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State Badges and Commonwealth Arms

State Badges and Commonwealth Arms
Artwork details
Court 1
Victorian Tapestry Workshop
Established 1976; now Australian Tapestry Workshop
State Badges and Commonwealth Arms
tapestry design and interpretation: Ron Brooks; weavers: Gordon Cameron, Christine Harris, Nichole Johnson, Elizabeth Lipscombe and Irja West, Victorian Tapestry Workshop, Melbourne; collection of the High Court of Australia
Background

The woven woollen tapestry hung from a polished brass rod in Court 1 includes the symbols of the states and territories that make up the shield of the Commonwealth Coat of arms, surmounted by the crest of the Commonwealth. It is a stylised representation of the Coat of Arms in the form of a banner 4.3 metres long and 2.5 metres wide.