'Wattle in your pocket' - a banknote story

Dr Phillip Kodela reveals his behind-the-scenes story about the design challenges for the inclusion of wattles on Australia’s bank notes.

There is a different wattle on each of the five different denomination banknotes. Why wattle you may ask?
How were those five chosen from the more than 1,000 Acacia species native to Australia?
What are the challenges in representing Acacia blossoms and foliage accurately on a banknote?

12.30 – 1.30 pm Thursday 16 July 2026
ANBG Theatrette Australian National Botanic Gardens Canberra

For more details: Dr Phillip Kodela ‘Wattle in Your Pocket, the Bank-notable Wattles – science behind the Next Generation Banknotes of Australia’ – Friends of the Australian National Botanic Gardens