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We hold our meetings in Canberra at The Australian National University (Physics Link Building via Science Road) every six weeks or so.

 Wattle Day Welcome

Australia’s National Wattle Day, the 1st September every year, is a day to celebrate Australia and being Australian.

As part of the celebration, Australia's Governor-General Ms Quentin Bryce AC receives a basket of wattle from Rosary Primary School school children (Isabel Palm & Samuel Brotchie) and their Principal (Maureen Doszpot) and the President of the Wattle Day Association (Terry Fewtrell).

Wattles have long had special meanings for Australians and in 1988 the golden wattle (Acacia pycnantha) was officially gazetted as our national floral emblem.

In 1992, the first day of September each year was declared ‘National Wattle Day’ throughout Australia.

So we celebrate National Wattle Day because:

• Wattle is our national floral emblem. It is a symbol that comes directly from our land;
• Wattle is Australian and represents us all. Unlike other national symbols, wattle excludes no one. Like our people, wattle has great diversity (with nearly one thousand Australian species) and resilience;
• Wattle welcomes in the spring, reminds us of the importance of renewal as it paints our national colours across our land; and
• Wattle is a unifying symbol for all Australians. There is no other symbol that says so much about us and our land, Australia.
• Wattle is a symbol of Australia and Australians

So join the celebration of National Wattle Day – 1 September.

Terry Fewtrell
President
Wattle Day Association

 

The Wattle Day Association marks the passing of Dr Robert Boden OA,
founding director of the Australian National Botanic Gardens, who died on 29 August 2009. 

Dr Boden was of great assistance when efforts to reinvigorate Wattle Day began 1983 and 1984. He then became an advisor to, and a member of the Wattle Day Association.

'He is one who is truly entitled to be buried under the wattle', (Jack Fahy 4 September 2009).