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The piping shrike first appeared on the Governor's ensign in 1903, [1] and was also on the State Badge which was proclaimed in 1904. [10] The original reports credited it to H. P. Gill who was the director of the School of Arts, with some input and critique from the Governor General Hallam Tennyson, 2nd Baron Tennyson. [1]
The piping shrike is the unofficial bird emblem of South Australia and also appears on the state badge. The crest is the Sturt's desert pea , the floral emblem of South Australia, on top of a wreath of the state colours.
[8] [9] An early recorded vernacular name is piping poller, written on a painting by Thomas Watling, one of a group known collectively as the Port Jackson Painter, [10] some time between 1788 and 1792. [11] Other names used include piping crow-shrike, piping shrike, piper, maggie, flute-bird and organ-bird. [9]
The current state flag of South Australia, was officially adopted in 1904.. The flag is based on the defaced British Blue Ensign with the state badge located in the fly.The badge is a gold disc featuring a piping shrike with its wings outstretched.
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Piping shrike; S. Southern hairy-nosed wombat; Spriggina; Swainsona formosa This page was last edited on 23 January 2024, at 00:31 (UTC). Text is available under ...
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