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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)]] | |||
|} | |} | ||
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]] | |||