South Australia
South Australia (SA) is a state in the southern central part of Australia. It covers some of the aridest parts of the country, with a total land area of 984,321 square kilometres (380,048 sq mi), it is the fourth-largest of Australia’s states and territories by area, and the second smallest state by population.
Read more on the South Australia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Australia
Map of South Australia
For more on the map of South Australia https://www.britannica.com/place/South-Australia
Coat of Arms for South Australia
The coat of arms of South Australia is the official symbol of the state of South Australia. It was granted by Queen Elizabeth II on 19 April 1984. They replaced a coat of arms granted to the State in 1936 by King Edward VIII.
For more on South Australia’s Coat of Arms https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_South_Australia
Flag for South Australia
The current state flag of South Australia was officially adopted by the government of South Australia in 1904.
The flag is based on the defaced British Blue Ensign with the state badge located on the fly. The badge is a gold disc featuring a piping shrike with its wings outstretched. The badge is believed to have been originally designed by Robert Craig, a teacher at the School of Arts in Adelaide, and officially gazetted on 14 January 1904.
For more on South Australia’s Flag https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_South_Australia
Emblems of South Australia
Animal Emblem
The southern hairy-nosed wombat is one of three extant species of wombats. It is found in scattered areas of semiarid scrub and Mallee from the eastern Nullarbor Plain to the New South Wales border area. It is the smallest of all three wombat species. The young often do not survive dry seasons. It is the state animal of South Australia.
Bird Emblem
The White-backed Magpie or the Piping Shrike has never been proclaimed as the South Australian Bird Emblem but is a Symbol of South Australia and can be found in just about every backyard, park and street in that state.
Floral Emblem
Sturt’s desert pea is an Australian plant in the genus Swainsona, named after English botanist Isaac Swainson, famous for its distinctive blood-red leaf-like flowers, each with a bulbous black centre, or “boss”. It is one of Australia’s best-known wildflowers. It is native to the arid regions of central and north-western Australia, and its range extends into all mainland Australian states with the exception of Victoria.
Fish Emblem
The leafy seadragon (Phycodurus eques) or Glauert’s seadragon, is the only member of the genus Phycodurus and is a marine fish in the family Syngnathidae, which includes seadragons, pipefish, and seahorses. It is found along the southern and western coasts of Australia.
Gemstone Emblem
Opal is a hydrated amorphous form of silica (SiO2·nH2O); its water content may range from 3 to 21% by weight but is usually between 6 and 10%. Because of its amorphous character, it is classed as a mineraloid, unlike crystalline forms of silica, which are classed as minerals. It is deposited at a relatively low temperature and may occur in the fissures of almost any kind of rock, being most commonly found with limonite, sandstone, rhyolite, marl, and basalt.
Mineral Emblem
Bornite, also known as peacock ore, is a sulphide mineral with the chemical composition Cu5FeS4 that crystallizes in the orthorhombic system. Bornite has a brown to copper-red colour on fresh surfaces that tarnishes to various iridescent shades of blue to purple in places. Its striking iridescence gives it the nickname peacock copper or peacock ore.
Fossil Emblem
Spriggina is a genus of early bilaterian animals whose relationship to living animals is unclear. Fossils of Spriggina are known from the late Ediacaran period in what is now South Australia.
For more on South Australia’s Emblems https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbols_of_South_Australia
Colour Emblem
Dark Blue, Red and Gold Dark Blue-Pantone 295, Red-Pantone 199 & Gold-Pantone 137
For more on the Colour Emblems https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_state_and_territory_colours