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helmet and mantling. A helmet and mantling is depicted in correct heraldic form in the
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Perth was ancient ... And it was a very special city, cut off from other cities by sea and desert, so that there was not another city for two thousand miles. Among all
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Western Australia, adopted in 1960, and together with the black and gold torse framing the Crown indicates the honour bestowed upon the state by the grant of arms, and emphasises the sovereignty and independence of Western Australia.
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proper. And for Crest: On a Wreath Or and Sable The Royal Crown between two
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