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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 ...
Kangaroo totemic ancestor – Australian Aboriginal bark painting, Arnhem Land, c. 1915.. Kangaroos, Wallabies and other Macropodidae have become emblems and symbols of Australia, as well as appearing in popular culture both internationally and within Australia itself.
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] Northern Territory: Coat of arms of the Northern Territory: Sturt ...
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]
Hills Hoists are considered one of Australia's most recognisable icons, and are used frequently by artists as a metaphor for Australian suburbia in the 1950s and 1960s. [1] The Hills Hoist is listed as a National Treasure by the National Library of Australia. [20] The closing ceremony of the 2000 Sydney Olympics featured giant roaming Hills ...
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The Australian Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander and Australian flags being flown outside Parliament House to mark NAIDOC Week Cathy Freeman caused controversy at the 1994 Commonwealth Games by carrying the Aboriginal flag as well as the Australian national flag during her victory lap of the arena, after winning the 200 metres sprint; only the ...
People are sometimes depicted in the artwork, such as Australian explorers, drovers, bushranger, swagmen, Aboriginal Australians, diggers, stockmen, and the like. Being on the beach in summer is also generally made out to be part of Australiana, as well as Surf Life Savers, as Australia is a coastal culture, because of the nature of inland Australia (dry, harsh desert).