Symbols of South Australia

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

Official symbols

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!Symbol

!Name

!Image

!Adopted

!Remarks

State flag

| Flag of South Australia

| Image:Flag of South Australia.svg

| 13 January 1904

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State badge

| State badge of South Australia

| File:Badge of South Australia.svg

| 14 January 1904

| The State Badge consists of a "piping shrike" (also known as an Australian magpieMacquarie Concise Dictionary, 6th Edition. Macquarie Dictionary Publishers Pty. Ltd., Sydney, 2013. {{ISBN|9781876429225}}) standing on a gum branch with its back to us, its head turned to its left, and facing towards the rising sun, represented by a golden disc. The specific sub-species of Australian magpie is the white backed magpie (Gymnorhina tibicen telonocua)

State coat of arms

| Coat of arms of South Australia

| File:South Australian Coat of Arms.svg

| 19 April 1984

| Granted by Queen Elizabeth II, The present coat of arms replaced the arms granted by King Edward VIII in 1936.

Colours

| Blue, red and gold

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| 25 November 1982

| Blue-Pantone 295, Red-Pantone 199 & Gold-Pantone 137

State floral emblem

| Sturt's desert pea
Swainsona formosa

| Image:Sturts desert pea.jpg

| 23 November 1961

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State faunal emblem

| Hairy nosed wombat
Lasiorhinus latifrons

| Image:Haarnasenwombat (Lasiorhinus krefftii).jpg

| 27 August 1970

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State gemstone emblem

| Opal

| Image:Coober Pedy opal at the SAM 1.JPG

| 5 August 1985

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State Mineral emblem

|Bornite

|File:Bornite-Quartz-135210.jpg

|28 June 2017

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State marine emblem

| Leafy seadragon
Phycodurus eques

| Image:Leafy Seadragon Phycodurus eques 2500px.jpg

| 8 February 2001

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State fossil emblem

| Spriggina floundersi

| Image:Spriggina flounensi C.jpg

| 14 February 2017

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State tartan

| South Australia Official tartan

| Image:South Australia Official tartan.jpg

| 18 February 2018

| Officially accepted by the "Scottish Association" in 2008 as the State tartan.{{cite web |title=Tartan Details - South Australia Official (STA ref: 7956; STWR ref: 3281; SRT ref: 5990) |url=https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails?ref=5990 |website=Scottish Register of Tartans |access-date=26 September 2022}} Recorded the same year (STA ref: 7956; STWR ref: 3281), and subsequently registered in the Scottish Register of Tartans as a district tartan under the name South Australia Official tartan (SRT ref: 5990). On 18 February 2018, the then Premier of South Australia, Jay Weatherill, announced that the South Australia Official tartan had "... officially been adopted for the State of South Australia."{{cite news |last1=Dempster |first1=Alice |title=SA Premier says 'aye' to state tartan |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-02-22/sa-premier-jay-weatherill-signs-off-on-south-australias-tartan/9474632 |access-date=27 September 2022 |work=ABC News |date=22 February 2018 |language=en-AU}}{{cite web |title=Official tartan for South Australia adopted in 2018, a nod to state's other emblems, and its Scottish heritage |url=https://adelaideaz.com/articles/official-tartan-for-south-australia-adopted-in-2018--a-nod-to-state-s-other-emblems--and-scottish-heritage- |website=AdelaideAZ |access-date=30 September 2022}}

State government logo

| Government of South Australia Logo

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See also

References

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  • [https://www.sa.gov.au/?a=24943 Insignia & Emblems of South Australia] Retrieved 18 March 2018.

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