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New South Wales tartan: Kookaburra: Launched on 4 May 2000 as the state tartan. Recorded prior to the commencement of the Scottish Register of Tartans (SRT) in 2009, and also registered in the SRT as a district tartan. [2] [3] However, it is not officially adopted by the government of New South Wales. [4] State government logo New South Wales ...
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 ...
Adopted: 11 October 1906: Crest: On a wreath of the colours a rising sun each ray tagged with a flame of fire proper: Torse: Argent and azure: Shield: Azure a cross argent voided gules charged in the centre chief point with a lion passant guardant, and on each member with a mullet of eight points or between in the first and fourth quarters a fleece or banded argent and in the second and third ...
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It appeared on buildings and personal goods as a branding device for Australia. These later formed the basis of the arms of New South Wales, Melbourne and Adelaide. [4] Following the federation of Australia, the first official coat of arms of Australia was designed by Wilson Dobbs and granted by King Edward VII on 7 May 1908. [10] [11]
The New South Wales waratah was considered alongside the wattle Acacia pycnantha, although lost out to the latter in 1912. The economist and botanist R. T. Baker proposed that the waratah's endemism to the Australian continent made it a better choice than the wattle, as well as the prominence of its flowers.
The current state flag of New South Wales was officially adopted in 1876. The flag is based on the defaced British Blue Ensign with the state badge located in the fly.The badge, based on the coat of arms, is a white disc with the cross of St George, a golden lion passant guardant in the centre of the cross and an eight-pointed gold star on each arm of the cross.