<Tr> <Th> Compartment </Th> <Td> Grassy field proper </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Motto </Th> <Td> Advance Australia </Td> </Tr> <P> The coat of arms of Australia is the formal symbol of the Commonwealth of Australia . The first arms were authorised by King Edward VII on 7 May 1908, and the current version by King George V on 19 September 1912, although the 1908 version continued to be used in some contexts, notably appearing on the reverse of the sixpenny coin . </P> <P> The escutcheon is the focal point of the coat of arms, contained within is the badge of each Australian state, the whole surrounded by an ermine border representing the federation of the states: . </P>

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