City of Gosnells Coat of Arms, Denham Reserve - Thornlie, Western Australia
S 32° 03.731 E 115° 58.219
50H E 402804 N 6452208
This Coat of Arms is on the sign naming 'Denham Reserve' which is on Denham Way in Thornlie.
Waymark Code: WMEMFC
Location: Western Australia, Australia
Date Posted: 06/14/2012
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The City of Gosnells is a large municipal district in the Southeast Metropolitan Region of Perth, and has it's base in Gosnells.
The Coat of Arms is described in detail in CITY OF GOSNELLS CREST as follows:
Grant of Arms No. 141.75 was made on 15 March 1978 by the Windsor Herald College of Arms, London.
The City of Gosnells Coat of Arms is described as:
| Bull’s Head at the top of the crest comes from the crest of the original Gosnell family. The knight’s helmet symbolises ‘gentleman’.
Supporters Sea Lion and Sea Unicorn represent the flow of migrants from overseas to Australia. Each supporter has a mural crown, indicating that Gosnells is an old established corporation.
Fruit Trees (Orange Tree) symbolises the local fruit growing industries, while the rose branch held by the sea lion refers to Great Britain as the homeland of the forbearers of many inhabitants of Gosnells.
Hammer and Rock represents the quarry industry.
Black Swan representing the Western Australian emblem.
Two Rivers representing the Canning and Southern Rivers which flow through the City.
Motto: ‘Servire’ meaning ‘we serve’. |
The following information is taken from Wikipedia following their Re-use of text guidelines:
"The name Gosnells dates back to 1862 when Charles Gosnell who was the owner of London cosmetic company John Gosnell & Co, bought Canning location 16 from the Davis family who were the original grantees in 1829. While the purchase of the land was a personal investment by Charles Gosnell, when the land was sold to developers in 1903 the developers used the association to the well known cosmetic company, claiming it had bought the land because of its fertile soil to grow flowers for the manufacture of its perfume range. The abundance of the Arum Lily [Zantedeschia aethiopica] in the area and the marketing by the developers contributed to the myth about the Gosnell company, being so successful that the Gosnells railway station was constructed on the Armadale line in 1903.
Gosnells Road District was created out of the abolished Canning Road District on 1 July 1907. In 1923, it received land from Jandakot Road District when that entity was abolished.
On 1 July 1961, Gosnells Road District became a Shire following enactment of the Local Government Act 1960. On 1 July 1973 it became a Town and exactly four years later it attained City status.