A kangaroo and an emu.
The Kangaroo and the Emu are the two prominent animals on the Australian Coat of Arms. Two other animals featured within the Coat of Arms are the Black Swan and the Sheep.
One of the reasons is because it has two of the Australian animals.
If its the Australian Coat of Arms then the animals are a Kangaroo and an Emu.
Australia does not have an official "native bird" or avian faunal symbol. The closest any bird comes to this is the emu, which is on the Australian coat of Arms.
The two animals on the Australian Coat of Arms are the Emu and the Kangaroo. They feature on the coat-of-arms because neither creature is believed to be able to take a backwards step. Therefore, they are symbols of forward progression and advancement - appropriate for the new, young country emerging at the beginning of the twentieth century.
Queensland's Coat of Arms has a bull's head, a merino ram, a red deer (an introduced species) and the brolga (Queensland's official state bird).
Apparently, all Australian states and territories are represented laconically by flowers, some animals, coats of arms and so forth -- except for the Australian Antarctic Territory, which is not represented in these lists.
Australian Emu. This is why the Kangaroo and Emu are on the Australian Coat of Arms, neither can walk backwards, meaning the animals, as well as the country can only go forwards.
The Australian non-commemorative 50 cent coin is the only current coin that has the Australian Coat of Arms on the reverse. Prior to decimalisation, the Florin (Two Shillings) and the Sixpence had the Australian Coat of Arms on the reverse, and from 1910 to 1936 the Shilling and the Threepence had the Australian Coat of Arms on the reverse.
George Francis Stelling. My grandfather designed the Australian coat of arms
The Australian one dollar bill has a picture of Elizabeth II and the coat of Arms of Australia on the front. On the back side is the artwork by David Malangi of the native people called Yolngu.
The kangaroo and the emu are on the Australian coat of arms. They hold the shield which features on e coat of arms.