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The state flag of Western Australia consists of a Blue Ensign defaced with the badge of the state.Adopted in 1953 to replace a similar design used from the time when the state was still a British colony, it has been the flag of Western Australia since 3 November of that year.
State flag: Flag of Western Australia: Flag of Western Australia: 1870 The swan faced was changed in 1953 to look towards the Union Jack in accordance with heraldic principles. State badge: State badge of Western Australia State Badge of Western Australia: 27 November 1875 The state badge was approved by the Colonial Office 1875. State coat of arms
Western Australia is Australia’s largest state, with a land area of 2,527,013 square kilometres (975,685 sq mi), [5] and is also the second-largest subdivision of any country on Earth, surpassed only by the Sakha Republic in eastern Russia, and formerly Northwest Territories in Canada, before the creation of Nunavut. It is also the largest ...
Western Australia: Coat of arms of Western Australia: Badge of Western Australia: Red and green kangaroo paw: Black swan: Numbat: Whale shark Whale shark-Gold and black -Gogo fish [7] Western Australia tartan: Symbols of Western Australia
Flag Date Use Description 1901–1903 Original 1901 Federal Flag Design Competition winner [1]: A Blue Ensign defaced with the six-point Commonwealth Star in the lower hoist quarter and the five stars of the Southern Cross in the fly half (each star had a varying number of points: 9, 8, 7, 6 and 5—with Alpha Crucis being larger than Beta and Gamma and with Delta being smaller than Beta and ...
1908 Western Australian state election; 1911 Australian census; 1925 Western Australian prohibition referendum; 1933 Western Australian secession referendum; April 1933; Decolonisation of Oceania; Flag of Western Australia; Flags of Oceania; Historical flags of the British Empire and the overseas territories; History of Western Australia
The British colony in Western Australia was popularly known as the Swan River Colony from its foundation in 1829 until the beginning of the convict era in 1850. The black swan is the official bird emblem of Western Australia, although only formally adopted in 1973. It also appears on the state badge as a black swan silhouetted against a yellow ...
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