COAT OF ARMS OF THE NORTHERN TERRITORY is symbolic of the people, history and landscape of the NT. It has our floral and fauna emblems, the Sturt’s Desert Rose, two red kangaroos and a wedge-tailed eagle. The kangaroos hold a shield decorated by Aboriginal motifs in one hand and shells found on our coastline in the other. In the centre of the shield is an x-ray drawing of a woman as seen in rock art in Arnhem Land. The designs on either side symbolise camp sites joined by path markings of Central Australian Aboriginal people. The eagle holds an Aboriginal Tjurunga stone that rests on a helmet. The helmet is a reminder of the NT’s war history~

COAT OF ARMS OF CANBERRA were granted by Royal Warrant on 8 October 1928 to the Federal Capital Commissioners and their successors. The City of Canberra was granted its Coat of Arms on 7 November 1928. The Coat of Arms is protected against unauthorised use by the City of Canberra Arms Act 1932. The mace of the Australian Parliament, the sword of justice and the white rose are shown on the shield of Canberra’s Coat of Arms, above and below the three‑towered “capital” castle. The white rose commemorates the contribution by the Duke of York (later to become King George VI) in opening the Commonwealth Parliament in Canberra on 9 May 1927. On a wreath above the shield, is a crowned portcullis (gate) representing Canberra’s links with Westminster, the British seat of government. A gum tree is seen behind the portcullis and represents the growth of the garden city. The original Latin motto, “Pro Rege Lege et Grege” has been altered to “For the Queen, the Law, and the People”. The supporters are a pair of swans, one black and the other white, symbolising First Nations Australians and European Australians. There is no Territory badge~

COAT OF ARMS OF TASMANIA King George V granted Tasmania its Coat of Arms in 1917, which was later proclaimed in 1919. The central shield in Tasmania’s Coat of Arms is supported by 2 Tasmanian tigers or thylacines. These carnivorous marsupials were regularly represented in First Nations Australians rock art and Dreaming Stories. Sadly, they are now believed to have been extinct since 1936 when it was documented that the last known living thylacine died in Hobart Zoo. Unconfirmed sightings have been regularly reported in the decades since. Within the shield are a branch of hops, a plant whose cones are used for beer‑making; a sheaf of wheat (Tasmania was the breadbasket of Australia’s early colonies) representing agriculture; a ram illustrating the wool industry; and apples for the then “Apple Isle”. A thunderbolt refers to Tasmania’s hydro‑electric power system. On the crest, the red lion holds a pick and shovel to represent the state’s mining industry.
Motto on Arms
Tasmania’s motto is
Ubertas et fidelitas:
“Fruitfulness and faithfulness”~

COAT OF ARMS OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA was granted by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II by Royal Warrant on 17 March 1969.
For Arms: A silver shield with a base of rippled blue across, which is a thin wavy silver stripe. A black swan, in natural colour, and in horizontal position is floating on the blue base, which represents water.
And for Crest: Resting on a gold and black wreath is the Royal Crown between two Kangaroo Paw flowers accurately depicted.
And for Supporters: Two red kangaroos support the shield held between them. A boomerang accurately depicted is held by each in their other forepaw.The Coat of Arms is to be used on seals, shields, banners or otherwise according to the Laws of Arms.
Abbreviated Form: With the consent of the Garter Principal King of Arms, the Arms will be produced, for the use in Western Australia, in abbreviated form without the helmet and mantling. A helmet and mantling is depicted in correct heraldic form in the Warrant to conform to heraldic principles, but omission thereof for general usage is in line with the usage of the Commonwealth of Australia and of other Australian States~

COAT OF ARMS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA Proclaimed on 19 April 1984, the state’s Coat of Arms replaces an earlier Coat of Arms conferred by King Edward VIII in 1936. The state badge, the piping shrike, appears on a shield in the centre of the Coat of Arms. The crest is of 4 sprigs of Sturt’s desert pea mounted on a wreath of red, blue and gold. The Coat of Arms stands on a grassy mount, on which stands grape vines, stalks of wheat and barley, citrus fruits, 2 cog wheels and a miners pick, along with a scroll bearing the name “South Australia”~

