Coat of arms of New South Wales

The coat of arms of New South Wales, a state of Australia, is quartered by a continuous red white margined cross in blue.

In the first and fourth field is a hanging golden fleece and the other two fields, a golden sheaf of corn. The cross arms are each filled with an eight -pointed gold star in the center and with a running hersehenden golden lion.

About the shield floats a blue and white crest with half a golden faceless sun with red firing at the tips of golden rays.

Plate holder the right is a golden lion guardant, langued and opposite him a ansehendes golden kangaroo.

Under the shield a white ribbon with red border stripes and the words in black capital letters " ORTA recens QUAM PURA NITES ".

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