This page lists the country subdivision flags in Oceania. It is a part of the Lists of country subdivision flags, which is split into continents due to its size. For purposes of this article, Oceania is taken to comprise Australasia, Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia.

The principal subdivisions are generally the ones that are identified as first-order subdivisions under the ISO 3166-2 coding scheme. If a country has no such first-order subdivisions, but has second-order subdivisions that have their own official flags, then the flags of those second-order subdivisions are given here.

This gallery includes only current official flags. For historical or non-official flags of any particular country or territory (if any), see the main article for that country or territory.

Unless indicated otherwise, information on each country has been taken from the World Factbook, as updated through July 11, 2016 (for which see the External Links section, below).

Australasia

Australia

Australia comprises six states and two territories, as well as several dependant islands located in the Indian and Pacific oceans.

The official flag for each of the six states consists of the Australian national flag, but with the stars removed and replaced with the state's coat of arms.

Most of the dependent areas (sometimes called the "external territories") have no official flag of their own and instead use the Australian national flag. Three external territories do have their own official flags–Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, and Norfolk Island.

States Flag Date Use Description 1876–present Flag of New South Wales A St George's Cross with four gold stars and a lion in the fly of a British Blue Ensign. 1876–present Flag of Queensland A light blue Maltese cross with a crown on a white background in the fly of a British Blue Ensign. 1904–present Flag of South Australia A piping shrike on a gold background in the fly of a British Blue Ensign. 1875–present Flag of Tasmania A red lion on a white background in the fly of a British Blue Ensign. 1877–present Flag of Victoria The Southern Cross surmounted by a crown in the fly of a British Blue Ensign. 1953–present Flag of Western Australia A black swan on a gold background in the fly of a British Blue Ensign.

Territories Flag Date Use Description 1993-present Flag of the Australian Capital Territory A vertical 1:2 bicolour of blue (charged with the Southern Cross) and gold (charged with a modified Coat of arms of the city of Canberra) 1978-present Flag of the Northern TerritoryA vertical 1:2 bicolour of black (charged with the Southern Cross) and ochre (charged with a stylised Sturt's Desert Rose)

Dependent areas Flag Date Use Description 2002 – Flag of Christmas Island Blue and green diagonal bicolour charged with a Southern Cross of four seven-pointed white stars and one smaller five-pointed white star on the blue half, a golden bosun bird in gold on the green half, and a gold circle in the centre containing the shape of the island in green 2004 – Flag of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands A green field with a palm tree on a gold disc in the canton, a gold crescent in the centre of the flag and a gold Southern Cross in the fly. 1979 – Flag of Norfolk Island Norfolk Island pine (Araucaria heterophylla) in a central white stripe between two green stripes

New Zealand

New Zealand has sixteen first-level administrative subdivisions. Eleven of them are governed by regional authorities; the other five are governed by unitary authorities (which combine the roles of regional and territorial governance). The Chatham Islands lie outside any of the sixteen regions, but collectively possess some of the governing authority of a region. Most of these seventeen authorities have not adopted official flags.

The Realm of New Zealand includes two non-self-governing territories, one of which (Tokelau) has its own official flag. The other, the Ross Dependency, does not. It also includes the two island nations that are in free association with New Zealand–the Cook Islands and Niue. Their official flags are shown here.

Regions Flag Date Use Description 1987 – Flag of Nelson The flag is based on the City of Nelson's coat of arms. 2004 – Flag of Otago Per fess dancetty azure and or, two mullets of eight points in pale counterchanged.

Non-self-governing territories Flag Date Use Description 2009 – Flag of Tokelau A yellow Tokelauan canoe sailing towards the Southern Cross represented by four white stars on a blue field

Nations in free association with New Zealand Flag Date Use Description 1979 – Flag of the Cook Islands A British Blue Ensign, with a ring made of fifteen stars defaced on the fly. 1975 – Flag of Niue A golden yellow flag with the Union Flag in the upper left (hoist) quarter of the flags. On the Union Jack are two yellow five-pointed stars on the vertical stripe and two on the horizontal stripe. In the centre of the Union Flag is a blue disc with another, slightly larger, yellow five-pointed star.

Melanesia

Fiji

Fiji is subdivided into fourteen provinces, which are loosely aggregated into four "divisions". There is also a self-governing dependency, Rotuma. None of these administrative units has adopted an official flag.

