Events in 2007

Canberra
(Australian Capital Territory) 2007

Fairs and Markets

Left to right: Terry Fewtrell and Stephanie Panter
celebrating National Wattle Day at the Belconnen Markets,
Canberra on 1st September 2007

Left to right: Dawn and Suzette Searle and Edwin Ride 'wattling on' at the Blundell's Cottage Vintage Village Fair in Canberra, 18 August 2007

Citizenship Ceremony at the Legislative Assembly for the ACT

31 August 2007

2007 Wattle Day Forum

Left to right: Terry Fewtrell (WDA President), Mark McKenna (Sydney University) & Ben Wellings (ANU)

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Left to right: Terry Fewtrell (WDA President), Mark McKenna (Sydney University) & Ben Wellings (ANU)

2007 Wattle Day Forum

Venue - National Library of Australia

The topic of the 2007 Forum was:
'Wattle and other symbols of Australian identity - their meaning today.'

The following papers were presented by the three speakers:
Mark McKenna (Senior Research Fellow in History, Sydney University) - 'Wattle, Place and Feeling For Country in an Australian Republic'

Ben Wellings (Convenor of European Studies, College of Arts & Social Sciences, Australian National University) - 'Australia's National Days - What they say about our national and imperial past' (Paper not available electronically)

Edwin Ride (Freelance writer/curator with a particular interest in the social history of wattle) - 'Wattle - A Changing Symbol for a Changing Nation'

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Edwin Ride, watched on by Mark McKenna and Ben Wellings, talking about 'Wattle as a symbol of identity'

Wattle Girls

Broken Hill (New South Wales) 2007

One community group that joins in the celebrations of National Wattle Day each year is the Riddiford Arboretum Committee in Broken Hill, New South Wales. In 2007 they held an open day at the arboretum on the 1st of September, showcasing its wonderful range of native plants and highlighting its wattles.
The local Red Cross provided wonderful sprigs of wattle and the committee made up special badges for Wattle Day 2007, designed by the local TAFE students. Refreshments were provided by the Legacy mobile café. You can see photos from Riddiford Arboretum's wattle day celebrations on their website www.nsw2880.com