Patty Mills will be the first Indigenous Australian to carry the flag into the opening ceremony in Tokyo but it remains unclear if alongside the Australian flag there will be any First Nations flags accompanying it.
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Mills and Cate Campbell were announced as the Olympic Games flagbearers on Wednesday night, but there is no indication if the Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander flags will be flown in the opening ceremony in Tokyo.
The Australian Olympic Team Chef de Mission for Tokyo Ian Chesterman said nothing had been discussed with Mills in regards to the opening ceremony yet.
"It hasn't been something that's been discussed," he said.
"What I'm really proud of. I'm really proud to have Patty as our first Indigenous flag bearer and I'm also really proud of work the Australian Olympic Committee has been doing over quite a period now in terms of our Indigenous recognition and really embracing of ... Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
"You'll see in our uniform, a special t-shirt that's being produced with the Indigenous artwork 52 Steps representing each of the 52 ... Indigenous people who have already represented Australia at these Games, [and] we've got 16 on this Games team, more than ever before."
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Thirty-two-year-old Mills is a proud Kokatha, Naghiralgal and Dauareb-Meriam man who carries both Indigenous flags with him everywhere he goes.
At 2am from the Boomers camp in Las Vegas his Zoom backdrop was made up of the Australian, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander flags.
However, Mills said those discussions had not been had just yet, but he carried the flags with him into the Boomers camp and they would be in his room for the Games.
"This is all fairly new so ... I'm still trying to gather all my thoughts and feelings about how to ... really accept this. I think walking into the room tonight it's just one of those things of, you know, really just trying to soak it all up, to be honest. No further conversations have been had, just a real proud moment, you know, to be able to be in this position," he said.
"It's one of those things that I'm always gonna carry those flags, wherever I may be, whether it's in my room in, in the village or whether it's in my room here in Las Vegas.
"So, you know, being able to be ... a proud representative of our culture, our Australian culture, it's always gonna be there."