French collectivities in Melanesia

One of France's overseas regions is located in Melanesia. This region is New Caledonia, which is a special-status collectivity of France. It has a flag that shares its official status with that of the French tricolor. Flag Date Use Description 1794 – 2010 – Flags of New Caledonia A vertical tricolour of blue, white, and red. A horizontal tricolour of blue, red, and green charged with a yellow disc outlined in black and defaced with a black flèche faîtière.

New Caledonia

New Caledonia is a special-status collectivity of France, divided administratively into three provinces. Each has its own official flag. FlagDateUseDescription Flag of South Province Flag of North Province Flag of Loyalty Islands Province

Indonesia

The administration of Indonesia is divided among 38 provinces, eight of which are located in Melanesia (the others are located in Southeast Asia). The eight Melanesian provinces are Maluku, North Maluku, Central Papua, Highland Papua, Papua, South Papua, Southwest Papua, and West Papua.

Maluku Provinces FlagDateUseDescription Flag of Maluku Flag of North Maluku Papua Provinces FlagDateUseDescription Flag of Central Papua Flag of Highland Papua Flag of Papua Flag of South Papua Flag of Southwest Papua Flag of West Papua

Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea is divided into twenty provinces plus a national capital district (i.e., Port Moresby) and Bougainville, an autonomous region. Each has its own official flag.

Provinces FlagDateUseDescription Flag of Central Province Flag of Chimbu Flag of Eastern Highlands Flag of East New Britain Flag of East Sepik Flag of Enga Flag of Gulf Province Flag of Hela Flag of Jiwaka Flag of Madang Flag of Manus Flag of Milne Bay Flag of Morobe Flag of New Ireland Flag of Oro Flag of Southern Highlands Flag of Western Province Flag of Western Highlands Flag of West New Britain Flag of Sandaun

Districts and autonomous regions FlagDateUseDescription Flag of the National Capital District 1975-Present Flag of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville Red and white upe headdress superimposed on a green and white kapkap, on a field of cobalt blue.

Solomon Islands

Solomon Islands is divided into ten administrative areas, of which nine are provinces administered by elected provincial assemblies and the tenth is the capital Honiara. Each has its own official flag.

FlagDateUseDescription Flag of Central Province Flag of Choiseul Province Flag of Guadalcanal Province Flag of Isabel Province Flag of Makira-Ulawa Province Flag of Malaita Province Flag of Rennell and Bellona Province Flag of Temotu Province Flag of Western Province Flag of Capital Territory

Vanuatu

Vanuatu is divided administratively into six provinces. Each province has its own official flag.

FlagDateUseDescription ?–present Flag of the Malampa Province A descending diagonal tricolour of green-yellow-blue, with three black stars and a native canoe in the centre. ?–present Flag of the Penama Province Divided horizontally red-light blue-black-light blue-green (5:2:2:2:5). This flag had a white canton, with a boar's tusk, surrounded by a wreath of leaves of the namele fern. In the upper red stripe is a yellow five-pointed star, in the lower green stripe are two yellow five-pointed stars. ?–present Flag of the Sanma Province Light blue, with the national flag in the canon. The fly bears twelve white stars in four rows of three, and the lower fly carries two yellow cogwheels, one inside the other. ?–present Flag of the Shefa Province A horizontal tricolour of blue-red-green, with the national flag (approximately one-sixth size along the hoist) in the canton. The fly a white-rimmed golden disk, extending into the blue and green stripes. ?–present Flag of the Tafea Province A light blue, a central horizontal stripe of yellow-red-yellow, five white stars, and a green canton, with a yellow cross and black shield. ?–present Flag of the Torba Province Diagonally arranged, blue in the upper hoist, stripes of red-yellow-black-white-green, and yellow in the lower fly. with the emblem in the lower yellow triangular field.

Micronesia

Federated States of Micronesia

The Federated States of Micronesia is a federal republic that has entered into a compact of free association with the United States. It has four states, each of which has its own official flag. Flag Date Use Description Flag of Chuuk Flag of Kosrae Flag of Pohnpei A flag featuring a wreath of coconut leaves with six stars and a sakau cup in the middle, on a blue field. Flag of Yap

Kiribati

Although Kiribati is split geographically into three areas (the Gilbert Islands, the Line Islands and the Phoenix Islands), these geographic divisions are not used for administration. Administrative units exist at the district and island levels, but none are first-order administrative subdivisions.

Marshall Islands The Marshall Islands is a federal republic that has entered into a compact of free association with the United States. There are no first-order administrative subdivisions.

Nauru

Nauru is divided into fourteen administrative districts, none of which has an official flag.

Palau

Palau is a republic that has entered into a compact of free association with the United States. It is composed of sixteen states, each of which has its own official flag.