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The coat of arms of the Northern Territory is the official symbol of the Australian territory. They were officially granted by HM The Queen on 11 September1978. The Arms, uniquely in Australia, incorporate all of the territory's floral, animal and bird emblems: the Sturt's Desert Rose (Gossypium sturtianum), Red Kangaroo (Megaleia rufa) and Wedge-tailed Eagle (Aquila andax) respectively. Image File history File links Northern_territory_coa. ... A modern coat of arms is derived from the medi val practice of painting designs onto the shield and outer clothing of knights to enable them to be identified in battle, and later in tournaments. ... Capital Darwin Government Const. ... Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor; born 21 April 1926) is Queen of sixteen sovereign states, holding each crown and title equally. ... This article is about the date September 11 in general. ... 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday. ... Sturts Desert Rose The Sturts Desert Rose (Gossypium sturtianum) is a woody shrub found in all mainland states of Australia and the Northern Territory. ... Binomial name Macropus rufus Desmarest, 1822 The Red Kangaroo (Macropus rufus) is the largest of all kangaroos and the largest surviving marsupial. ... Binomial name Aquila audax (Latham, 1802) The Wedge-tailed Eagle or Eaglehawk (Aquila audax) is a very large Australasian raptor and the most common of all the worlds large eagles. ...
Unlike other Australian states' arms, the Northern Territory's arms incorporate many reflections of the indigenous Australian culture and history: the shield itself is a representation of an Aboriginal painting and the crest shows the Wedge-tailed eagle on top of a tjurunga, an Aboriginal ritual stone. See also, List of Indigenous Australian group names. ... The Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom displayed an inescutcheon of the arms of Hanover between 1801 and 1837 when the British monarch held the title of King of Hanover. ... CREST (although written like a acronym it does not stand for anything) is the Central Securities Depository for the U.K., Republic of Ireland, Isle of Man and Jersey equities and UK gilts. ... // Tjurunga defined Figure 1: A stone tjurunga Tjurunga or churinga was a term applied to objects of religious significance by Central Australian Aboriginal Arrente (Aranda, Arundta) groups. ...
Blazon
The formal description, or blazon, of the arms is: Tenny, representations in the Australian Aboriginal manner of an Arnhem Land rock painting of a woman with stylised internal anatomy between in dexter chief and base two symbolic representations of camp sites joined by journey or path markings in the manner of the Central Australian Aboriginals and in sinister chief and base the like, all Argent; And for the crest: upon a wreath a Wedgetailed Eagle wings elevated grasping with its talons an Australian Aboriginal stone Tjurunga proper; And for the supporters: On either side a Red Kangaroo guardant, that to the dexter holding in the dexter forepaw a Chiragra Spider Conch (Lambis Chiragra) and similarly that to the sinister in its sinister forepaw a True Heart Cockle (Corculum Carelissa); And for the Compartment: Growing from a Compartment comprising a grassy sandy mound Sturt’s Desert Roses as the same as depicted in the illustration. This is an article about Heraldry. ...
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