MLMC purchased three flagpoles in 2017 and staff member Mr Terry Hill helped to organise the purchasing of and placement of the flagpoles. The College raises three flags each day — the Australian flag, the Aboriginal flag and the Torres Strait Islanders flag.
The flags are kept at student reception in Dublin House. Individual homerooms are assigned the responsibility of raising the flags each day and bringing them down in the afternoon, including students in Year 7 Jade who are pictured helping with the flying of the flags last week.
A special ceremony was held at the College in September 2017 when the Honourable Tony Smith MHR Federal Member for Casey presented the three flags. Jackie Wandin then spoke about the Aboriginal community and their flag and the ways in which they live their lives through their teachings and community.
The raising of the flags represents the many lands that come together to make up our great nation and help us to remember that our land belongs to the Wurundjeri people who are the traditional custodians of this land.
The Australian flag was created in 1901. The Australian Aboriginal flag is also an official Australian flag. The current design was created in 1971 by Harold Thomas a descendant of the Luritja people of Central Australia. The Torres Strait Islanders flag was adopted as an official flag of Australia in 1995 and includes all other indigenous people within the territories of Australia. It was designed by Bernard Namok, a Thursday Islander, in 1992.
