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    • Today – why do we celebrate?
    • Activities for all
    • History of Wattle Day
      • 1984, 1988 & 1992 – three significant proclamations by Australia’s Governors-General
      • Before and after Federation in 1901
      • Historic photos of Wattle Day celebrations in Australia
    • Wattle Day Association badges
      • WDA badge designs 2010 – 2014
    • Citizenship Ceremonies
      • Who organizes Citizenship Ceremonies
      • Choirs and wattle songs (lyrics, music & recordings)
      • Welcome speech for new citizens
      • Decoration with fresh wattle flowers
    • Community causes
      • Rural Fire Brigades and the WDA
      • The Community Bank and the WDA
  • Australia’s floral emblem
  • School resources
    • Wattle Poetry
      • ‘Australia’s Emblem’ by Margaret Shaw
      • ‘Spirit of Wattle’ by Mike Gilmour
      • ‘Wattle Trees’ by Denis Kevans
      • ‘The Wattle Celebrates’ by An Australian
      • ‘Cootamundra Wattle’ by Francis Duggan
      • ‘Wattle Day’ by Francis Duggan
      • ‘The Wattle’ by Henry Lawson
      • ‘Wattle Blooms After Rain’ by Joy Warnes WA
      • ‘Wattle Dreams’ by Joy Warnes WA
      • ‘The Wattle Way’ by George Kubitzky 2016
      • ‘Our Golden Tree’ by Mark Oliver Smith 2020
    • Acrostic Poetry
    • Wattle Songs – lyrics & music
    • Posters & brochure for printing
    • Wattle by numbers & colours
    • Activities for all
    • Colouring in wattle
  • About wattles
    • What do you know – a Wattle Q & A
    • Nummerak – Ngunnawal for wattle
    • Wattles for the garden and back yard
    • Taller wattles for parks and properties
    • Links to other wattle websites & articles
  • About us
    • WDA activities
    • Meet the Wattle Day Association Committee
    • Wattle Day Association Inc. Strategic Plan 2022 – 2025
    • In the media – Articles by the Wattle Day Association Inc.
    • History – How the Wattle Day Association began in 1998
    • Submission to the Australia 2020 Summit (19-20 April 2008)
  • Join us
    • Wattle Day Association membership form
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  • Contact
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Welcome speech for new citizens

Welcome Speech to new Australian Citizens in conjunction with National Wattle Day (1 September)

Photo: ©S.D. Searle

Terry Fewtrell’s speech for use at Citizenship Ceremonies
held around 1 September – National Wattle Day

 

Click here for a copy of the speech (also presented below) written by Terry Fewtrell if you would like to use it for your Citizenship Ceremony.

 

Terry Fewtrell (President of the Wattle Day Association) with new citizens in 2013

Photo: ©S.D. Searle

 

Click here for a copy of this speech written by Terry Fewtrell if you would like to use it for your Citizenship Ceremony

Resources for Schools

  • Wattle by numbers & colours
  • Posters & brochure for printing
  • Colouring in
  • Golden Wattle games
  • Activities for all
  • Acrostic Poetry
  • Wattle songs – lyrics and music

News

  • Australia lights up for National Wattle Day
  • Florence Fahy awarded Life membership of the Wattle Day Association
  • Blackened Billy Poetry Award celebrated with a little Golden Wattle
  • Australia Day – not the only national day for celebration
  • 30th Anniversary of National Wattle Day

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