Australia

BY DELINA JOSEPH

Western Australia

The Aboriginals lived here for thousands of years Captain James Stirling founded Western Australia The first colony in the region was Western Australia The floral emblem is red and green kangaroo paw Captain James Stirling’s wife planted a tree which marks the

middle of Perth The animal emblem is the numbat Capital city is Perth

South Australia

Floral emblem is sturts desert pea Colonel William light founded SA Animal emblem is piping shrike [bird] Capital city is Adelaide There are aboriginal engravings from 40,000 believed to be

the oldest in the world The city of Adelaide was founded by king William and was

named after his wife

Northern territory

Floral emblem is the sturts desert rose Animal emblem is the red kangaroo Uluru is in the Northern territory Darwin harbour was discovered by John Lort stokes The capital city is Darwin Willem Janszoon first saw the Northern territory in 1606 On 30th September Captain James Gordon Founded the Northern

Territory

Queensland

Animal emblem is koala The capital city is Brisbane Floral emblem is Cooktown orchid Queensland has 5 of Australia's world natural wonders Queensland is home to more then 4 million people Mathew Flinders Spent 6 weeks exploring the Queensland Coast John Oxley Founded Queensland

New South Wales

Floral emblem is waratah Animal emblem is platypus The capital city is Sydney NSW is the most popular state in Australia the landmark of NSW is the Sydney Opera House Captain James Cook founded NSW He first named it new wales but changed it to New South Wales

Victoria

Animal emblem is the lead beaters possum

Capital city is MelbourneFloral emblem is common heath

TASMANIA

Floral emblem is blue gumAnimal emblem is the Tasmanian devil but is

not official Capital city is Hobart

Australian capital territory

Floral emblem is Royal Bluebell Animal emblem is Gang-Gang cockatoo Capital city is Canberra