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The green and white of the shield, and the apple branches, signify that the district was originally a predominantly fruit-growing area, formerly called 'White Flats'. The bee is included as a symbol of industriousness, and refers to the present and future. | The green and white of the shield, and the apple branches, signify that the district was originally a predominantly fruit-growing area, formerly called 'White Flats'. The bee is included as a symbol of industriousness, and refers to the present and future. | ||
In the Crest, both the fountain and the Cornish chough, itself a former inhabitant of Croydon, Victoria, are derived from the | In the Crest, both the fountain and the Cornish chough, itself a former inhabitant of Croydon, Victoria, are derived from the arms of the former English County Borough of Croydon, whose own Cornish choughs were from the arms of Thomas Becket, and also appear in those of the English City of Canterbury. The fountain has been retained in a new grant to the present English City of Croydon, but the choughs have not. The lily signifies that the Shire of Croydon was formerly part of that of Lilydale. | ||
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