Australian Border Force Flag

The flag was a British Red Ensign, defaced with a gold crown over the letters CH in the fly.

A later New South Wales Customs Colonial Flag was described by a regulation published in the Supplement to the NSW Government Gazette, No.

The first flag appointed under this act was specified in Section 14 of the Customs Regulations, which were gazetted on 1 October 1901 in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette No.

53, page 172: "The Customs flag shall be the Blue Ensign, with the addition in the fly of the letters "HMC" in bold

The text "HMC" was changed to the word "CUSTOMS" by amendment SR297, published 17 December 1987 and commencing 1 January 1988.