The coat-of-arms was designed by the founder
of the College, Archbishop St. Clair Donaldson, and the first Warden, the
Revd E. Morgan Baker.
Two quarters of the coat-of-arms show lions
and fleurs-de-lys derived from the Arms of St. John's College, Cambridge.
These symbolise courage, freedom, nobility and excellence. Another quarter
shows the Southern Cross, indicating our geographical location. The final
quarter contains a "Passion Cross", symbolic of both death and
life.
The motto, EXSOLUTUS ITERUM VINCTUS
, which translates as FREED AND REBOUND, is an allusion to St. Paul's
Letter to the Romans, where he says of his readers that they, "having
been set free from sin, have become slaves of righteousness". To be
detached from all that is unworthy and to be re-united to the source of
goodness and truth is the high ideal which the motto sets for College life.
