National Museum of Australia - Kangaroo imagery slideshow

Kangaroo imagery slideshow

The kangaroo was one of the earliest Australian symbols adapted by Europeans. It features on the coat of arms, in the decorative arts, on currency and stamps, logos, in wartime imagery and as a mascot for sporting teams.

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Sydney postage stamp mural, 1980s

A mural in three parts, made of hundreds of postage stamps. It shows a contemporary Sydney Harbour scene, with the Opera House, Centrepoint Tower and the Harbour Bridge dominating the city skyline. The harbour appears in the foreground, with several yachts, ships and a ferry. A military flag-raising ceremony is pictured in the left foreground and a Qantas plane dominates the sky.

Another three-panel mural produced by Alban Watkins to commemorate Australia's bicentenary in 1988, work includes a kangaroo on the tail of a Qantas jet, flying above the contemporary Sydney skyline. Courtesy the family of the late Alban Watkins. National Museum of Australia. Photo: George Serras.

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