bend sinister Argent; III Azure a yellowwood tree Or; IV Or an elephant's head caboshed proper (in layman's terms: the shield is quartered, 1 a white horse's head on a gold background, 2 a silver fern frond on a blue background, 3 a yellowwood tree on a blue background and 4 an elephant's head on a gold background). The crest is a sailing ship, and the motto Concilio et prudentia. Divisional council arms The Knysna divisional council (the local authority for the rural areas outside the town) assumed a coat of arms in 1961 and registered them with the provincial administration on 28 July 1961. The arms, designed by Schalk Pienaar, were: Per saltire, I Or on a mount Vert a stinkwood tree proper; II & III Argent three bars wavy Azure; IV Vert the brig Knysna proper the sails charged with two lions rampant Gules and pennants flotant Azure. In layman's terms: the shield is divided into four sections by two diagonal lines, the top section displays a stinkwood tree on a golden background, the left and right sections display three wavy blue stripes against a silver background, and the bottom section displays a brig named 'Knysna' with red lions on the sails and a blue pennant flying from the mast. The motto was Pulchra terra Dei donum. Notable people Thomas Henry Duthie (1806–1857) – landowner, supervisor of Crown Forests and Lands Warrick Gelant (born 1995) - South African professional rugby union player Caspar Lee (born 1994) – YouTube personality Rudolf Eric Koertzen (born 1949) – international cricket umpire D. C. S. Oosthuizen (1926–1969) – philosopher, a critic of Apartheid; born here George Rex (1765–1839) – founder of Knysna, landowner and timber merchant Eric Robinson (1891–1982) – opened first private veterinary practice in Knysna William Smith (born 1939) – television science and mathematics teacher Charles Wilhelm Thesen (1856–1940) – shipowner and timber merchant Alan Winde (born 1965) – 8th Premier of the Western Cape Josh Pieters (born 1993) – YouTube personality See also Knysna Municipality, Western Cape Knysna-Amatole montane forests Knysna elephants Knysna Yacht Club Knysna seahorse List of heritage sites in Knysna Fiela's Child Dalene Matthee Citations References Horsburgh, James (1826) India Directory, Or Directions for Sailing to and from the East Indies, China, New Holland, Cape of Good Hope, Brazil and the Interjacent Ports. 3. Ed, Vol. 1. (Kingsburg). External links Knysna Municipality Knysna Tourism Bureau A