Symbols of New South Wales

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New South Wales is one of Australia's State, and has established several state symbols.^[1]

[edit] Official symbols

	Symbol	Image	Adopted	Remarks
Flag	Flag of New South Wales		15 February 1876
Badge	State Badge of New South Wales		15 February 1876
Coat of arms	Coat of Arms of New South Wales		October 1906	King Edward VII approved the Coat of Arms
Motto	Orta recens quam pura nites Newly risen how brightly you shine		October 1906	Granted with other elements of the coat of arms
Colours	Sky blue			Sky blue pantone 291
Floral	Waratah Telopea speciosissima		1962
Bird	Kookaburra Dacelo Gigas		1971
Animal	Platypus Ornithorhynchus Anatinus		1971
Fish	Eastern blue groper Achoerodus Viridis		1998

[edit] See also

• National symbols of Australia
• List of Australian states and territories symbols
• Symbols of Australian Capital Territory
• Symbols of Northern Territory
• Symbols of Queensland
• Symbols of South Australia
• Symbols of Tasmania
• Symbols of Victoria
• Symbols of Western Australia

[edit] References

• Emblems - NSW Government web site
• Symbol - Parliament@work