File:Coat of Arms of Australia.svg

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English: Commonwealth Coat of Arms of Australia granted by Royal Warrant signed by King George V on 19 September 1912.

IMPORTANT:This image is an artist's interpretation of the original (1912) official version of the Commonwealth Coat of Arms shown in Commons on the Australian coat of arms page. A variant of the original, with a transparent background, is shown on this page.

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Quarterly of six, the first quarter Argent a Cross Gules charged with a Lion passant guardant between on each limb a Mullet of eight points Or; the second Azure five Mullets, one of eight, two of seven, one of six and one of five points of the first (representing the Constellation of the Southern Cross) ensigned with an Imperial Crown proper; the third of the first a Maltese Cross of the fourth, surmounted by a like Imperial Crown; the fourth of the third, on a Perch wreathed Vert and Gules an Australian Piping Shrike displayed also proper; the fifth also Or a Swan naiant to the sinister Sable; the last of the first, a Lion passant of the second, the whole within a Bordure Ermine; for the Crest on a Wreath Or and Azure A Seven-pointed Star Or, and for Supporters dexter a Kangaroo, sinister an Emu, both proper.

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中文：在澳大利亞的各州地政府的部門還有單位中，除了懸掛各州的地方州徽標誌以外，也必需懸掛的聯邦國徽。
聯邦國徽中盾牌上方的七角星，是代表澳大利亞聯邦國中有6大州，還有統一管轄這6大州的聯邦政府，合而組織成七角星。
在七角星下，藍色和金色相間的線條，代表著極限。
是代表著期許澳大利亞的六大州，加上統一六大州的聯邦政府，都將會是在超越極限之上的地方州和聯邦國家。
聯邦國徽是在1912年9月12日由喬治五世欽定並御賜。
盾牌上半部；從左到右，是新南威爾士州，維多利亞州和昆士蘭州等地方的州徽標誌。
在盾牌下半部；從左至右依次為：南澳大利亞，西澳大利亞州和塔斯馬尼亞州的州徽標誌。
在盾牌兩旁的紅袋鼠和鴯鶓標誌，不僅是在澳洲的原生動物，且經常在國際間代表著澳大利亞聯邦國。
然而，
聯邦政府卻從沒有給紅袋鼠和鴯鶓發給屬於澳大利亞官方動物的證明。
當初在選定紅袋鼠和鴯鶓做為國徽標誌的主要原因；是因為人們在那個年代時，一直都誤以為紅袋鼠和鴯鶓是只有前進，而沒有後退動作的動物。
只有前進；即象徵著進步。
實際上；有人經過仔細觀察，發現紅袋鼠和鴯鶓也是會有後退的動作，只是很少被人們見到而已。
在盾牌後方背景中的花，是澳大利亞的國花（英语：Golden Wattle），中文名稱是金合歡。

Date

Original image created in 1913. This file uploaded: 2014-05-20 10:00:34

Source

Own work; Based on the painting at the National Archives of Australia -- item barcode 98430

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Sodacan

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	11:02, 5 October 2022	512 × 397 (908 KB)	Sodacan	rework file
	14:13, 16 November 2020	910 × 705 (943 KB)	Sodacan	further cleanup
	14:05, 16 November 2020	910 × 705 (939 KB)	Sodacan	Another try
	14:03, 16 November 2020	910 × 705 (632 KB)	Sodacan	cleaner
	14:00, 16 November 2020	910 × 705 (626 KB)	Sodacan	clean
	13:55, 16 November 2020	910 × 705 (523 KB)	Sodacan	Changes per User:Thespoondragon, but also fixed some code issues
	13:53, 16 November 2020	910 × 705 (526 KB)	Sodacan	Reverted to version as of 16:57, 1 December 2019 (UTC)
	04:36, 16 November 2020	910 × 705 (631 KB)	Thespoondragon	per the blazon (description) and the emblazonment (depiction) that this image was based on, the cross in the queensland quarter should be the same azure as in the rest of the arms.
	16:57, 1 December 2019	910 × 705 (526 KB)	Great Brightstar	Fix again
	04:09, 13 November 2019	910 × 705 (526 KB)	Sodacan	minor fixes