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'''WESTERN AUSTRALIA | '''WESTERN AUSTRALIA | ||
[[File:Westaust.jpg|center]] | [[File:Westaust.jpg|center|750 px|Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
===Official blazon=== | |||
'''Arms''' : Argent, on a Base wavy Azure charged with a Barrulet wavy Argent a Black Swan naiant proper.<br> | |||
'''Crest''' : On a Wreath Or and Sable, The Royal Crown between two Kangaroo Paw (''Anigosanthos manglesii'') flowers slipped proper.<br> | |||
'''Supporters''' : On either side a Kangaroo holding in the exterior fore-paw a Boomerang proper. | |||
===Origin/meaning=== | |||
The arms were officially granted in 1969. | |||
The arms show the State's bird, the black swan. The kangaroos each hold a boomerang as the symbol of the Aboriginal people. The royal crown is placed between the State's flower, the Mangle's kangaroo paw. | The arms show the State's bird, the black swan. The kangaroos each hold a boomerang as the symbol of the Aboriginal people. The royal crown is placed between the State's flower, the Mangle's kangaroo paw. | ||
The swan had been used as the symbol of the colony already for many decades boefre the grant of 1969. | |||
{|align="center" | {|align="center" | ||
|align="center"|[[File:westernaus.wesa.jpg|center]] <br/>The arms as shown on an Australian cigarette card from 1910 | |align="center"|[[File:westernaus.wesa.jpg|center|Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms as shown on an Australian cigarette card from 1910 | ||
|align="center"|[[File:westaust3.jpg|center]] <br/>The arms as shown on an German trade card from the 1930s | |align="center"|[[File:westaust3.jpg|center|Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms as shown on an German trade card from the 1930s | ||
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|align="center"|[[File:westernaustralia1.jpg|center|Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms on a document from the 1940s | |||
|align="center"|[[File:waustralien.kohl.jpg|center|350 px|Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms on a postcard by [[Coats_of_arms_of_countries_and_territories_(Kohl)|Kohl (Germany)]] | |||
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Image of a proposal for the state arms from ?? | |||
[[File:waustralia1.jpg|center]] | |||
{{media}} | {{media}} | ||
[[Literature]] : Bruce, J.L. : Flags and emblems of Australia. Kangaroo Press, Kenthurst, 1996 | [[Literature]] : Bruce, J.L. : Flags and emblems of Australia. Kangaroo Press, Kenthurst, 1996; Image of proposal send to me by mail | ||
[[Category:Australian States and territories]] | [[Category:Australian States and territories]] | ||
[[Category:Western Australia]] | [[Category:Western Australia]] | ||
[[Category:Granted 1969]] | |||
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WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Official blazon
Arms : Argent, on a Base wavy Azure charged with a Barrulet wavy Argent a Black Swan naiant proper.
Crest : On a Wreath Or and Sable, The Royal Crown between two Kangaroo Paw (Anigosanthos manglesii) flowers slipped proper.
Supporters : On either side a Kangaroo holding in the exterior fore-paw a Boomerang proper.
Origin/meaning
The arms were officially granted in 1969.
The arms show the State's bird, the black swan. The kangaroos each hold a boomerang as the symbol of the Aboriginal people. The royal crown is placed between the State's flower, the Mangle's kangaroo paw.
The swan had been used as the symbol of the colony already for many decades boefre the grant of 1969.
 The arms as shown on an Australian cigarette card from 1910 |
 The arms as shown on an German trade card from the 1930s |
 The arms on a document from the 1940s |
 The arms on a postcard by Kohl (Germany) |
Image of a proposal for the state arms from ??
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Literature : Bruce, J.L. : Flags and emblems of Australia. Kangaroo Press, Kenthurst, 1996; Image of proposal send to me by mail