Editing University of Sydney (section)

===Heraldry and insignia===

==== Coat of arms ====
[[File:University of Sydney.svg|thumb|right|Arms used in the University of Sydney logo, pre-2010]]

The Grant of Arms was made by the [[College of Arms]] in 1857. The grant reads:
:''Argent on a Cross Azure an open book proper, clasps Gold, between four Stars of eight points Or, on a chief Gules a Lion passant Guardant also Or, together with this motto "Sidere mens eadem mutato" to be borne and used forever hereafter by the said University of Sydney on their Common Seal, Shields or otherwise according to the Law of Arms.''

The use of eight-pointed stars was unusual for arms at the time, although they had been used unofficially as emblems for New South Wales since the 1820s and on the arms of the Church of England Diocese of Australia in 1836.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.heritage.nsw.gov.au/10_subnav_08_01_06.htm |title=The Badge of New South Wales as adopted in 1876 |publisher=Heritage Council of New South Wales |access-date=2 March 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110312033950/http://www.heritage.nsw.gov.au/10_subnav_08_01_06.htm |archive-date=12 March 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

According to the university, the Latin motto {{Lang|la|Sidere mens eadem mutato}} can be translated to "the stars change, the mind remains the same."<ref name="logo">{{cite web |url=http://sydney.edu.au/about/publications/logo.shtml |title=Our logo – About the University – The University of Sydney |website=University of Sydney |date=19 March 2010 |access-date=20 June 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110122082540/http://sydney.edu.au/about/publications/logo.shtml |archive-date=22 January 2011 |df=dmy-all}}</ref> [[Francis Merewether (Australian politician)|Francis Merewether]], Vice-Chancellor and later Chancellor, in 1857 proposed "Coelum non animum mutant" from Horace (Ep.1.11.27) but after objections changed it to a metrical version including "Sidus" (Star), a neat reference to the [[Southern Cross]] and perhaps the Sydney family link with Sir [[Philip Sidney]]'s "Astrophel (Star-Lover) & Stella (Star)".<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://sydney.edu.au/heraldry/origins_of_the_arms/quest_for_a_coat.shtml |title=Quest for a coat of arms – Heraldry – The University of Sydney |last=Services |first=Archives and Records Management |website=University of Sydney |access-date=6 May 2016 |archive-date=21 May 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160521094905/http://sydney.edu.au/heraldry/origins_of_the_arms/quest_for_a_coat.shtml |url-status=live}}</ref> Author and university alumnus [[Clive James]] quipped in his 1981 autobiography that the motto loosely implies "Sydney University is really Oxford or Cambridge laterally displaced approximately 12,000 miles."<ref>{{cite book |last=James |first=Clive |title=Unreliable memoirs |year=1981 |publisher=Pan Books |isbn=978-0-330-26463-1 |page=[https://archive.org/details/unreliablememoir00cliv/page/127 127] |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/unreliablememoir00cliv/page/127}}</ref>