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Beach flags

Beach flags: photograph by MisterGael
Photo: MisterGael, CC BY-SA 3.0, source on Wikimedia Commons

Racers lie face-down on sand, spin on the whistle, sprint and grab one of fewer flags than racers.

Heritage note

Part of the living heritage of Australia.

Origins

Usually placed in the era of Age of Contact and Craft (about 1500 to 1800), although its exact origins are uncertain, within the cultural world of Pacific and Oceania.

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