page_title: Kangaroo emblems and popular culture
section_title: Kangaroo emblems and logos
hierarchical_section_title: Kangaroo emblems and popular culture / Kangaroo emblems and logos
caption_attribution_description: English: Australian 1961 half-penny and 1964 penny These coins have not been used in circulation since ~1966, when the change was made to a decimal currency system. Apparently Australian copyright only applies to coins after 1969, 1 so there's no need for any fair-use tags here.
context_page_description: Kangaroo emblems and popular culture deals with how the kangaroo has become a recognisable symbol of Australia, both within Australia itself, and internationally. It also deals with the various uses which have been made of the image and name of the kangaroo.
context_section_description: The kangaroo and emu are bearers on the Australian Coat of Arms. It has been claimed these animals were chosen to signify a country moving 'forward' because of a common belief that neither can move backward.
  Two red kangaroos serve as bearers to the Coat of Arms of Western Australia.
  Australia's national airline, Qantas, uses a bounding kangaroo for its logo. The kangaroo has always been part of the Qantas logo, and the airline has previously been known informally as "The Flying Kangaroo".
  Tourism Australia makes use of the kangaroo in its logo to "help ensure instant recognition for Australia around the world".
  The Australian Grown logo uses a golden kangaroo in a green triangle to show that a product is made or grown in Australia.
  The Royal Australian Air Force roundel features a bounding red kangaroo.
  Warships of the Royal Australian Navy have red kangaroo symbols (based on the kangaroo on the reverse of the Australian penny) fixed to either side of their superstructure or funnel. This originated during the Korean War: as the destroyer HMAS Anzac was repeatedly mistaken for a British warship, her executive officer had a brass 'weathervane' in the shape of a kangaroo made and mounted to the ship's mainmast.
  The kangaroo is part of the official emblem of the Royal Australian Regiment with a kangaroo in between two Lee–Enfield bolt-action rifles.
  The Victorian Coat of Arms includes the upper portion of a kangaroo holding an Imperial Crown in its paws.
  The red kangaroo is the animal emblem of the Northern Territory.
  The kangaroo is the official emblem of Northern Territory Police.
  British clothing and headwear company Kangol, known for its berets, features a kangaroo in its logo.
caption: Australian 1961 half penny and 1964 penny with Kangaroos.
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