Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Southern Cross is the usual name of Crux, a constellation visible in the Southern Hemisphere. Other meanings of Southern Cross include: the blue saltire as used in various flags of the Confederate States of America in the American Civil War the Southern Cross Cable, a submarine communications cable connecting New Zealand, Australia, Fiji, Hawaii, Oregon and California Several organizations and companies are named Southern Cross, including: Southern Cross University [1] in New South Wales, Australia Southern Cross Astronomical Society [1] in Florida Southern Cross Bioethics Institute [1] in South Australia Southern Cross Healthcare [1] in New Zealand This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.