Aboriginal Flag Artist Says It 'Belongs To Everyone' Harold Thomas, the Luritja artist who created the Aboriginal flag in the early 1970s, says he hopes the deal to transfer the copyright to the Commonwealth will allow it to "breathe new life". Thomas created the flag during the land rights movement, using red and yellow ochre to represent the Aboriginal people's connection to the land. "It's freed up to be accessed for all sorts of people, all sorts of Australian people, and it allows the Abori