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Using and Displaying

The NSW Coat of Arms is used to convey the public authority of the Crown and State. The Arms can also be displayed (if authorised) for cultural, educational and other purposes without necessarily conveying public authority.

There has been some experimentation with the artistic styles in representing the NSW Coat of Arms ever since 1906, and this gallery shows the development of representations over the past 100 years, the variety of materials used, and the various public functions and activities carried out under the sign of the NSW Coat of Arms.

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Official version of State Arms used by NSW authorities, colour representation
Official version of State Arms used by NSW authorities, outline representation
The Ninth Great Seal of NSW 1937 - 1952
Madison Tower, 88 Goulburn Street, Sydney, polished aluminium, 1995
Lang Centre, cnr. Hunter and Marsden streets, Parramatta, painted metal on metal frame, 1986
Sydney Records Centre, Harrington Street entrance, The Rocks, cast bronze?, 1978
State Office Block, cnr Macquarie and Bent streets, Sydney, lift foyer, bronze, 1967
Timber veneers, Timber Homes Exhibition, Sydney Showground, 1944
State Arms, pressed copper by Wunderlich, Redfern 1936
Rural Bank, Martin Place, Sydney, green terracotta, 1936
Historical display, interior of Rural Bank, Martin Place, 1936
Fly leaf in album presented to Duke of York by Premier Lang, 1927
State Arms (shield only) within a cartouche, moulded plaster, former State Savings Bank, Martin Place, Sydney 1928
Card printed to illustrate the State Arms referred to in the Unauthorised Documents Act of 1922
Commonwealth Trading Bank, cnr Pitt Street and Martin Place, Sydney, carved trachyte, 1913
NSW Parliament House, Legislative Assembly, etched glass doors, 1911
NSW Coat of Arms as published in Government Gazette of 22 February 1907
 

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