What is Harold Thomas (artist)?
[[File:Harold Thomas, creator of the Aboriginal Flag (cropped).JPG|thumb|200px|Thomas in [[Adelaide]], 2001]] '''Harold Joseph Thomas''' (born 1947) is an [[Aboriginal Australian]] artist and activist. He is a [[Luritja]] man of [[Central Australia]]. He is best known for designing and copyrighting the [[Australian Aboriginal Flag]]. He created the flag in 1971 as a [[symbol]] for the [[Aboriginal land rights in Australia|Aboriginal land rights movement]]. In 1995, the flag was made an official [[flag of Australia]]. Thomas was born in [[Alice Springs, Northern Territory]]. He lives in [[Darwin, Northern Territory|Darwin]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.aboriginalartstore.com.au/artists/harold-thomas/|title=Harold Thomas biography|work=Aboriginal Art Store|access-date=2 April 2020}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Thomas, Harold}} [[Category:1947 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Indigenous Australian activists]] [[Category:Indigenous Australian artists]] [[Category:People from Alice Springs]] {{bio-stub}}