Australia
A tartan of the Australia family.
Its design is pattern WRYRYKYRYRYKYRYRW — the page of every tartan sharing this colour sequence.
Designed 1984 by Melbourne architect John Reid for a national competition, based on outback colours and Lachlan MacQuarrie's tartan.
The Australia tartan is recorded as a single sett.
| Sett | ΔTartan | Thread count | Threads | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | W/4 O30 LO20 O8 LO4 K4 LO4 O8 LO100 O8 LO4 K4 LO4 O8 LO20 O30 LB/4 | 520 | 1984 | |
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| 2 Variants: 1984 (District) · The | ||||
Also known as
This tartan is also recorded under:
- Australia, The
Nearest tartans
The nearest NAMED TARTANS — each represented by its master sett — by ΔTartan distance from this tartan's master, which leads the table so the swatches line up against it.






Neighbour map
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