Flags of Oceania
Recognise the 14 national flags of Oceania by their colours and design, one family at a time.
14 cards · Geography
Each Zap teaches up to 5 new cards, so you learn the chapter a few at a time.
Checked by the Brain Zap team · reviewed 27 Oct 2026
Sources: Gallery of sovereign state flags (Wikipedia), flag-icons by Lipis, MIT licence (the pictures)
Preview
Union Jack, a big star and the Southern Cross on blue
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Australia
Learn more: The big Commonwealth Star has seven points: one for each of the six states and one for the territories.
Light blue, with a Union Jack and a shield
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Fiji
Learn more: The shield shows a British lion holding a cocoa pod, with sugar cane, a coconut palm, bananas and a dove.
A gold bird over a rising sun and blue waves
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Kiribati
Learn more: Its islands spread across all four hemispheres, and its eastern islands are among the first places to see each new day.
Blue, with orange and white diagonals and a white star
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Marshall Islands
Learn more: The white star has 24 points, one for each of its municipalities.
Light blue, with four white stars
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Micronesia
Learn more: The four stars stand for its four states: Yap, Chuuk, Pohnpei and Kosrae.
About this topic
This chapter of Flags of the World covers the national flags of Oceania. Each card shows a flag and asks which country flies it, with a hint and a short story of where its colours and shapes come from.
Oceania's flags look up at the sky: the Southern Cross shines on Australia, New Zealand and Samoa. Four flags keep the Union Jack, and Pacific islands fly suns, moons, birds and the equator itself.
Learn the family first, then the one detail that sets each flag apart: the order of the colours, a shade of blue, a cross, a star or an emblem. Once you know most of this chapter's flags, the next chapter of the Book starts arriving in your Daily Zap.
All 14 cards
Union Jack, a big star and the Southern Cross on blue
Australia
Learn more: The big Commonwealth Star has seven points: one for each of the six states and one for the territories.
Light blue, with a Union Jack and a shield
Fiji
Learn more: The shield shows a British lion holding a cocoa pod, with sugar cane, a coconut palm, bananas and a dove.
A gold bird over a rising sun and blue waves
Kiribati
Learn more: Its islands spread across all four hemispheres, and its eastern islands are among the first places to see each new day.
Blue, with orange and white diagonals and a white star
Marshall Islands
Learn more: The white star has 24 points, one for each of its municipalities.
Light blue, with four white stars
Micronesia
Learn more: The four stars stand for its four states: Yap, Chuuk, Pohnpei and Kosrae.
Dark blue, a thin yellow line and a white star
Nauru
Learn more: The yellow line is the equator, and the star marks the island just south of it. It has no official capital.
Union Jack and four red stars on dark blue
New Zealand
Learn more: The four red stars are the Southern Cross. Australia's flag has white stars, and one more large star.
Light blue, with a yellow disc a little off-centre
Palau
Learn more: The yellow disc is the full moon, said to be the best time for fishing, planting and harvest.
Red with a gold bird, black with white stars
Papua New Guinea
Learn more: Designed in 1971 by Susan Karike, a 15-year-old student: a bird of paradise over the Southern Cross.
Red, with a blue corner holding five white stars
Samoa
Learn more: The stars are the Southern Cross. In 2011 Samoa moved west of the date line and skipped 30 December.
Blue and green, a yellow diagonal, five white stars
Solomon Islands
Learn more: The five stars first stood for its main island groups. In 1942 its island of Guadalcanal saw a great battle.
Red, with a red cross on a white corner
Tonga
Learn more: Its constitution says the flag can never be changed. The red cross stands for Christianity.
Light blue, a Union Jack and nine yellow stars
Tuvalu
Learn more: The nine stars stand for its nine islands, placed as they lie on a map.
Red and green, a black triangle, a yellow Y, a tusk
Vanuatu
Learn more: The curled boar's tusk holds two crossed fern leaves, a sign of peace.
Image credits
- Union Jack, a big star and the Southern Cross on blue: flag-icons by Lipis, MIT, MIT Source: Union Jack, a big star and the Southern Cross on blue
- Light blue, with a Union Jack and a shield: flag-icons by Lipis, MIT, MIT Source: Light blue, with a Union Jack and a shield
- A gold bird over a rising sun and blue waves: flag-icons by Lipis, MIT, MIT Source: A gold bird over a rising sun and blue waves
- Blue, with orange and white diagonals and a white star: flag-icons by Lipis, MIT, MIT Source: Blue, with orange and white diagonals and a white star
- Light blue, with four white stars: flag-icons by Lipis, MIT, MIT Source: Light blue, with four white stars
- Dark blue, a thin yellow line and a white star: flag-icons by Lipis, MIT, MIT Source: Dark blue, a thin yellow line and a white star
- Union Jack and four red stars on dark blue: flag-icons by Lipis, MIT, MIT Source: Union Jack and four red stars on dark blue
- Light blue, with a yellow disc a little off-centre: flag-icons by Lipis, MIT, MIT Source: Light blue, with a yellow disc a little off-centre
- Red with a gold bird, black with white stars: flag-icons by Lipis, MIT, MIT Source: Red with a gold bird, black with white stars
- Red, with a blue corner holding five white stars: flag-icons by Lipis, MIT, MIT Source: Red, with a blue corner holding five white stars
- Blue and green, a yellow diagonal, five white stars: flag-icons by Lipis, MIT, MIT Source: Blue and green, a yellow diagonal, five white stars
- Red, with a red cross on a white corner: flag-icons by Lipis, MIT, MIT Source: Red, with a red cross on a white corner
- Light blue, a Union Jack and nine yellow stars: flag-icons by Lipis, MIT, MIT Source: Light blue, a Union Jack and nine yellow stars
- Red and green, a black triangle, a yellow Y, a tusk: flag-icons by Lipis, MIT, MIT Source: Red and green, a black triangle, a yellow Y, a tusk
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