National colours of Australia National colours of Australia The national colours of Australia are green and gold. They were established by the Governor-General of Australia, Sir Ninian Stephen, on 19 April 1984 in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette; on advice from Prime Minister Bob Hawke. The gold colour represents the golden wattle ("Acacia pycnantha"), which is Australia's national flower. The uniforms of Australia's national sports teams are usually green and gold. The golden wattle flower, and the colours green and gold, are also featured on the Coat of arms of Australia. The Australian government states that, to be used correctly, the colours are placed
Sara Flower Sara Flower Sara Elizabeth Flower (21 October 1820 – 20 August 1865) was a British-born contralto singer who became Australia's first opera star. She began a musical career in London in the 1840s but decamped to Australia late in 1849. In 1852, she appeared in Sydney in the first production in Australia of Bellini's opera "Norma". Flower was born in Grays, Essex, an English market town on the River Thames and situated on the edge of the Tilbury marshes. In 1821 it had a population of 742, supporting six public houses. Flower's maternal grandfather, Daniel Granger, had the Rising Sun