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Read • Wattle: ‘bush tucker’, a connection to Country & an Australian identity
There are some 1,000 Australian Acacia species and they grow across every state and territory, these plants are adaptable and resilient and have become … -
Read • Women of the Central Desert, South Australia
Two large-scale paintings by Indigenous women from Central Desert communities in South Australia are currently on display in ‘Seeds and Sovereignty’ at the Gallery … -
Read • Wattles in flower
As we celebrate National Wattle Day on the first day of September each year, we delve into two works that include the wattle — with over … -
Read • Go back in time to Daphne Mayo’s 1914 Wattle Day celebrations in Brisbane
It’s National Wattle Day on the first day of September, and we’ve been celebrating the Wattle for different reasons for over a century … -
Read • Wattle: From the illustrations of May Gibbs to Ellis Rowan’s watercolours
National Wattle Day was first celebrated in New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia on 1 September 1910, then in Western Australia and Queensland in … -
Read • National Wattle Day: A celebration of a floral emblem
In 1988, the year of Australia’s bicentenary, the Golden Wattle (Acacia pycnantha) was officially gazetted as Australia’s national floral emblem, enjoying a popular …