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City of Canberra tartan - The City of Canberra tartan was recorded in 1997, and has since been registered in the Scottish Register of Tartans (SRT). [2] [3] Technically, the tartan is registered as a fashion tartan, not a district tartan. [2] It has also not been formally adopted as an official emblem either of the city, or of the ACT. [4]
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 ...
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]
Wahlenbergia gloriosa is a perennial herb with spreading rhizomes and erect, mostly unbranched stems 6–40 mm (0.24–1.6 in) high. The leaves are often crowded and vary in size and shape from egg-shaped to narrow elliptic near the base, to linear or lance-shaped higher up and from 4 to 35 mm (0.16 to 1.4 in) long and 1 to 15 mm (0.039 to 0.59 in) wide.
Coat of arms of the City of Canberra; Adopted: 8 October 1928: Crest: A portcullis, covering a gum tree, topped by a crown.: Shield: A blue shield containing a triple towered castle beneath a sword of justice (with a silver blade and a gold pommel and hilt) crossed with a gold parliamentary mace under a crown.
National floral emblem: Golden Wattle (Acacia pycnantha) Golden Wattle: 19 August 1988 [9] ... National symbolsaustralia.gov.au Retrieved 18 March 2018.
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 seven-pointed Commonwealth Star surmounting the crest also represents the states and territories, while golden wattle, the national floral emblem, appears below the shield. [3]
"The predominantly black sett is historically and symbolically linked to the black swan, used as an emblem of the state of Western Australia from 1830. The red and green represent the floral emblem, the Red and Green Kangaroo paw. The red lines are also symbolic of the large land mass and extensive mineral wealth of Western Australia.