COAT OF ARMS OF QUEENSLAND the oldest State Arms in Australia, to the Colony of Queensland in 1893. The Coat of Arms symbolises the Queen’s constitutional authority in the state. They were the first Arms assigned to a British colony since Charles II granted Jamaica its Arms in 1661. As of August 2012, the Queensland Coat of Arms has been used as the government’s corporate logo. Primary industries take pride of place on the Coat of Arms, in line with economic trends in the nineteenth century. Rural activities are represented by a sheaf of wheat, the heads of a bull and a ram, and by two stalks of sugar cane which surround the state badge at the top. The prominence of mining is represented by a column of gold rising from a heap of quartz. On the Coat of Arms is Queensland’s state motto, Audax at Fidelis, which means “Bold but Faithful”. In 1977, during the Queen’s Silver Jubilee year, the Coat of Arms was given a more modern appearance when Queen Elizabeth II granted the supporting animals, the brolga and the red deer. The brolga is one of Queensland’s most distinctive birds and symbolises the native population. The red deer was introduced from the royal herds near London and represents the old world~

VICTORIAN COAT OF ARMS is the official heraldic symbol of the Australian state of Victoria. Victoria was the second state of Australia to gain arms, granted on 6 June 1910 by royal warrant of King George V. The state had been named in 1851 after his grandmother, who reigned at the time. The current version of the arms was granted 28 March 1978 in the royal warrant issued by Queen Elizabeth II. The motto Peace and Prosperity was the first to be in English among the Arms of Public Authority in Australia.
• A blue shield with five silver stars arranged to represent the Southern Cross.
• A kangaroo holding a gold Imperial Crown with silver and blue ribbons at its base. Silver and blue are the official colours of the State.
• On either side of the shield are two female figures. The figure on the left represents peace. She wears a laurel wreath crown carries a sprig of olive in her hand.
• The figure on the right represents prosperity. She wears a crown of golden cereal, and holds a Cornucopia, symbolic of abundance~

COAT OF ARMS OF NEW SOUTH WALES was granted by King Edward VII in 1906. On the New South Wales State Arms, a lion and kangaroo support the shield on which the old state badge of the colony appears. A golden fleece and sheaves of wheat symbolise the greatest achievements of New South Wales’ agricultural industries of the time. The crest above the shield is of the rising sun which represents the newly rising country, and rests on a wreath of silver (white) and blue which represent the state’s livery colours. Reflecting the rising sun crest of New South Wales, the state’s Latin motto is: Orta recens quam pura nites: “Newly risen how brightly you shine”~

COMMONWEALTH COAT OF ARMS was granted by King Edward VII in 1908. This showed the kangaroo and emu supporting the shield and standing on a grassy mound. Australia’s second Coat of Arms was granted in 1912 by King George V in a document called a Royal Warrant. This made changes to the first Coat of Arms to include the symbols of the states. Symbols of Australia’s 6 states are woven together into the Coat of Arms with a kangaroo and an emu standing on either side of the central shield. The central shield features the black swan of Western Australia, the lion and stars of New South Wales, Victoria’s Southern Cross, the Maltese Cross and Crown of Queensland, the walking lion of Tasmania and the piping shrike of South Australia. The border of the shield symbolises Federation, which was the union of the states into the Commonwealth of Australia in 1901. The Commonwealth Star appears in gold at the top of the Coat of Arms and also appears in white on the national flag. A wreath of gold and blue appears under the Commonwealth Star. These colours are known as the livery colours of the Coat of Arms. The supporters of the shield (the native animals chosen by Australians to hold the shield) are 2 of our best known wildlife symbols, the kangaroo and the emu. Though chosen because they are familiar and uniquely Australian creatures found in almost all states and territories, some say these animals were chosen because of the common belief that neither can move backwards easily, reflecting a nation’s intent on moving forward. Australia’s floral emblem, the golden wattle, frames the Coat of Arms, with a scroll reading “Australia”~