Governor's Standard

GOVERNMENT HOUSE PRESS RELEASE

18 APRIL 1984

 

His Excellency the Governor, Rear Admiral Sir Brian Murray, today announced that Her Majesty The Queen had graciously approved of a change in the Personal Standard of the Governor of Victoria.

From this day, the Governor’s Personal Standard will be the State Flag of Victoria with the blue of the flag being replaced by gold.

The new Standard will be flown at Government House and on vehicles conveying the Governor.

The old Standard used by all Victorian Governors has been, since 1870, the Union Jack with the Badge of the State emblazoned in the centre thereof.

The significance of the choice by the Governor of a golden flag was to represent Victoria’s golden past and its promise for a golden future.