State and Territory Emblem Series
In this series I plan to go out and find the state and territory emblems of Australia and spend some time nature journaling them.
I’ll take the nature journal observations and questions and follow up on them with some research and more detailed illustrations.
My adventures and findings will be published both as a detailed blog post and as a YouTube video. They will include observations of interest, links with Aboriginal Australian culture, investigating questions and both field sketching and illustration elements.
I welcome comments and discussion from people all over the world, including children, anyone with questions and experts in the field. I hope this will inspire you to go out and nature journal too!
P.S. I have no idea how long this will take, especially with the ongoing pandemic. Where possible I would love to find these in the wild, but will also consider going to gardens and the zoo. The aim is to get out, spend time in nature, do some drawing and learn along the way!
Here are the floral, bird, mammal and marine emblems of the states and territories of Australia:
New South Wales
- Waratah
- Kookaburra
- Platypus
- Eastern blue groper
Queensland
- Cooktown orchid
- Brolga
- Koala
- Barrier Reef anemone fish
Western Australia
- Red & green kangaroo paw
- Black swan
- Numbat
- Whale shark
South Australia
- Sturt’s desert pea
- Piping shrike
- Hairy-nosed wombat
- Leafy seadragon
Victoria
- Common pink heath
- Helmeted honeyeater
- Leadbeater possum
- Weedy seadragon
Tasmania
- Tasmanian blue gum
- Yellow wattlebird
- Tasmanian devil
Australian Capital Territory
- Royal bluebell
- Gang gang cockatoo
- Brush-tailed rock wallaby
Northern Territory
- Sturt’s desert rose
- Wedge-tailed eagle
- Red kangaroo
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