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Name Image Adopted Remarks State flag: Flag of Western Australia: Flag of Western Australia: 1870 The swan faced was changed in 1953 to look towards the Union Jack in accordance with heraldic principles. State badge: State badge of Western Australia State Badge of Western Australia: 27 November 1875 The state badge was approved by the Colonial ...
This is a list of Australian mammal emblems. Area represented Image Common name Binomial nomenclature ... Western Australia: Numbat: Myrmecobius fasciatus [9]
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] Symbols of Australian Capital Territory [9]
The British colony in Western Australia was popularly known as the Swan River Colony from its foundation in 1829 until the beginning of the convict era in 1850. The black swan is the official bird emblem of Western Australia, although only formally adopted in 1973. It also appears on the state badge as a black swan silhouetted against a yellow ...
1954 Australian stamp commemorating the first Western Australian stamp which featured the black swan. The Colony of Western Australia produced its first postage stamps in 1854, and in contrast to the usual practice within the British Empire, they featured, not a portrait of Queen Victoria, but an image of the black swan. The design of the stamp ...
Animal emblem Picture: Western Australia: Numbat [1] Black swan [1] Whale shark [1] South Australia: Southern hairy-nosed wombat [2] Leafy seadragon [2] Piping shrike (unofficial) [3] Victoria: Leadbeater's possum [4] Weedy seadragon [4] Helmeted honeyeater [4] Tasmania: Tasmanian devil [5] Australian Capital Territory: Gang-gang cockatoo [6 ...
Pages in category "Symbols of Western Australia" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
This is a list of Australian bird emblems. Area represented Image Common name Binomial nomenclature Reference ... Western Australia: Black swan: Cygnus atratus [9 ...