Please note - Swinburne University of Technology

:oat of arms
The coat of arms conferred on Swinburne College by the College of Heralds
In 25 June, 1969, is based on that of the Swinburne family.
it a period during the 12th-13th century, when the northern counties of
Zngland were ruled by the Scots, a knight from France aided Queen
dargaret of Scotland in the wars. She rewarded him by a grant of land in
vhat is now Northumberland, on the banks of the Swin Bum, a small river
hat flows into the North Tyne, and there he built a castle. He became known
s William Swinbum(e), and soon the county reverted to the crown of England.
'he ~Winbu*e coat of arms in medieval times was silver with three boars'
leads in triangular formation. In the 17th century, during the wars between
he Stuart Kings and the Parliament of England, the Swinburnes fought for
he royalist side. After the restoration of Charles 11, 1660, the head of the
arnily was created a baronet for his services. The crest became a baronet's
oronet, with the boar's head rising from it, and the coat of arms, divided
orizontally red and silver, was charged three cinquefoils countercharged.
'his college holds a unique place among colleges of advanced education
1 Australia in the link that persists between the institution and the founder
nd his family. The conferring on the college of a modification of the
imily's coat of arms should preserve and strengthen that link.