Re; S.A. flag "piping shrike"
The Age, 25/1/06
(Unpublished)
Hi, just a brief note regarding your article on the Democrat's call for a new S.A. flag. Throughout my years at school, in S.A., it was impressed upon me that the bird on the flag is a Piping Shrike, not a Magpie. This bird is also known as the Pee Wee in N.S.W., and often called a Murray Maggie in S.A. and Vic. Funnily enough though, the bird that appears on the S.A. flag, (and various other official logos and ensigns), has a beak much more like that of a Magpie than a Piping Shrike. Maybe the flag does need to be changed, if only to avoid the confusion. I would suggest a marijuana leaf, as it is a well recognised fact that some of the world's best comes from good old S.A.
Hi, just a brief note regarding your article on the Democrat's call for a new S.A. flag. Throughout my years at school, in S.A., it was impressed upon me that the bird on the flag is a Piping Shrike, not a Magpie. This bird is also known as the Pee Wee in N.S.W., and often called a Murray Maggie in S.A. and Vic. Funnily enough though, the bird that appears on the S.A. flag, (and various other official logos and ensigns), has a beak much more like that of a Magpie than a Piping Shrike. Maybe the flag does need to be changed, if only to avoid the confusion. I would suggest a marijuana leaf, as it is a well recognised fact that some of the world's best comes from good old S.A.
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