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Road signs in Australia are regulated by each state's government, but are standardised overall throughout the country. In 1999, the National Transport Commission (NTC), created the first set of Rules of the Road for Australia. [1] Australian road signs use the AS 1744:2015 fonts, which is the Highway Gothic typeface.
English: A set of road signs just west of the Nullarbor Roadhouse, South Australia, warning of camels, wombats and kangaroos crossing the Eyre Highway for the next 96 km in a westerly direction. A couple of visitors to Australia, Hannah and Toni, are sitting on the highway at right.
As a result, road signs in Australia closely follow those used in America, but some sign designs closely follow the ones used in the United Kingdom. Australian warning signs have a yellow diamond with a black legend, following America's practice. Australia remains the only country that still has the text-based version of the low-clearance signage.
Most warning signs are diamond-shaped and yellow or red-bordered triangular warning signs; some warning signs may be fluorescent yellow-green in order to draw extra attention. There are a few exceptions to this: Pentagonal signs are used in school zones in the United States, Liberia, and many areas in Canada.
In the United States, Canada, Mexico, Australia, Japan, Liberia, Sri Lanka, New Zealand, [2] most of Central and South America, some countries of Southeast Asia, and also Ireland (diverging from the standards of the rest of Europe) warning signs are black on a yellow background and usually diamond-shaped, while temporary signs (which are ...
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 ...
The Standard Emergency Warning Signal (SEWS) is a warning siren used in Australia to alert the public of danger. The siren is played over radio, television or public address systems in public places to warn of bushfire , flood , cyclone , tsunami , earthquake or terrorist attack .
National symbols of Australia are the official symbols used to represent Australia as a nation or the Commonwealth Government. Additionally, each state and territory has its own set of symbols . List of symbols