Golden Wattle (Acacia pycnantha) - our national floral emblem
©S.Searle 2009 marks 21 years since the Golden Wattle (Acacia pycnantha) was officially proclaimed Australia's national floral emblem
by the then Governor-General, Sir Ninian Stephen on 19 August 1988 
The crest of Australia's Governor-General © S. Searle 
© S. Searle Australia's Governor-General Ms Quentin Bryce AC (above & below) receiving a basket of wattle from Rosary Primary School school children (Isabel Palm & Samuel Brotchie), their Principal (Maureen Doszpot) and the President of the Wattle Day Association (Terry Fewtrell). 
© S. Searle 
Australia's Governor-General Ms Quentin Bryce AC showing Rosary Primary School school children (Isabel Palm & Samuel Brotchie) and their Principal (Maureen Doszpot) the wattle on the crest pictured on her stationary. © S. Searle he 'Symbols of Australia' exhibition is drawn from the collections of the National Museum of Australia and explores ten of the symbols Australians have chosen to represent themselves: Wattle, The Flag, Kangaroo Uluru, Boomerang,
Sydney Harbour Bridge, Southern Cross, Holden, Vegemite, Billy. 
Wattle lovers enjoying canapes in the ANU Art Centre foyer
©Brian Goggin
©Brian Goggin Below left to right: 
Left to right: Anika Yan & Susikala Nirmalarajan ('Susi') ©Brian Goggin 
©Brian Goggin In Perth (Western Australia) Perth Zoological GardensWattle Day Exhibition 2009 
Perth Zoo docents (volunteer guides) and the public enjoying the 2009 Wattle Day Exhibition, despite the inclement weather ©John Thompson 
Docents Janet Parkinson and Neil Johnston showing off their Wattle Day caps ©John Thompson 
School children taking sprigs of wattle to wear and colouring-in books back to their school from the 2009 Wattle Day Exhibition at the Perth Zoological Gardens ©John Thompson Albury-Wodonga and Holbrook, NSW National Wattle Day - planting of silver wattles for Squirrel Gliders Hurstbridge Wattle Festival
Hurstbridge Vic. Sunday 30 August 2009 Mt Annan Botanic Garden Mt Annan NSW Wattle We Do Today Self-Guided Tour Shire of Dalwallinu
Western Australia 15th Annual Wattle Week Festival 5-13 September 2009 
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2008 2007 See below for pictures of events in Canberra and Perth Events in 2009 In Canberra 'The Week of the Wattle':
click here to see a list of events in Canberra Photos are below Wattle Day - 1st day of springSir William Deane (pictured below), former Governor-General of Australia,
opened the Friends of the Australian National Botanic Gardens
'Celebrate our Wattle: Australia's Golden Emblem Comes of Age'
exhibition on 1st September 2009. 
Click here to read Sir William Deane's inspiring speech about Golden Wattle. Citizenship ceremonyThe Wattle Day association handed out sprigs of wattles to new citizens and their friends
and families at the ACT Legislative Assembly 
Ainslie School Choir singing at the 1st September Citizenship Ceremony
in Canberra's Legislative Assembly 2009 ©Brian Goggin 
Jack Fahy & Terry Fewtrell handing out wattle sprigs
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A new citizen (left) with Shane Rattenbury MLA (right)
©Brian Goggin Wattle Day Dinner
74 happy, wattle sprig -wearing Canberrans celebrated Golden Wattle's 21st anniversary
as Australia's national floral emblem with an Australian-themed degustation at
Teatro Vivaldi's Restaurant on Tuesday 1 September - National Wattle Day. Click here to see the photos taken by Lyn Mills of 'The Canberra Times' 
Jack Fahy & Suzette Searle welcoming dinner guests
©Brian Goggin  Left to right: Ashraf Elsharkawy, Nirmalarajan Sathisivam ('Rajan'),
Susikala Nirmalarajan ('Susi'), Nestori Birigirimana, Bronwen Goggin, Brian Goggin,
Anika Yan, James Yan and Loc Nguyen 
Tasting crocodile and other Australian flavours
©Brian Goggin The after dinner speaker was:
Michelle Hetherington* - Curator from the National Museum of Australia talking about 'Wattle - Symbol of Australia' 
©Brian GogginWattle-themed Raffle & Lucky Door prizes: Vic Cherikoff & Dining Downunder donated
10 gift packs of ground wattleseed and cookbooks Check out Vic Cherikoff's website for a history of the eating of wattleseed & wattleseed recipes 
Terry Fewtrell & Dawn Waterhouse prepare to draw
the Lucky Door prizes ©Brian Goggin 
Terry Fewtrell & Mary Porter AM MLA read out a winning ticket 
More prizes, this time drawn by Steve Doszpot MLA
©Brian Goggin GreenGold Garden Centre - Federation Square donated
10 Golden Wattle (Acacia pycnantha) plants Baron's Brewing Company donated
4 x 6 packs of Black Wattle Original Ale
Suzette Searle presenting at the Australian National Botanic Gardens
on 'Wattles: a scientist's tale of discovery about their uses' - 3 Sept 09 Please Contact Us if you would like to promote any of your own events or activities around Australia for National Wattle Day - 1st September 2009. We will feature your events on this page.
Jack Fahy and his grandchildren, Sarah, William & Harry
celebrating National Wattle Day For earlier events please go to our Past events page. |
