Southern Cross
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Southern Cross is the English name of Crux Australis, a constellation visible in the Southern Hemisphere. It is used in the flags (and coat of arms) of Australia, Brasil, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Samoa (including some autonomous regions, federal subjects or partial states within these states) and the Mercosur.
The term Southern Cross can also refer to:
- the blue saltire as used in various flags of the Confederate States of America in the American Civil War
- the Eureka Flag in Australia
- the town of Southern Cross, Western Australia
- the Southern Cross Cable, a submarine communications cable connecting New Zealand, Australia, Fiji, Hawaii, Oregon and California
- the Fokker F.VIIB/3m "Southern Cross" flown by pioneer aviator Sir Charles Kingsford Smith across the Pacific Ocean
- a manufacturer of windmill water pumps, very common on farms in Australia.
- the title of a popular song by Crosby, Stills, and Nash
Several organisations and companies are named Southern Cross, including:
- Southern Cross University [1] (http://www.scu.edu.au/) in New South Wales, Australia
- Southern Cross Astronomical Society [2] (http://www.scas.org/) in Florida
- Southern Cross Bioethics Institute [3] (http://www.bio-ethics.com/) in South Australia
- Southern Cross Healthcare [4] (http://www.southerncross.co.nz/) in New Zealand
- Southern Cross Broadcasting [5] (http://www.southerncrossbroadcasting.com.au) in Australia
In Fiction:
- The Army of the Southern Cross: A political-military organisation in the Robotech Universe. Originally the anime Super Dimension Cavalry Southern Cross.