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~
29 December 2024
