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'''SYDNEY''' | '''SYDNEY''' | ||
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State : [[New South Wales]] | State : [[New South Wales]] | ||
[[File:sydney2.jpg|center]] | [[File:sydney2.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
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===Origin/meaning=== | |||
The arms were officially adopted in 1996. | The arms were officially adopted in 1996. | ||
The new design is modern in concept, but acknowledges and builds on the history of Sydney and its Aboriginal inhabitants.<br/> | The new design is modern in concept, but acknowledges and builds on the history of Sydney and its Aboriginal inhabitants.<br/> | ||
The crown and anchor - the working symbols of the city - are depicted on a central shield. The crown represents a city and the anchor a port. Above the crown and anchor are simplified versions of the arms of: Thomas Townshend ( | The crown and anchor - the working symbols of the city - are depicted on a central shield. The crown represents a city and the anchor a port. Above the crown and anchor are simplified versions of the arms of: Thomas Townshend (Margrave Sydney and British Home Secretary at the time of European settlement), after whom Sydney was named; Explorer Captain James Cook, superimposed on the naval flag of England, the St George Cross and Thomas Hughes, the first Lord Mayor of Sydney. | ||
Together these represent the naming of "Sydney", the British contribution to the establishment of Sydney, and Sydney's emergence as a great city. The shield is flanked by a serpent and a coiled rope. The serpent bears the markings used by the Eora people, who lived in the area on which Sydney was founded, and represents the Rainbow Serpent, a creator-being said to have formed the landscape in the Dreamtime as it travelled through the country. | Together these represent the naming of "Sydney", the British contribution to the establishment of Sydney, and Sydney's emergence as a great city. The shield is flanked by a serpent and a coiled rope. The serpent bears the markings used by the Eora people, who lived in the area on which Sydney was founded, and represents the Rainbow Serpent, a creator-being said to have formed the landscape in the Dreamtime as it travelled through the country. | ||
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==Previous arms== | ==Previous arms== | ||
[[File:sydney.jpg|center]] | [[File:sydney.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
===Official blazon=== | |||
'''Arms''' : Per Fesse Or and Azure, a three-masted Ship in full sail Argent, on a Chief between the arms of Townshend (viz.: Gules, a Chevron Ermine between three Escallops Argent, and a Crescent Or for difference) and the arms of Hughes (viz.: Gules, a Chevron between three Lions rampant Or, on a Chief arched Argent two Roses of the field, a Crescent Or for difference) a Pale Argent charged with a Cross Gules, thereon a Globe proper between two Estoiles of the first in pale.<br> | |||
'''Crest''' : On a Wreath of the Colours an Anchor erect ensigned by a Mullet of six points Gules and enfiled by a Civic Crown Or.<br> | |||
'''Supporters''' : On the dexter side an Aboriginal of Australia holding in his exterior hand a Native Spear, and on the sinister a Sailor of the 18th Century armed with a Cutlass and a brace of Pistols in his belt holding in the exterior hand a Boat Hook, all proper.<br> | |||
'''[[:Category:Mottoes all|Motto]]''': 'I Take But I Surrender'. | |||
===Origin/meaning=== | |||
The arms were officially granted on July 30, 1908. | The arms were officially granted on July 30, 1908. | ||
The upper part of the arms shows the arms of Sir Thomas Hughes, Captain James Cook and | The upper part of the arms shows the arms of Sir Thomas Hughes, Captain James Cook and Margrave Thomas Townshend (see above), above a ship. The ship indicates the importance of the harbour for the city. It is also a symbol for the First Fleet, which anchored at Sydney. The supporters are an Aboriginal and a British sailor. | ||
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|align="center"|[[File:sydney.wesa.jpg|center]] <br/>The arms on an early 20th century cigarette card | |align="center"|[[File:sydney.wesa.jpg|center]] <br/>The arms on an early 20th century cigarette card | ||
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[[Literature]] : Low, 1971; new image taken from http://www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au | [[Literature]] : Low, 1971; new image taken from http://www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au | ||