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- Queen Alice
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Flag of Wonderland
Has anyone ever tried to make a flag of Wonderland? A good flag I mean, one that looks the goods and all 

- Cheshire Dodo
- White Rabbit
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Re: Flag of Wonderland
These are a few thoughts I have had about a 'proper' Wonderland flag, since reading your post:
The encounters Alice has in Wonderland were all derived from places, people, and objects which were around Christ Church in Oxford. So, the Christ Church flag could be used as a basis for the flag.
This is a poor image of the Christ Church flag (on the Flags of the World website)
https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/gb_ouccc.html
It does show that it is directly taken from the college’s coat of arms though:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christ_Church,_Oxford
The Christ Church flag's layout and colour scheme are used with the following alterations to the heraldry:
The Leopard Heads: Replaced The Cheshire Cat face
The Red Rose: Remains
The Blackbirds: Replaced with Dodos
The lion: The Sleeping Griffin
The black colour on the background is altered to blue.
The Cheshire Cat and Dodos would symbolise Charles Dodgson / Lewis Carroll
The Red Rose is the Royal flower of Wonderland
The Sleeping Griffin would symbolise that Wonderland is a Dream Creation
The flags background are now the two traditional colours used for Alice's dress (blue and yellow).
I should point out that this is just a very basic idea, thought up in a short time.
The encounters Alice has in Wonderland were all derived from places, people, and objects which were around Christ Church in Oxford. So, the Christ Church flag could be used as a basis for the flag.
This is a poor image of the Christ Church flag (on the Flags of the World website)
https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/gb_ouccc.html
It does show that it is directly taken from the college’s coat of arms though:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christ_Church,_Oxford
The Christ Church flag's layout and colour scheme are used with the following alterations to the heraldry:
The Leopard Heads: Replaced The Cheshire Cat face
The Red Rose: Remains
The Blackbirds: Replaced with Dodos
The lion: The Sleeping Griffin
The black colour on the background is altered to blue.
The Cheshire Cat and Dodos would symbolise Charles Dodgson / Lewis Carroll
The Red Rose is the Royal flower of Wonderland
The Sleeping Griffin would symbolise that Wonderland is a Dream Creation
The flags background are now the two traditional colours used for Alice's dress (blue and yellow).
I should point out that this is just a very basic idea, thought up in a short time.
- QueenJabberwocky
- Caterpillar
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Re: Flag of Wonderland
I haven't tried yet but it's such a fun idea!
I thought about incorporating a coat of arms visible in one of Tenniel's illustrations:


I thought about incorporating a coat of arms visible in one of Tenniel's illustrations:

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- Queen Alice
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Re: Flag of Wonderland
that's actually a good idea 

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