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  Australia Now - Australia's Coat of Arms
The Coat of Arms was granted by King George V in 1912.
However, a Coat of Arms for the city of Canberra, the national capital of Australia, was granted by King George V in 1928.
The Coat of Arms of the island State was granted by King George V in 1917 and the description of the Arms embodies the motto, Ubertas et Fidelitas (Fertility and Faithfulness).
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 Selected Articles on the Web about Aboriginal Australia
A documentary that follows the star of the film "The Chant of Jimmy Blacksmith" in a journey across northern Australia is the first Indigenous documentary to be officially selected for the Cannes Film Festival.
The Western Australian Government has issued an official apology to people who were abused in institutional care between the 1920s and the 1970s.
The defence for an Aboriginal activist charged with stealing a coat of arms from Old Parliament House in Canberra has been accused of concocting a stunt in front of jurors after trying to leave court with the same coat of arms.
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 The World Factbook 2004 -- Field Listing - Flag description
three equal vertical bands of green (hoist side), white, and red; the coat of arms (an eagle perched on a cactus with a snake in its beak) is centered in the white band
blue, with the flag of the UK in the upper hoist-side quadrant and the Montserratian coat of arms centered in the outer half of the flag; the coat of arms features a woman standing beside a yellow harp with her arm around a fl cross
blue with the flag of the UK in the upper hoist-side quadrant and the Pitcairn Islander coat of arms centered on the outer half of the flag; the coat of arms is yellow, green, and light blue with a shield featuring a yellow anchor
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 Image:Flag of Australia.svg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
I grant anyone the right to use this work for any purpose, without any conditions, unless such conditions are required by law.
This image shows a flag, a coat of arms, a seal or some other official insignia.
The use of such symbols is restricted in many countries.
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 Mint Issue 45! - November 2001 - Western Australia Three Coin Set
Specially produced for Western Australia, these beautifully packaged Three Coin Sets are presented in rich fl and gold, the State colours of Western Australia.
The Coat of Arms of Western Australia, granted by Queen Elizabeth II in 1969, features the Black Swan, the symbol of Western Australia since the 1830's and officially adopted as one of the State's faunal emblems in 1973.
In her beautifully expressive 20c coin design, Janice Ng from Forrestfield Senior High School in Western Australia, shows the outline of Western Australia overlaid with a depiction of t the Rabbit Eared Bandicoot or Bilby as it is so often called together with a sprig of the Red and Green Kangaroo Paw.
www.ramint.gov.au /mint_issue/issues/mintissue45/800260.cfm   (445 words)

  
 The Western Australian Coat of Arms Webquest and Online Activities -
Who granted the Coat of Arms by Royal Warrant in 1969?
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On a separate sheet of paper, draw the Coat of Arms for Western Australia.
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Its closest neighbour Australia is 2,000 km to the north-west of the main islands across the Tasman Sea.
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