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Coat of Arms talk and a tale of heraldry and brass
The piece compares the Australian Coat of Arms with English symbols and praises the Commonwealth Ministry. It recounts a Victorian Governor’s arms tale linked to the De Bresci family and Tom Brassey, noting Punch laughed at the ancestry. It ends with reflections on titles in the United States and Australia and the cling to honorifics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commonwealth Ministry
Weller
Tom Brassey
Herald's College
de Bresci
William the Norman
England
United Kingdom
Punch
St. George
United States
Australia
Thackeray
Lord Jersey
Mossvale Way
Sydney