List of symbols of states and territories of Australia
This is a list of the symbols of the states and territories of Australia. Each state and territory has a unique set of official symbols, as well as the national symbols of Australia.
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State | Coat of arms | Badge | Floral | Bird | Mammal | Fish | Motto | Colours | Gem / Mineral | Fossil | Tartan[Note 1] | Main article |
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New South Wales | Coat of arms of New South Wales | Badge of New South Wales | Waratah | Kookaburra | Platypus | Eastern blue groper | Orta recens quam pura nites Newly risen how brightly you shine | Sky blue | Black opal | Mandageria fairfaxir[1] | New South Wales tartan | Symbols of New South Wales |
Queensland | Coat of arms of Queensland | Badge of Queensland | Cooktown orchid | Brolga | Koala | Barrier reef anemone fish | Audax at Fidelis Bold but Faithful | Maroon | Sapphire [2] | Muttaburrasaurus langdoni[3] | Queensland tartan | Symbols of Queensland |
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 | Tasmanian blue gum | - | Tasmanian devil | - | Ubertas et fidelitas Fertility and Faithfulness | Bottle green, yellow and maroon | Crocoite [5] | - | Tasmanian tartan | Symbols of Tasmania |
Victoria | Coat of arms of Victoria | Badge of Victoria | Common (pink) heath | Helmeted honeyeater | Leadbeater's possum | Weedy seadragon | Peace and Prosperity | Navy blue and silver | Gold | Koolasuchus Cleelandi [6] | Victorian tartan | Symbols of Victoria |
Western Australia | Coat of arms of Western Australia | Badge of Western Australia | Red and green kangaroo paw | Black swan | Numbat | Whale shark | - | Gold and black | - | Gogo fish [7] | Western Australia tartan | Symbols of Western Australia |
Territories
Territory | Coat of arms | Floral | Bird | Animal | Motto | Colours | Fossil | Tartan | Main article |
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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's desert rose | Wedge-tailed eagle | Red kangaroo | - | Black, white and red ochre | - | - | Symbols of the Northern Territory[10] |
Norfolk Island | Coat of arms of Norfolk Island | Phillip Island Hibiscus | Norfolk Island Green Parrot | - | Inasmuch | Green and sky blue | - | - | - |
See also
- Australian state colours
- National colours of Australia
- National symbols of Australia
- List of Australian bird emblems
- List of Australian mammal emblems
- States and territories of Australia
Notes
- ^ All of the State tartans are registered in the Scottish Register of Tartans as district tartans. However, only some of them have been officially adopted, approved or procured by the relevant State. For more information, see District tartans of Australia.
- ^ The ACT has no arms, but as the governments of the territory and city are unified, the city's arms are used as though they were the territory's.
- ^ The City of Canberra tartan is registered in the Scottish Register of Tartans as a fashion tartan. It has not been officially adopted by the ACT government, but has that government's support. The tartan is also used by Canberra's official town crier. For more information, see District tartans of Australia.
References
- ^ Government of New South Wales website. "State Emblems of NSW". Retrieved 2 October 2022.
- ^ Queensland Government website. "State flags, emblems, and icons". Retrieved 2 October 2022.
- ^ "Queensland's new State fossil emblem". Queensland Government. The State of Queensland. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
- ^ Department of the Premier and Cabinet Website. "Using the state insignia and emblems". Retrieved 2 October 2022.
- ^ Tasmanian Parliamentary Library website. "Emblems of Tasmania". Retrieved 2 October 2022.
- ^ Victorian Government Website. "Victoria's state emblems". Retrieved 2 October 2022.
- ^ Western Australia Government Website. "Symbols of Western Australia". Retrieved 2 October 2022.
- ^ Batocara mitchelli Inspiring the ACT. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
- ^ ACT Govt. Chief Minister Department website. "Emblems of Australian Capital Territory". Retrieved 2 October 2022.
- ^ Government of Northern Territory. "Official symbols and emblems". Retrieved 2 October 2022.
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