The Wattle Day Association Inc.is a not-for-profit, non-political, non-sectarian, community-based volunteer organisation incorporated in the Australian Capital Territory (16 November1998). All Committee members are volunteers. We have no employees.

The Wattle Day Association Inc. is registered as a charity with the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission ABN 78177249494.

We are a national resource with environmental, cultural, historical information about the significance of Australia’s acacias. 

Our website and Facebook page and Instagram page are national resources for the celebration of National Wattle Day.
Our Wattle Day website includes, for example, posters, word games and activities for schools.

We also provide information about wattle as symbol of Australia and Australians.

We welcome all who want to join us to promote the celebration of National Wattle Day for all Australians.

The Wattle Day Association Inc. is endorsed as a deductible gift recipient (DGR) by the Australian Tax Office.

Policy for donations to the Wattle Day Association Inc. 
Any allocation of funds or property to other persons or organisations will be made in accordance with the established purposes of the organisation and not be influenced by the preference of the donor.
The Wattle Day Association Inc. will not pass a donation of money or property to other organisations, bodies or persons as a condition of a donation.

Wattle Day Association Inc.
Strategic Plan 2025 ̶ 2028

Why we exist

The aims of the Wattle Day Association are to raise awareness of, promote and educate Australians about:

1. National Wattle Day (1 September) – a unifying celebration of Australia and its people
2. National Wattle Day (1 September) as a day when Australian Honours and Awards are announced
3. Golden Wattle (Acacia pycnantha) – Australia’s national floral emblem
4. wattles (Acacia species) in all their variety as unifying symbols for all Australians
5. the many uses of Acacia species, both current and historical, that are part of Australian indigenous and non-indigenous heritage and culture
6. the many benefits of plantings of wattles for conservation and rehabilitation of the natural environment
7. Australia’s wattle pollens, according to immunologists, being unlikely causes of allergies.

The Association will focus on the following three objectives in 2025 – 2028.

Objective 1

To raise awareness of and educate Australians about the history, meaning, significance, symbolism and the unifying role of National Wattle Day (NWD), officially gazetted in 1992.

Objective 2

To grow public awareness of the unifying symbolism of the Australian floral emblem (Acacia pycnantha) and the cultural significance and usefulness of Australia’s 1,075 native Acacia species.

Objective 3

To build the WDA organisation – its membership and funding

Our strategic plan 2025-2028 is here