shown in this page (also here: https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=3518197551784819&set=a.1522389911365603)
is not to be found in these videos. Perhaps there have been changes.
Paris Renesis, 7 June 2025

image located by Paris Renesis, 7 June 2025

A different flag for the Saibai islands.
Paris Renesis, 7 June 2025

Dhoeybaw clan

image located by Paris Renesis, 7 June 2025