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The Cooktown Orchid (Vappodes phalaenopsis), was the official floral emblem of Queensland since 19 November 1959. [4] In November 1960, Anigozanthos manglesii was adopted as the floral emblem of Western Australia in a proclamation made by then Premier of Western Australia David Brand, to promote tourist interest in the State's wildflowers. He ...
Queen Victoria granted the Queensland coat of arms to the Colony of Queensland in 1893, making it the oldest state arms in Australia. [1] It depicts Queensland's primary industries in the 19th century with a sheaf of wheat, the heads of a bull and a ram, and a column of gold rising from a heap of quartz.
Floral Bird 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]
This article is part of a series on the: Culture of Australia; Society; History; Language; People. Immigration; Multiculturalism; Monarchy; Religion; Arts and ...
The coat of arms of Australia, officially the Commonwealth Coat of Arms, [1] is a formal symbol of the Commonwealth of Australia. [2] It depicts a shield, containing symbols of Australia's six states, and is held up by native Australian animals, the kangaroo and the emu. [3]
The coat of arms of Queensland is one of the formal symbols of the Australian state of Queensland and represents the King's constitutional authority throughout the state. [1] It is the oldest of the state arms of Australia , having been granted in 1893 by Queen Victoria , through the simplest heraldic grants of only the shield of arms , motto ...
Queensland proclaimed as a new colony (1859) 8: Gold discovered in Queensland (1858) 9: World Heritage listing of the Wet Tropics (1988) 10: Queensland wins its first Sheffield Shield (1995) 11: Bellevue Hotel and Cloudland demolished (1979 and 1982) 12: Queensland the first with free education: 13: Australia's first Aboriginal Parliamentarians ...
This is a list of Australian bird emblems. Area represented ... Queensland: Brolga: Grus rubicunda [5] ... List of Australian floral emblems; References