what animal is on the western australian flag?
Black Swan
entailment
 The emu is popularly but unofficially considered as a faunal emblem – the national bird of Australia . It appears as a shield bearer on the Coat of arms of Australia with the red kangaroo , and as a part of the Arms also appears on the Australian 50 cent coin . It has featured on numerous Australian postage stamps , including a pre @-@ federation New South Wales 100th Anniversary issue from 1888 , which featured a 2 pence blue emu stamp , a 36 cent stamp released in 1986 , and a $ 1 @.@ 35 stamp released in 1994 . The hats of the Australian Light Horse are decorated with emu feather plumes . 

entailment
 The Australian Coat of Arms includes a wreath of wattle ; this does not , however , accurately represent a golden wattle . Similarly , the green and gold colours used by Australian international sporting teams were inspired by the colours of wattles in general , rather than the golden wattle specifically . 

contradiction
 It is used as a floral emblem by two local government areas of Queensland : the City of Redcliffe and the City of Logan . In 2000 it was featured on an Australian postage stamp . 

entailment
 Decades later , in 1962 , Telopea speciosissima was proclaimed as the official floral emblem of New South Wales by the then @-@ governor Sir Eric Woodward , after being used informally for many years . The species has also been adopted by others , including the New South Wales Waratahs rugby union team since the 1880s , and the former department store Grace Bros in a stylised form for their logo in the 1980s . Contemporary clothing designers Jenny Kee and Linda Jackson produced waratah @-@ inspired fabric designs in the 1970s and 1980s during a resurgence of Australian motifs . 

contradiction
 In 2009 , the Premier of New South Wales , Nathan Rees , commissioned a state logo based on the floral emblem . The resultant logo design has been criticised as resembling a lotus rather than the New South Wales Waratah . 
