The coat of arms of Hobart was formally granted to the Lord Mayor, Aldermen and Citizens of the

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on 1 May 1953. The

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was designed in the year 1951 by Hobart architect and alderman, I.G. Anderson, and it replaced an earlier unofficial crest used by the Corporation since the 1850s.

Blazon

Shield

The shield is of divided into two colours silver and blue. * The upper part of the shield has a red lion walking to the right on a silver background. The red lion is taken from the Tasmanian flag and its location at the top of the shield signifies Hobart's position as the Capital City. *The lower part of the shield has a gold six-pointed star with wavy rays on a blue background. The star is derived from the arms of Lord Robert Hobart, 4th Earl of Buckinghamshire, he was the

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in 1804 at the time of colonial settlement, and after whom city of Hobart is named. The colour used on the arms of

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was, in fact, sable (black), rather than blue.

Crest

Above the shield is the silver helmet with gold and blue

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and above the helmet is a silver and blue wreath, upon which is set a gold three-masted ship (the Flying Childers). The helmet has mantling of blue and gold. The helmet is associated with civic heraldry and is often used for municipal authorities. The ship was a

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, "The Flying Childers", built in

Battery Point Battery Point is a suburb of the city of Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. It is immediately south of the central business district. It is in the local government area of City of Hobart. Battery Point is named after the battery of guns which were est ...

by John Watson in 1846, and signifies the importance of shipping and whaling to Hobart's industrial and economic development.

Supporters

On the left side of shield there are the same animals which are an emu, and on the right side a kangaroo, both with their heads looking back, and each with a collar, comprising a small garland of apples and leaves. The

Tasmanian emu The Tasmanian emu (''Dromaius novaehollandiae diemenensis'') is an extinct subspecies of emu. It was found in Tasmania, where it had become isolated during the Late Pleistocene. As opposed to the other insular emu taxa, the King Island emu and th ...

and the forester kangaroo are taken from the Council's unofficial crest, used from the 1850s, and also provide a connection with the Coat of arms of Australia. The animals have collars to deliberately distinguish them from the national coat of arms; the apples signify the importance of the apple industry to the state, commonly known for many years as the "Apple Isle".

Compartment

The base of the shield is a green island, and the blue wavy lines represent the surrounding seas. Growing upon the island are two of native flora, the

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and the Tasmanian

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Motto

A scroll below the arms reads ''Sic Fortis Hobartia Crevit'' translates as ''Thus in strength did Hobart grow''. The motto ''Sic fortis Hobartia crevit'' was part of the Council's old Common Seal and was retained when the new Coat of Arms was introduced.

References

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Hobart Hobart ( ; Nuennonne/Palawa kani: ''nipaluna'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian island state of Tasmania. Home to almost half of all Tasmanians, it is the least-populated Australian state capital city, and second-small ...

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Symbols introduced in 1951