There has been no other bird emblem for New South Wales. The kookaburra was made the official bird emblem of the state in 1971.
The avian emblem of New South Wales is the kookaburra.
Perhaps the kookaburra is the NSW bird emblem because it is common to that state. The kookaburra occurs naturally throughout the eastern Australian mainland states and areas of the north.Alternative explanation:The kookaburra may also have been chosen as the state bird emblem as kookaburra is a loan word from the Wiradjuri guuguubarra. The Wiradjuri people are indigenous to New South Wales.
NSW has three faunal emblems:The mammal is the platypus, the bird or avianemblem is the kookaburra, and the fish, or marineemblem is the blue groper.
The New South Wales floral emblem is the waratah(Telopea speciosissima).The faunal emblems are the platypus and the kookaburra.
the waratah and platypus is the nsw state emblem
The plant emblem for NSW is the waratah, a big, bright, red flower.
It is the Waratah
platypus
The Waratah is the State Floral Emblem
The waratah (Telopea is its botanical name)
You will find that the Uniting Church has the same emblem throughout Australia. See the related link for specifics regarding the Synod of NSW and ACT.
Well, honey, the platypus was chosen as the New South Wales state emblem because it's a unique little critter with a mix of mammal, bird, and reptile characteristics - just like a genetic potluck. Plus, it's native to the region, so they thought, "Hey, why not give this quirky fella some recognition?" And there you have it, the platypus strutting its stuff as the emblem of NSW.