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'''LISMORE''' | '''LISMORE''' | ||
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State : [[New South Wales]] | State : [[New South Wales]] | ||
[[File:lismore.jpg|center]] | [[File:lismore.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
====Origin/meaning | ===Official blazon=== | ||
Tierced in pairle reversed, 1st, Argent, a Lymphad Sable, sails furled and oars in action, her fighting-top inflamed of a Beacon proper (in allusion to the land of Lorne); 2nd, Bendy wavy Argent and Azure, a Mitre Or (in allusion to the holy island of Lismore, seat of the ancient Episcopal See of the Isles); 3rd, Vert, a Bull's head cabossed Or between four Roses Argent, barbed and seeded Or (in allusion to the meaning of the word Lismore, 'great garden', and symbolical of the richness and industry centred on Lismore, New South Wales). Above the Shield is placed the Coronet appropriate to a City, and in an Escrol below the same this Motto: 'Am Baile Nach Teid Air Agaidh, Theid E Air Ais'. The accepted translation of the motto is: 'He Who Does Not Prosper, Retrogresses'. | |||
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The arms were granted on on January 29, 1947. | The arms were granted on on January 29, 1947. | ||
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The Latin motto "Qui Non Proficit Deficit" (He who does not progress retrogresses) is inscribed on the Coat of Arms in Gaelic as follows:-"Am baile nach teid air agaidh, theid e air ais" | The Latin motto "Qui Non Proficit Deficit" (He who does not progress retrogresses) is inscribed on the Coat of Arms in Gaelic as follows:-"Am baile nach teid air agaidh, theid e air ais" | ||
[[Literature]] : Image and explanation taken from http://www.liscity.nsw.gov.au | {{media}} | ||
[[Literature]] : Image and explanation taken from http://www.liscity.nsw.gov.au and Northern Star April 25, 1947. | |||
[[Category:Australian municipalities]] | [[Category:Australian municipalities]] | ||
[[Category:New South Wales]] | [[Category:New South Wales]] | ||
[[Category:Granted 1947]] | [[Category:Granted 1947]] | ||