THE SHIELD IS ENCLOSED BY AN ERRINE BORDER, SIGNIFYING THE FEDERATION OF THE STATES INTO THE COMMONWEALTH.
NEW SOUTH WALES - GOLDEN LION PASSANT (RIGHT TO LEFT) ON A RED ST GEORGE'S CROSS ON A SILVER BACKGROUND WITH AN 8 POINTED STAR ON EACH EXTREMITY OF THE CROSS.
VICTORIA - WHITE SOUTHERN CROSS (1 STAR OF 8 POINTS, 2 OF 7 POINTS, 1 OF 6 POINTS AND 1 OF 5 POINTS), BENEATH IMPERIAL CROWN, ON A BLUE BACKGROUND.
QUEENSLAND - LIGHT BLUE MALTESE CROSS WITH AN IMPERIAL CROWNAT ITS CENTRE, ON A WHITE BACKGROUND.
SOUTH AUSTRALIA - THE WHITE-BACKED MAGPIE (OR PIPING SHRIKE), ERECT, WINGS OUTSTRETCHED, ON A YELLOW BACKGROUND.
WESTERN AUSTRALIA - BLACK SWAN SWIMMING, LEFT TO RIGHT ON A YELLOW BACKGROUND.
TASMANIA - RED LION PASSANT (RIGHT TO LEFT), ON A WHITE BACKGROUND.
THE CREST OF ARMS, CNSISTING OF A 7 POINTED GOLD STAR ON A BLUE AND GOLD WREATH. 6 POINTS REPRESENT EACH OF THE STATES OF THE COMMONWEALTH, THE 7TH POINT REPRESENTS THE COMMONWEALTH TERRITORIES.
