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====Official blazon==== | ====Official blazon==== | ||
*'''Arms''': Azure a Seahorse naiant, in dexter chief a representation of the constellation of the Southern Cross of five Mullets all Argent. | |||
*'''Motto''': I Look Ahead | |||
====Origin/meaning==== | ====Origin/meaning==== | ||
The arms were granted on | The arms were granted on June 1, 1965. | ||
Granted by the College of Arms1st june 1965 | |||
The Seahorse are taken from the Arms of a Lieutenant Shortland who in 1797 expored the site that was to become Newcastle. The Univeristy is also located in the suburb of Shortland. To this the Southern Cross has been added which in a sligthly different form as in the arms of [[New South Wales]]. The University of Newcastle begun as the Newcastle University College part of the NSW University of Technology (now the University of NSW). | |||
[[Literature]]: images from http://www.flickr.com/photos/uon/7696161272/ | [[Literature]]: images from http://www.flickr.com/photos/uon/7696161272/ | ||
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Revision as of 17:35, 11 June 2013
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UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE
Country: Australia
Campus/location : Newcastle
Official blazon
- Arms: Azure a Seahorse naiant, in dexter chief a representation of the constellation of the Southern Cross of five Mullets all Argent.
- Motto: I Look Ahead
Origin/meaning
The arms were granted on June 1, 1965.
Granted by the College of Arms1st june 1965
The Seahorse are taken from the Arms of a Lieutenant Shortland who in 1797 expored the site that was to become Newcastle. The Univeristy is also located in the suburb of Shortland. To this the Southern Cross has been added which in a sligthly different form as in the arms of New South Wales. The University of Newcastle begun as the Newcastle University College part of the NSW University of Technology (now the University of NSW).
Literature: images from http://www.flickr.com/photos/uon/7696161272/