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1. The Western Australian state flower is the Kangaroo Paw, but this flower comes in many colours. Which variety is the right one?
2. Brilliant red in colour, and favouring a semi-arid environment, the flower of South Australia is named for one of Australia's foremost explorers. Which one ?
3. The flower that represents the Northern Territory is named for an explorer and also a flower that almost everyone is familiar with. It is which one of these ?
4. Many Australian native flowers have common names related to English garden flowers, although, botanically speaking, they are unrelated. The floral emblem for the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) is one such. Rejoicing in the botanical name of Wahlenbergia gloriosa, it is which flower?
5. Queensland's floral emblem was chosen by popular vote in 1959. Its name commemorates another famous explorer. With a botanical name of Vappodes phalaenopsis, the Cooktown Orchid is coloured bright orange.
6. It isn't only the states that have floral emblems! Australia's floral emblem is the Golden Wattle (Acacia pycnantha) but this wasn't officially adopted until what year ?
7. In 1962, a beautiful red flower, with the botanic name of Telopea speciosissima was named as the state flower of New South Wales. What is its common name?
8. Tasmania has a tree for a floral emblem. With the common name of Tasmanian Blue Gum, what is its botanic name ?
9. Only one state left to go now: Victoria. Which of the following does Victoria claim as its floral emblem ?
10. Finally, in a poem written in 1905 by Henry Lawson, he uses two Australian flowers to express his love of his country. Which two flowers constitute the name of the poem ?
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