South Australia is one of Australia's states, and has established several state symbols and emblems.
Official symbols SymbolNameImageAdoptedRemarks State flag Flag of South Australia 13 January 1904 State badge State badge of South Australia 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. ) 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 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 25 November 1982 Blue-Pantone 295, Red-Pantone 199 & Gold-Pantone 137 State floral emblem Sturt's desert pea Swainsona formosa 23 November 1961 State faunal emblem Hairy nosed wombat Lasiorhinus latifrons 27 August 1970 State gemstone emblem Opal 5 August 1985 State Mineral emblemBornite28 June 2017 State marine emblem Leafy seadragonPhycodurus eques 8 February 2001 State fossil emblem Spriggina floundersi 14 February 2017State tartan South Australia Official tartan 18 February 2018 Officially accepted by the "Scottish Association" in 2008 as the State tartan. 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." State government logo Government of South Australia Logo
See also List of symbols of states and territories of Australia Australian state colours
References
Insignia & Emblems of South Australia Retrieved 18 March 2018.