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many symbol pages without check marks nevertheless have a little text, pictures
and/or links to related resources.)| Designation | Symbol | Scientific Name | Year |
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| Flag | |||
| Arms | |||
| Nickname | The Premier State | ||
| Motto | Newly risen, how brightly you shine [(Latin...)] | ||
| Flower | waratah | Telopea speciosissima | 1962 |
| Bird | laughing kookaburra | Dacelo novaeguineae | 1970 |
| Mammal | platypus | Ornithorhynchus anatinus | 1971 |
| Fish | eastern blue groper | Achoerodus viridis | 1996 |
| Colors | dark blue and light blue | ||
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