The Victorian Department of Premier and Cabinet advises that a State Memorial Service for Mr Ronald (Ron) Barassi AM will be held at 11am on Friday, 10 November 2023, at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, East Melbourne, Victoria.
In a career spanning from 1953 to 1995, Ron played 254 games, kicked 330 goals, and coached over 500 games. He was the first player inaugurated into the Australian Football Hall of Fame as a ‘Legend’ and awarded the same status in the Sport Australia Hall of Fame.
In 1978, Ron was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia in recognition of service to the sport of Australian Rules Football. Details regarding the service and livestreaming can be found on the Victorian Government website.
As a mark of mourning and respect, the Australian National Flag should be flown at half-mast all day on Friday, 10 November 2023 in Victoria only from all buildings and establishments occupied by Australian Government departments and affiliated agencies. Other organisations are welcome to participate.
- When flying the Australian National Flag with other flags, all flags in the set should be flown at half-mast.
- If a set of flags includes the flags of other nations, it would be appropriate to seek permission from the diplomatic representatives of that nation to half-mast their flag.
- An acceptable half-mast position would be when the top of the flag is a third of the distance down from the top of the flagpole.
- Information on flag protocol is available on the Department's website.
Your assistance is appreciated.
Commonwealth Flag Officer