Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated ActsSchedule 1 Description of Arms of the Territory
For Arms, Tenny, representations in the Australian Aboriginal manner of an Arnhem Land rock painting of a woman with stylised internal anatomy between in dexter chief and base two symbolic representations of campsites joined by journey or path markings in the manner of the Central Australian Aboriginals and in sinister chief and base the like all Argent; and for a Crest: Upon a Wreath of the Colours a Wedge tailed Eagle ( Aquila audax ) wings elevated grasping with its talons an Australian Aboriginal stone Tjurunga proper; and for Supporters: On either side a Red Kangaroo ( Macropus refus (Desmarest)) guardant that to the dexter holding in the dexter fore-paw a Chiragra Spider Conch ( Lambis Chiragra ) and similarly that to the sinister in its sinister fore-paw a True Heart Cockle ( Corculum carelissa ) growing from a compartment comprising a grassy-sandy mound Sturt's Desert Roses ( Gossypium sturtianum ).