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There's nothing official about this coat of arms. It's more of just a passing interest to see how it looks.
Introducing the Clan Douglas Australia Coat of Arms; explanatory notes from top to bottom:
Atop is the ‘Rising Sun’ – a symbol famous in Australian history as the chief symbol of the Australian Army since its creation in 1901.
Below is the Clan Douglas Crest.
Beneath the Crest is crossed weapons of the Scottish Broadsword and the Australian Aboriginal ‘nulla-nulla’ a traditional fighting club. Both items were selected to symbolise unity and strength.
Flanking each side of the shield is the Australian and Scottish national flags. The bearers of the shield are the Kangaroo and the Unicorn of Scotland. Each animal is the official animal of each country and each are represented on each nations Coat of Arms.
The shield itself is divided by quarters with a centrepiece being a very popular Clan Douglas family badge. The top left quarter features the Royal Standard of Scotland the top right features the escutcheon (shield) on the Australian Coat of Arms featuring the badges of each of the Australian states.
The bottom left quarter contains the Coat of Arms of Lanarkshire; this was selected because of the Clan Douglas origins in this region. To the bottom right is the Southern Cross; this is not an official national symbol of Australia but no less an important symbol of Australian identity.
Below the Unicorn is a sprig of wattle – Australia’s floral emblem and to the right below the Kangaroo is Scotland’s floral emblem the thistle.
Beneath the coat of arms is a scroll bearing the name Clan Douglas Australia with the entire background in the modern Clan Douglas tartan.

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Comment by Andrew Douglas on November 9, 2017 at 22:39

Thanks Daryl. It is a bit busy I know but I did want to capture as much as I could that relates the two. 

The Australian Army Rising Sun badge did initially start off as a representation of a trophy shield baring bayonets but in reality the idea was adopted from a popular rising sun symbol used throughout colonial times. 

So in essence, at no time has the rising sun badge ever actually represented bayonets but rather rays of a rising sun. 

Comment by Daryl John Douglass on September 16, 2017 at 14:39

Looks like a pretty good Coat of Arms, except that the rising sun in the Austalian Army are actually bayonets. Could be a good addition

Cheers

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