The Torres Strait Islander Flag represents unity and identity of all Torres Strait Islanders. The design was created by the late Bernard Namok of Thursday Island.
The colours of the flag are: green horizontal stripes at the top and bottom of flag – representing the land, two black horizontal stripes – representing the people, blue horizontal stripe in the centre – this represents the sea, a white dhari (headdress) positioned in the centre of the flag – this represents the people and finally a five pointed star situated underneath the headdress – the represents the five island groups.
