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===Origin/meaning=== | ===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. | |||
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|align="center"|[[File:westaust3.jpg|center|Arms of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms as shown on an German trade card from the 1930s | |align="center"|[[File:westaust3.jpg|center|Arms 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|Arms of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms on a document from the 1940s | |||
|align="center"|[[File:waustralien.kohl.jpg|center|350 px|Arms of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms on a postcard by [[Coats_of_arms_of_countries_and_territories_(Kohl)|Kohl (Germany)]] | |align="center"|[[File:waustralien.kohl.jpg|center|350 px|Arms of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms on a postcard by [[Coats_of_arms_of_countries_and_territories_(Kohl)|Kohl (Germany)]] | ||
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[[Category:Australian States and territories]] | [[Category:Australian States and territories]] | ||
[[Category:Western Australia]] | [[Category:Western Australia]] | ||
[[Category:Granted 1969]] | |||