Image:Arms of Australia 1912.jpg

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Edited by Simonmetcalf. This version was digitally enhanced by myself using the original 1912 drawing available from the Australian Federal Government the and the badges of the Australian State and Territory flags to recreate the shield.

Description	The original drawing of the Australian coat of arms. The Coat of Arms of Australia is the official symbol of Australia. The initial coat of arms was granted by King Edward VII on May 7 1908, and the current version, shown here, was granted by King George V on September 19 1912. This page was sent to the Prime Minister of Australia's department with the following note: His Excellency the Governor General directs the publication, for general information, of the enclosed certified copy of the Royal Warrant granting Armorial Ensigns and Supporters to the Commonwealth of Australia. Andrew Fisher, Prime Minister.
Source	National Archives of Australia -- item barcode 98430, page 35.
Date	The arms were granted in 1912. The page bearing the note is dated January 18 1913.
Author	No illustrator given.
Permission (Reusing this image)	PD, but additional usage regulations apply unrelated to copyright.
Other versions	A Vector-images.com artist's interpretation is available in gif and as a png file.

This image was created in Australia and is now classified as being in the public domain because its term of copyright has now expired. According to the Australian Copyright Council (ACC), ACC Information Sheet G23 (Duration of copyright) (Sep 2005), generally copyright has expired as follows:

Type of material		Copyright has expired if ...
A	Photographs or other works published anonymously, under a pseudonym or the creator is unknown:	taken or published prior to 1955-01-01
B	Photographs (except A):	taken prior to 1955-01-01
C	Artistic works (except A & B):	the creator died before 1955-01-01
D	Published editions¹ (except A & B):	first published more than 25 years ago
E	Commonwealth or State government owned² photographs:	first published more than 50 years ago

¹means the typographical arrangement and layout of a published work. eg. newsprint.
²owned means where a government is the copyright owner as well as would have owned copyright but reached some other agreement with the creator.

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current	02:15, 26 January 2007	802×625 (137 KB)	Simonmetcalf (Talk \| contribs)	(== Summary == '''''Edited by Simonmetcalf.''''' ''This version was digitally enhanced by myself using the [http://www.anbg.gov.au/emblems/commonwealth-coat-of-arms.html original 1912 drawing] available from the Australian Federal Gov)