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![[House flag, reported as 'Civil Ensign' (Nauru)]](../images/n/nr~n361a.gif)
image provided by Neale Rosanoski, 28 October 2008
The national shipping line of Nauru was later run from Melbourne after being
formed in 1969, and was run as a subsidized operation until closed down in 1992.
Originally the ships were owned by the Nauru Local Government Council and
operated as Nauru Pacific Line but in 1980 they were registered under Nauru
Corporation (Victoria) Inc. The Log of 5/1990 and 4/1994 record it under the
name of the Nauru Pacific Line (Australia) Pty. Ltd. and detail/ show a dark
blue flag charged with a 12 pointed white star bearing a black anchor [see N361
attached] though from sightings I made in 1983 and 1989 I recorded the anchor as
being blue.
The anchor colour thus differs from the yellow shown by
Pedersen. Perhaps we are all right and the colour was
changed over the years. Personally I favour the Australian home advantage
with black. My own sighting might have looked "blue" because I thought it in
line with the field colour and being dark blue there would be little
difference at a distance.
It is also shown as yellow Brown 1995 who
record it under the name of Nauru Corporation (Victoria) Ltd. It also shows
the star as having unequal points which I regard as unlikely both in view of
funnel photos and the stated meaning of the star representing the 12 tribes
of the island.
Neale Rosanoski, 28 October 2008