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Governor General Quentin Bryce with Terry Fewtrell

The Governor-General of Australia, Ms Quentin Bryce AC CVO receives Golden Wattle (Acacia pycnantha) seedlings for the Government House gardens from Terry Fewtrell, President of the Wattle Day Association for National Wattle Day 2013 Photo: © S. D. Searle

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