Western Australia Symbols for Beginners

Western Australia has special symbols and emblems. These show what makes it unique. The symbols include a flag, a badge, a coat of arms, and pictures for its plants and animals.

The State flag has the Union Jack and a black swan. The black swan is very important to Western Australia. It has been known in this area for a long time. These beautiful birds live only in Australia and they love the water.

The black swan has a long history. In 1697, a Dutch explorer named Willem de Vlamingh found the Swan River and named it because of the many swans there. For a long time, the area was called the Swan River Colony.

The state flower is the red and green kangaroo paw. It became the state flower in 1960. The state bird is the black swan and the state animal is the numbat. The numbat is a small marsupial that eats insects.