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Painting of Golden Wattle, by Ellis Rowan, a possible inspiration for the choice of colours.. The national colours of Australia are green and gold. [1] They were formally adopted by the governor-general of Australia, Sir Ninian Stephen, on 19 April 1984 in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette; on the advice from Prime Minister Bob Hawke.
In particular the Sheffield Shield team caps popularised the usage of single colours to represent each state. The colours of state schools have been synonymous with states, whereby you find Queensland Public Schools are primarily Maroon, New South Wales Public Schools are primarily Sky Blue, and Western Australian Public Schools are Bottle Green.
National colours are frequently part of a country's set of national symbols. Many states and nations have formally adopted a set of colours as their official "national colours" while others have de facto national colours that have become well known through popular use.
South Australia: Coat of arms of South Australia: Badge of South Australia: Sturt's desert pea: Piping shrike: Hairy nosed wombat: Leafy seadragon-Blue, red and gold Opal(State Gemstone) Bornite(State Mineral) Spriggina floundersi [4] South Australian tartan: Symbols of South Australia: Tasmania: Coat of arms of Tasmania: Badge of Tasmania ...
Initially, most schemes were based on the respective national flags; [6] some teams with different traditional sporting colours have since switched, including A1 Team Australia [7] and A1 Team India. [8] The old national racing colours were not so popular among these teams.
Australian Aboriginal flag: Australian Aboriginal Flag: 14 July 1995 [3] [4] Indigenous flag Torres Strait Islander flag: 14 July 1995 [5] National anthem: Advance Australia Fair "Advance Australia Fair" 19 April 1984 [6] Royal anthem: God Save the King "God Save the King" 19 April 1984 [7] National colours: Green and gold 19 April 1984 [8 ...
Pages in category "National colours" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total. ... Australian state and territory colours; List of international ...
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