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Coat of arms of Western Australia: Coat of arms of Western Australia: 17 March 1969 The coat of arms was granted by Queen Elizabeth II by royal warrant. State governor flag Personal flag of the governor of Western Australia Personal flag of the governor of Western Australia: 12 April 1988 State floral emblem Red and green kangaroo paw ...
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 ...
Animal Motto Colours Fossil Tartan Main article Australian Capital Territory: Coat of arms of Canberra [Note 2] Royal bluebell: Gang-gang cockatoo: Brush-tailed rock-wallaby: For the King, the Law and the People: Blue and gold Batocara mitchelli' [8] City of Canberra tartan [Note 3] Symbols of Australian Capital Territory [9]
1954 Australian stamp commemorating the first Western Australian stamp which featured the black swan. The Colony of Western Australia produced its first postage stamps in 1854, and in contrast to the usual practice within the British Empire, they featured, not a portrait of Queen Victoria, but an image of the black swan. The design of the stamp ...
This is a list of Australian mammal emblems. Area represented Image Common name Binomial nomenclature ... Western Australia: Numbat: Myrmecobius fasciatus [9] See also
[7] [12] The black swan alludes to the state of Western Australia itself. [13] [14] It is native to the state, [15] [16] and lent its name to the Swan River Colony (the precursor to modern-day Western Australia). [3] It was subsequently adopted as the bird emblem of the state on 25 July 1973. [7]
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Animal emblem Picture: Western Australia: Numbat [1] Black swan [1] Whale shark [1] South Australia: Southern hairy-nosed wombat [2] Leafy seadragon [2] Piping shrike (unofficial) [3] Victoria: Leadbeater's possum [4] Weedy seadragon [4] Helmeted honeyeater [4] Tasmania: Tasmanian devil [5] Australian Capital Territory: Gang-gang cockatoo [6 ...