Victoria is one of Australia's states, and has established several state symbols and emblems.
Official symbols SymbolNameImageAdoptedRemarks State Flag Flag of Victoria 12 November 1877 State Badge State Badge of Victoria 4 February 1870 State Coat of arms Coat of arms of Victoria 6 June 1910 Granted by King George V State Motto Peace and Prosperity 6 June 1910 Granted with other elements of the coat of arms State Floral Emblem Common (pink) heath Epacris impresa 11 November 1958 State Bird Emblem Helmeted honeyeaterLichenostomus melanops cassidix 10 March 1971 State Animal Emblem Leadbeater's possumGymnobelideus leadbeateri 2 March 1971 State Marine Emblem Common seadragonPhyllopteryx taeniolatus 31 October 2002 State Tartan Victorian state tartan June 2008 Recorded in November 1998, and subsequently registered in the Scottish Register of Tartans (SRT) as a district tartan. In 2005, the State of Victoria acquired its copyright, and in June 2008 the then Premier of Victoria, John Brumby, announced that it had been adopted as the Victorian state tartan. State Mineral Emblem Gold 6 September 2012 State Fossil Emblem Koolasuchus Cleelandi 13 January 2022 State colour Navy Blue Navy blue Pantone 541 State Government Logo Victoria State Government logo August 2015 State SoilMottled Brown Sodosol2005Derived from a shortlist of 11 soils nominated by the Australian Society of Soil Science Inc Victorian Branch Committee.
See also
List of symbols of states and territories of Australia Australian state colours
References
External links Victoria's State Emblems - Victoria Government website Retrieved 2 October 2022. The symbols of Victoria - Department of the Prime minister and Cabinet Retrieved 2 October 2022. Emblems - Only Melbourne Retrieved 2 October 2022.