Symbols of Western Australia

Western Australia is one of Australia's states, and has established several state symbols.

Official symbols

	Symbol	Adopted	Remarks
Flag	Flag of Western Australia	1953
Badge	State Badge of Western Australia	27 November 1875	The State Badge was approved by the Colonial Office 1875.
Coat of arms	Coat of arms of Western Australia	17 March 1969	The Coat of Arms was granted by Queen Elizabeth II by Royal Warrant.
Colours	Gold and black		Taken from the State Badge
Floral	Red and green kangaroo paw Anigozanthos manglesii	9 November 1960
Animal	Numbat Myrmecobius fasciatus	25 July 1973
Bird	Black swan Cygnus atratus	25 July 1973
Fossil	Mcnamaraspis kaprios	5 December 1995

Symbols of Australia

National symbols of Australia

States and Territories	Australian Capital Territory New South Wales Northern Territory Queensland South Australia Tasmania Victoria Western Australia

National personifications	Boxing kangaroo Little Boy from Manly

Landmarks	Great Barrier Reef Sydney Harbour Bridge Sydney Opera House Uluru

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