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===Official blazon===
'''Arms''' : Per chevron Vert and Or, in chief two Towers Or, in base in front of an open Book Argent, bound and clasped, a Rod of Aesculapius Gules, the Serpent Vert, on a Chief Gules a Lion passant Or.<br>
'''Crest''' : On a Wreath Or and Vert, a Piping Shrike displayed proper perched upon five Mullets in fess Argent.<br>
'''Motto''' : 'Servire ac Docere'

===Origin/meaning===
The arms were officially granted on February 3, 1967.

The heraldic lion marks the Hospital's privilege of using the Royal prefix. The two towers com memorate the century-old central building recently demolished. In the lower segment of the shield are the emblems of teaching and healing. The book is a replica of the one which appears on the Arms of the [[University of Adelaide]], and marks the association between the University and the Hospital in the Adelaide Medical School.

The Crest showing the piping shrike indicates that the Hospital is a [[South Australia]]n institution.

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[[Literature]] : Low, 1971

[[Category:Institutional heraldry of Australia]]
[[Category:Granted 1967]]