Editing Macquarie University (section)

==== Coat of arms ====
Macquarie University's coat of arms (often erroneously referred to as a '[[Crest (heraldry)|crest]]') was assumed through a 1967 amendment of the ''Macquarie University Act, 1964'' (Confirmed by Letters patent of the [[College of Arms]], 16 August 1969), and the [[Grant of arms]] reads:<ref>{{Cite book|last=Low|first=Charles|title=A Roll of Australian Arms|year=1971|publisher=Rigby Limited|location=Adelaide|page=24|isbn=0-85179-149-2|oclc=246821}}</ref><ref name=":1" />
:''Vert, the Macquarie lighthouse tower, masoned proper, in Chief the star Sirius, Or.''

The [[Escutcheon (heraldry)|escutcheon]] (in green taken from the [[tartan]] of [[Clan MacQuarrie]]) displays the [[Macquarie Lighthouse]] tower, the first major public building in the colony when completed in 1816, as well as the [[Sirius|Sirius star]] (in gold), which was also the name of [[HMS Sirius (1786)|the flagship]] of the [[First Fleet]]. The motto chosen for the university, which following the rules of [[English heraldry]] does not form part of the original grant of arms, was ''And Gladly Teche'', a phrase taken from the general prologue of ''[[The Canterbury Tales]]'' by [[Geoffrey Chaucer]] (circa 1400), and symbolises the university's commitment to both learning and teaching.<ref name=":2" />

The university's founders originally wanted to base the university's arms on [[Lachlan Macquarie|Lachlan Macquarie's]] family arms, but they decided to go for a more conceptual approach that represented Lachlan Macquarie as a builder and administrator.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=http://jubilee.mq.edu.au/Story/1056/Macquarie-s-radical-coat-of-arms|title=Macquarie University - Jubilee Hub|website=jubilee.mq.edu.au|access-date=10 May 2016|archive-date=3 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303114940/http://jubilee.mq.edu.au/Story/1056/Macquarie-s-radical-coat-of-arms|url-status=live}}</ref> They did however identify that the arms used by Governor Macquarie had never been formally granted by the [[Court of the Lord Lyon]] in Scotland, and was successful in having a grant of arms issued for Macquarie by the [[Lord Lyon King of Arms]], as well as the right to display his arms. These arms, along with the new arms of the university, were formally unveiled on 31 May 1967 by the chancellor, [[Garfield Barwick|Sir Garfield Barwick]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Campus display of heraldry |publisher=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=1 June 1967 |page=4}}</ref>

The coat of arms and the motto are used in a very limited number of formal communications.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|url=https://mq.edu.au/about_us/offices_and_units/marketing/our_shared_identity_project/our_shared_identity_faqs/|title=Our Shared Identity FAQs - Macquarie University|website=mq.edu.au|access-date=14 May 2016|archive-date=3 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160403034649/https://mq.edu.au/about_us/offices_and_units/marketing/our_shared_identity_project/our_shared_identity_faqs/|url-status=live}}</ref>