High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Australian Aboriginal Flag is a flag that represents Indigenous Australians. It is one of the official "Flags of Australia", and holds special legal and political status, but it is not the "Australian National Flag". It was designed in 1971 by Aboriginal artist Harold Thomas, who is descended from the Luritja people of Central Australia and holds intellectual property rights in the flag`s design. The flag was originally designed for the land rights movement, and it became a symbol of the Aboriginal people of Australia.