Great Seal of Australia

E308084

national seal official emblem

The Great Seal of Australia is the official emblem used to authenticate important federal documents and acts of state on behalf of the Commonwealth.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Great Seal of Australia canonical	3
Great Seal of the Commonwealth of Australia	1
The Great Seal of Australia	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2879470 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Great Seal of Australia
Context triple: [Commonwealth Coat of Arms of Australia, appearsOn, Great Seal of Australia]

A. Great Seal of New South Wales
The Great Seal of New South Wales is the official emblem used to authenticate important state documents and symbolize the authority of the government of New South Wales, Australia.
B. Great Seal of New Zealand
The Great Seal of New Zealand is the official seal used to signify the formal approval and authority of the New Zealand Crown on important state documents and legal instruments.
C. Commonwealth Coat of Arms of Australia
The Commonwealth Coat of Arms of Australia is the official national emblem featuring a shield of the six states supported by a kangaroo and an emu, symbolizing the unity and identity of the Australian nation.
D. Great Seal of the Province of British Columbia
The Great Seal of the Province of British Columbia is the official emblem used to authenticate important state documents and acts of the provincial government in British Columbia, Canada.
E. Crown of Australia
The Crown of Australia is the constitutional monarchy and legal embodiment of the Australian state, represented federally and in each state by the sovereign and their vice-regal representatives.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Great Seal of Australia
Target entity description: The Great Seal of Australia is the official emblem used to authenticate important federal documents and acts of state on behalf of the Commonwealth.

A. Great Seal of New South Wales
The Great Seal of New South Wales is the official emblem used to authenticate important state documents and symbolize the authority of the government of New South Wales, Australia.
B. Great Seal of New Zealand
The Great Seal of New Zealand is the official seal used to signify the formal approval and authority of the New Zealand Crown on important state documents and legal instruments.
C. Commonwealth Coat of Arms of Australia
The Commonwealth Coat of Arms of Australia is the official national emblem featuring a shield of the six states supported by a kangaroo and an emu, symbolizing the unity and identity of the Australian nation.
D. Great Seal of the Province of British Columbia
The Great Seal of the Province of British Columbia is the official emblem used to authenticate important state documents and acts of the provincial government in British Columbia, Canada.
E. Crown of Australia
The Crown of Australia is the constitutional monarchy and legal embodiment of the Australian state, represented federally and in each state by the sovereign and their vice-regal representatives.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	national seal ⓘ official emblem ⓘ
appliesTo	Commonwealth legislation ⓘ instruments of state ⓘ
associatedWith	Executive Council of Australia ⓘ linked to: Federal Executive Council of Australia Governor-General’s office ⓘ linked to: Office of the Governor-General of Australia Prime Minister of Australia ⓘ linked to: Prime Minister
authority	Governor-General of Australia ⓘ
authorizedBy	Australian Constitution ⓘ
category	Government of Australia ⓘ linked to: Australian government National symbols of Australia ⓘ
country	Australia ⓘ
dateOfIntroduction	1973 ⓘ
depicts	Commonwealth Coat of Arms ⓘ linked to: Commonwealth Coat of Arms of Australia
designer	Michael Bryce ⓘ
governingLaw	Acts of the Parliament of Australia ⓘ Letters Patent relating to the Office of Governor-General ⓘ
hasDesignElement	emu ⓘ floral emblems ⓘ kangaroo ⓘ seven-pointed Commonwealth Star ⓘ linked to: Commonwealth Star shield of the Australian states ⓘ wreath ⓘ
inscription	The Great Seal of Australia ⓘ linked to: Great Seal of Australia
introducedBy	Royal Sign Manual ⓘ linked to: Royal sign-manual proclamation ⓘ
jurisdiction	Commonwealth of Australia ⓘ
languageOfInscription	English ⓘ
legalStatus	official seal of the Commonwealth ⓘ
material	metal ⓘ
purpose	authenticate acts of state ⓘ authenticate important federal documents ⓘ
relatedTo	Coat of Arms of Australia ⓘ linked to: Commonwealth Coat of Arms of Australia Flag of Australia ⓘ linked to: Australian national flag Royal Style and Titles in Australia ⓘ linked to: Royal Style and Titles Act 1973
replaced	Great Seal of the Commonwealth of Australia ⓘ linked to: Great Seal of Australia
scope	federal ⓘ
successorTo	earlier royal seals used in Australia ⓘ
symbolizes	Australian nation ⓘ authority of the Crown in Australia ⓘ sovereignty of the Commonwealth of Australia ⓘ
usedBy	Australian Government ⓘ linked to: Australian government Commonwealth of Australia ⓘ
usedFor	appointments ⓘ certain international agreements ⓘ commissions ⓘ letters patent ⓘ proclamations ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Commonwealth Coat of Arms of Australia → appearsOn → Great Seal of Australia ⓘ

Commonwealth Star → usedOn → Great Seal of Australia ⓘ

Great Seal of New South Wales → relatedTo → Great Seal of Australia ⓘ

Great Seal of Australia → inscription → The Great Seal of Australia ⓘ

linked to: Great Seal of Australia

Great Seal of Australia → replaced → Great Seal of the Commonwealth of Australia ⓘ