El shield of AustraliaIt is a coat of arms with a lot of symbolic content, it was made by order of King George V in 1912.
In the central part it contains the coats of arms of the states of Australia: New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia, Tasmania and Victoria.
The blazons are surrounded by a filiera that symbolizes the federation of the six states. We can see that surrounding the coats of arms are the national symbols of Australia that are the emu, kangaroo and golden wattle.
The emu represents Australia's birds, the kangaroo the terrestrial fauna and the golden wattle the flora.
By: Erika
Updated on 14/10/2009
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