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===Official blazon=== | ===Official blazon=== | ||
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'''Crest''' : On a Wreath of the Colours in front of a Sun rising Or a Hand grasping a Rod of Aesculapius erect proper.<br> | '''Crest''' : On a Wreath of the Colours in front of a Sun rising Or a Hand grasping a Rod of Aesculapius erect proper.<br> | ||
'''Supporters''' : On the dexter side, an Emu, and on the sinister side a Kiwi both proper.<br> | '''Supporters''' : On the dexter side, an Emu, and on the sinister side a Kiwi both proper.<br> | ||
'''Motto''' : 'Hominum Servire Saluti'. | '''[[:Category:Mottoes all|Motto]]''': 'Hominum Servire Saluti'. | ||
===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
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The arms are based on those granted in 1546 to the Royal College of Physicians of London. | The arms are based on those granted in 1546 to the Royal College of Physicians of London. | ||
At the top of the shield the healing rays of the sun are shown issuing from clouds. The pomegranate, which also appears in the | At the top of the shield the healing rays of the sun are shown issuing from clouds. The pomegranate, which also appears in the arms of the Royal College of Physicians in London, is thus described by Guillim in his "Display of Heraldry", 1664: "This fruit is holden to be of profitable use in Physick, for the qualifying and allaying of the scorching heat of burning Agues, for which end the juyce thereof is reckoned to have a very soveraigne vertue." | ||
The rising sun in the crest is an allusion to Australia, while the hand holds a rod of Aesculapius. | The rising sun in the crest is an allusion to Australia, while the hand holds a rod of Aesculapius. | ||