Symbols of Victoria (state)

Victoria is one of Australia's states, and has established several state symbols and emblems.

Official symbols

Symbol	Name	Image	Adopted	Remarks
State Flag	Flag of Victoria	Flag of Victoria	12 November 1877
State Badge	State Badge of Victoria	State Badge of Victoria	4 February 1870
State Coat of arms	Coat of arms of Victoria	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	Common (pink) heath	11 November 1958
State Bird Emblem	Helmeted honeyeater Lichenostomus melanops cassidix	Helmeted honeyeater	10 March 1971
State Animal Emblem	Leadbeater's possum Gymnobelideus leadbeateri	Leadbeater's possum	2 March 1971
State Marine Emblem	Common seadragon Phyllopteryx taeniolatus	Weedy seadragon	31 October 2002
State Tartan	Victorian 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. [1] [2] In 2005, the State of Victoria acquired its copyright, [2] and in June 2008 the then Premier of Victoria, John Brumby, announced that it had been adopted as the Victorian state tartan. [2] [3] [4]
State Mineral Emblem	Gold	Gold	6 September 2012
State Fossil Emblem	Koolasuchus Cleelandi	Koolasuchus Cleelandi	13 January 2022
State colour	Navy Blue			Navy blue Pantone 541
State Government Logo	Victoria State Government logo	Victorian State Government logo	August 2015
State Soil	Mottled Brown Sodosol		2005	Derived from a shortlist of 11 soils nominated by the Australian Society of Soil Science Inc Victorian Branch Committee.

See also

• Victoria portal

• List of symbols of states and territories of Australia
• Australian state colours

References

1. "Tartan Details - Victoria State (Australia) (STA ref: 2509; STWR ref: 2509; SRT ref: 4454)". Scottish Register of Tartans . Retrieved 29 September 2022.
2. "Tartan Display | Victoria (Australia) (ITI Number: 2509)". Scottish Tartans Authority . Retrieved 29 September 2022.
3. "Victoria tarts up with colourful tartan". ABC News. 11 June 2008. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
4. Perkins, Miki (13 June 2008). "Och, it's our own tartan". The Age . Retrieved 29 September 2022.

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.