AMAZING AUSTRALIA
Jan 19, 2022
3 minutes
COMPILED BY SAMANTHA IRELAND
1 The current Coat of Arms was granted by King George V in 1912. It is made up of a shield depicting the badges of the six states, supported by a kangaroo and an emu and surrounded by wattle, the national floral emblem. It’s said these animals were chosen to represent a nation moving forward, due to the difficulty they have in walking backwards!
2 It doesn’t get much more Aussie than the expression ‘fair dinkum’. Referring to
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