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=== Lyrebird emblems and logos === [[File:Australia-Stamp-1932-Lyrebird.jpg|thumb|75px|Superb lyrebird on a 1932 Australian postage stamp.]] The lyrebird has been featured as a symbol and emblem many times, especially in [[New South Wales]] and [[Victoria (state)|Victoria]] (where the superb lyrebird has its natural habitat), and in [[Queensland]] (where Albert's lyrebird has its natural habitat). * A male superb lyrebird is featured on the [[obverse and reverse|reverse]] of the [[Australian ten-cent coin|Australian 10-cent coin]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ramint.gov.au/designs/ram-designs/10c.cfm|title=Ten cents|access-date=24 April 2013 |publisher=Royal Australian Mint}}</ref> * A superb lyrebird featured on the Australian one shilling postage stamp first issued in 1932. * A stylised superb lyrebird appears in the transparent window of the [[Australian 100 dollar note]]. * A silhouette of a male superb lyrebird is the logo of the [[Australian Film Commission]]. * An illustration of a male superb lyrebird, in courtship display, is the emblem of the [[New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife Service]]. * The pattern on the curtains of the [[Victorian State Theatre]] is the image of a male superb lyrebird, in courtship display, as viewed from the front. * A stylised illustration of a male Albert's lyrebird was the logo of the [[Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University|Queensland Conservatorium of Music]], before the Conservatorium became part of [[Griffith University]]. In the logo, the top part of the lyrebird's tail became a music [[Staff (music)|stave]]. * Australian band [[You Am I]]'s 2008 album ''[[Dilettantes (album)|Dilettantes]]'' and its first single, "[[Erasmus (song)|Erasmus]]", feature a drawing of a lyrebird by artist Ken Taylor. * A stylised illustration of part of a male superb lyrebird's tail is the logo for the [[Lyrebird Arts Council]] of Victoria. * The lyrebird is also featured atop the crest of Panhellenic Sorority [[Alpha Chi Omega]], whose symbol is the lyre. * There are many other companies with the name of ''Lyrebird'', and these also have lyrebird logos. * "Land of the Lyrebird" is an alternative name for the [[Strzelecki Ranges]] in the [[Gippsland]] region of Victoria. * A silhouetted male superb lyrebird in courtship display features in the masthead of ''[[The Betoota Advocate]]''.
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