Federation Star

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heraldic charge national symbol

The Federation Star is the seven-pointed star symbol that represents the unity of the states and territories of Australia on the national flag and other official emblems.

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Label	Occurrences
Federation Star canonical	2

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5567719 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Federation Star
Context triple: [Commonwealth Star, alsoKnownAs, Federation Star]

A. Byzantium starship
The Byzantium starship is a crashed spacecraft in the Doctor Who universe, best known as the setting of the Eleventh Doctor’s encounter with the Weeping Angels and River Song in "The Time of Angels."
B. USS Enterprise-E
The USS Enterprise-E is a Sovereign-class Federation starship and the flagship of Starfleet in several Star Trek: The Next Generation films, commanded by Captain Jean-Luc Picard.
C. USS Enterprise-D
The USS Enterprise-D is the Galaxy-class Federation starship commanded by Captain Jean-Luc Picard and serves as the primary setting for much of Star Trek: The Next Generation.
D. USS Voyager NCC-74656
USS Voyager NCC-74656 is the Intrepid-class Federation starship that serves as the central setting and main exploration vessel in the television series Star Trek: Voyager.
E. T'Pring
T'Pring is a Vulcan woman from the Star Trek universe, best known as Spock's betrothed whose challenge to their arranged marriage drives the conflict in the episode "Amok Time."
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Federation Star
Target entity description: The Federation Star is the seven-pointed star symbol that represents the unity of the states and territories of Australia on the national flag and other official emblems.

A. Byzantium starship
The Byzantium starship is a crashed spacecraft in the Doctor Who universe, best known as the setting of the Eleventh Doctor’s encounter with the Weeping Angels and River Song in "The Time of Angels."
B. USS Enterprise-E
The USS Enterprise-E is a Sovereign-class Federation starship and the flagship of Starfleet in several Star Trek: The Next Generation films, commanded by Captain Jean-Luc Picard.
C. USS Enterprise-D
The USS Enterprise-D is the Galaxy-class Federation starship commanded by Captain Jean-Luc Picard and serves as the primary setting for much of Star Trek: The Next Generation.
D. USS Voyager NCC-74656
USS Voyager NCC-74656 is the Intrepid-class Federation starship that serves as the central setting and main exploration vessel in the television series Star Trek: Voyager.
E. T'Pring
T'Pring is a Vulcan woman from the Star Trek universe, best known as Spock's betrothed whose challenge to their arranged marriage drives the conflict in the episode "Amok Time."
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	heraldic charge ⓘ national symbol ⓘ
adoptedOnFlag	1901 ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Commonwealth Star ⓘ Seven-pointed Star ⓘ
associatedWith	Australian federation of 1901 ⓘ linked to: Australian federation movement Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act 1900 ⓘ linked to: Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act 1900 (UK)
color	white ⓘ
country	Australia ⓘ
designElementOf	Australian Border Force flag ⓘ Australian Customs flags ⓘ linked to: Australian Border Force flag Australian Red Ensign (historical civil ensign) ⓘ linked to: Australian Red Ensign Blue Ensign of Australia ⓘ linked to: Australian Blue Ensign Royal Australian Air Force Ensign ⓘ linked to: Royal Australian Air Force Ensign (by amendment)
emblematicOf	federal authority in Australia ⓘ national unity of Australia ⓘ
legalStatus	protected symbol under Australian law ⓘ
numberOfPoints	7 ⓘ
pointChangeReason	to represent Australian territories in addition to the six states ⓘ
pointCountHistory	changed to seven-pointed ⓘ originally six-pointed ⓘ
pointNumberStandardized	1908 ⓘ
positionOnFlag	below the Union Jack in the canton ⓘ lower hoist quarter of the Australian flag ⓘ
represents	Australian territories ⓘ federal system of government in Australia ⓘ six original Australian states ⓘ
shape	seven-pointed star ⓘ
symbolizes	Commonwealth of Australia ⓘ federation of Australia ⓘ unity of Australian states and territories ⓘ
usedBy	Australian Defence Force ⓘ Australian Government ⓘ linked to: Australian government Commonwealth agencies ⓘ
usedInContext	Australian national identity ⓘ official Australian branding ⓘ
usedOn	Australian currency designs ⓘ Australian ensigns ⓘ Australian government emblems ⓘ Australian military flags ⓘ Australian national flag ⓘ Australian passports ⓘ Flag of Australia ⓘ linked to: Australian national flag Great Seal of Australia ⓘ Royal Coat of Arms of Australia ⓘ linked to: Commonwealth Coat of Arms of Australia official Australian documents ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Commonwealth Star → alsoKnownAs → Federation Star ⓘ

Distinguished Service Cross (Australia) → hasSymbol → Federation Star ⓘ

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