Warrnambool (Victoria, Australia) (original) (raw)
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[ ![[Warrnambool flag]](http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/images/a/au-vi-wa.gif)
](../images/a/au-vi-wa.gif) image by Strenatos, 29 October 2025
- Town of Warrnambool
- City Council flag
- Description of the flag
- Seal
- Former Warrnambool Shire seal
- Warrnambool rowing club
See also:
Town of Warrnambool
Warrnambool, is situated on the south-west coast of Victoria. It was the Colony's first proclaimed municipal district, in December 1855.
Ralph Bartlett, 30 October 2025
City Council flag
[ ![[logo]](http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/images/a/au-vi-wa.jpg)
](../images/a/au-vi-wa.jpg) image located by Ralph Bartlett, 30 October 2025
The flag now used as the city council flag has the logo on a white field.
Logo
[ ![[logo]](http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/images/a/au-vi-wa-l.jpg)
](../images/a/au-vi-wa-l.jpg) image located by Ralph Bartlett, 30 October 2025
Description of the flag
Strenatos, 29 October 2025
To date I have not been able to discover if there was ever a Warrnambool municipal flag, prior to June 2001.
It became a Borough on 1 October 1863, then a Town on 2 February 1883 and finally a City on 8 April 1918. Adjoining the City was the Shire of Warrnambool and other rural municipalities. On 23 September 1994, as part of the whole of Victoria forced State Government municipal amalgamations, the City of Warrnambool was more than doubled in size to include parts of all the adjoining rural municipalities.
Initially after the amalgamation, the new Warrnambool City Council kept the historic Crest / Seal, but on 28 June 2001, it decided to adopt a logo, showing a very stylised sailing ship. This has been placed on a field, to be the Warrnambool City Council Flag.
Ralph Bartlett, 30 October 2025
Seal
[ ![[logo]](http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/images/a/au-vi-wa)
The Warrnambool Seal was first approved, in general terms, by the local Council on 13 February 1856 and came into use in March 1856, after some minor changes. The final design shows the British Royal Arms above a halved lower shield showing a fully rigged Sailing Ship and a bundle of Wheat, representing the area's founding industries. Underneath these is the motto: "By These We Flourish".
Ralph Bartlett, 30 October 2025
Former Warrnambool Shire seal
[ ![[logo]](http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/images/a/au-vi-w)
Warrnambool rowing club
[ ![[logo]](http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/images/a/au-vi-wa@row)
In 1953, the Warrnambool rowing club was given permission to use the Warrnambool city insignia (slightly modified).
Strenatos, 26 October 2025