Her Excellency the Honourable Ms Sam Mostyn AC launched the new exhibition on 26 May 2025: ‘Reflection: 50th Anniversary of the Honours and Awards System’ at the Royal Australian Mint. This exhibition is a must-see for recipients of Australian honours and awards, coin and medallion collectors and lovers of Stuart Devlin’s designs and master craftsmanship. […]
Author Archives: Suzette
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Jun
Jun
The Wattle Day Association Inc. has great pleasure in announcing that the Governor-General of Australia, Her Excellency the Honourable Ms Sam Mostyn AC, Governor-General of Australia, has formally accepted the role of Patron of the organisation. This is the first appointment of a patron in the nearly 27-year history of the association, incorporated in the […]
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Mar
Mar
Let’s get the politics out of our national celebrations, so that every single one of us can embrace National Wattle Day!🙂 To do that the work, the Wattle Day Association needs to get bigger and do more; any donations would help us to do that. Your donations will be used to: *Raise and sell […]
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Jan
Jan
Plant your own shade for the summers to come. You won’t have to wait long to feel the difference if you plant a wattle tree. For example, the Australia’s floral emblem – Golden Wattle (Acacia pycnantha) – can grow 1-1.5 m each year. It will start flowering flowering after three years in the spring, and […]
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Jan
Jan
As controversy continues about the date of 26 January for Australia Day celebrations, National Wattle Day (1 September) is quietly growing in popularity across Australia. We know that public enthusiasm for particular national days changes as each new generation re-examines the purpose and meaning of these celebrations. For example, we no longer celebrate Empire Day […]
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Aug
Aug
The Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia Her Excellency the Honourable Ms Sam Mostyn AC invites Australians to join her in the celebration of National Wattle Day in a recorded message: 20240819 GG message – Wattle Day Governor-General’s Wattle Day Message 1 September. 2024 It’s the 1st of September, the first day of spring. So […]
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Aug
Aug
The Wattle Day Association is proud to announce that the Golden Wattle Award 2024 winner is Ms Mikla Lewis OAM in recognition of her outstanding and inspirational work over more than forty years that has instilled her love of nature into a commitment to environmental conservation that has benefitted so many. During those years Mikla […]
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Aug
Aug
a cake with a wattle-theme for morning or afternoon tea with friends and family cupcakes with green and/or yellow icing your lunch and dinner tables with yellow napkins and vases of fresh or artificial wattle your dog’s collar with yellow and green ribbons or fresh wattle when you go for a walk
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Aug
Aug
Just a week away is National Wattle Day on the 1 September. So many ways to celebrate! Here’s 100 ways to enjoy this increasingly popular national day, proclaimed by the Governor-General in 1992. 100 Ways to Celebrate National Wattle Day
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Aug
Aug
A Letter to The Editor of your local newspaper about what is happening for National Wattle Day in your community A story or poem on what you think National Wattle Day is or what the day means to you A wattle-themed quiz An article about National Wattle Day for your local community newspaper A poem […]