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Coat of Arms of South Australia
South Australian Coats of Arms Designed by : William
Applegate Gullick
Name of Australian State : South Australia
Abbreviation : SA
Capital City of SA : Adelaide (founded in 1836)
SA Size : 1,043,514 square kilometers or 402,903 square
miles
The blue shield with a yellow, sun-like circle in the center
of it, has a Piping Shrike or Australian Magpie which is also
the South
Australian bird emblem. Sturt's
Desert Peas sit in the position of the crest, above a
wreath of red, blue and gold (the state colors).
The official Blazon or description of the South Australia
Coat of Arms;
"For Arms, Azure on the rising sun depicted as a roundel
Or an Australian Piping Shrike displayed and standing on the
staff of a Gum Tree proper and for the Crest on a wreath Or
Azure and Gules Four sprigs of Sturt's Desert Pea proper the
Shield upon a Compartment comprising A grassy mount and in
front of two Vines growing therefrom each entwining their
stakes proper on either side thereof stalks of Wheat and Barley
and the dexter side scattered with Citrus Fruits and lying
on the sinister side two Cog Wheels with between them a Miner's
Pick also proper together with on a Scroll the name "South
Australia".
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