Black swans? Didn't even know those existed. You guys should make that your new Australia Awareness campaign: "We're not just fun accents and kangaroos. We've got swans like you've never seen, America."
I actually knew the Swan River thing, but I didn't make the connection, LOL. I don't dispute the accuracy, but it does seem strange that seeing as how your most distinct feature is probably the marsupial, that they'd pick the odd swan to honor in river-naming and motto-making.
And yeah? Interesting. Ours are often on our state quarters, flags, and/or car license plates, so they're easy enough, though nobody bothers to learn them most of the time after your 4th grade state history course. Though people probably think of my state's fake one, the whole "Show-me State" thing, instead of the actual, which (though I can't remember the latin), is something like "The welfare of the people is the supreme law."
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I actually knew the Swan River thing, but I didn't make the connection, LOL. I don't dispute the accuracy, but it does seem strange that seeing as how your most distinct feature is probably the marsupial, that they'd pick the odd swan to honor in river-naming and motto-making.
And yeah? Interesting. Ours are often on our state quarters, flags, and/or car license plates, so they're easy enough, though nobody bothers to learn them most of the time after your 4th grade state history course. Though people probably think of my state's fake one, the whole "Show-me State" thing, instead of the actual, which (though I can't remember the latin), is something like "The welfare of the people is the supreme law."