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.

States

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State   Coat of arms   Badge   Floral   Bird    Mammal   Fish   Motto   Colours   Gem / Mineral   Fossil   Tartan[Note 1]  Main article  
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
 
Whale shark
- Gold and black
  
- Gogo fish
 [7]
Western Australia tartan
 
Symbols of Western Australia

Territories

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Territory   Coat of arms   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]
 
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

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Notes

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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

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  1. ^ Government of New South Wales website. "State Emblems of NSW". Retrieved 2 October 2022.
  2. ^ Queensland Government website. "State flags, emblems, and icons". Retrieved 2 October 2022.
  3. ^ "Queensland's new State fossil emblem". Queensland Government. The State of Queensland. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
  4. ^ Department of the Premier and Cabinet Website. "Using the state insignia and emblems". Retrieved 2 October 2022.
  5. ^ Tasmanian Parliamentary Library website. "Emblems of Tasmania". Retrieved 2 October 2022.
  6. ^ Victorian Government Website. "Victoria's state emblems". Retrieved 2 October 2022.
  7. ^ Western Australia Government Website. "Symbols of Western Australia". Retrieved 2 October 2022.
  8. ^ Batocara mitchelli Inspiring the ACT. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
  9. ^ ACT Govt. Chief Minister Department website. "Emblems of Australian Capital Territory". Retrieved 2 October 2022.
  10. ^ Government of Northern Territory. "Official symbols and emblems". Retrieved 2 October 2022.