When is wattle day

Nationalising Nature. Journal of Australian Studies , Searle, S. The rise and demise of the black wattle bark industry in Australia. Technical paper no. Sowden, W. Outline History of the Wattle blossom celebration in Australia. History of the Wattle Day movement. Thomas and Co. Quick Search. Storrie , Blair , Sowden which are illustrated in the following quotations from a leaflet, produced Sydney in in connection with the establishment of a national Wattle Day League: The idea of embodying Australian National sentiment in a native flower, and setting apart one day in the year for its celebration, has met with the greatest success in Sydney……That there is a strong and increasing Australian sentiment no competent observer will deny.

Storrie A very thoughtful dissertation on the significance of Wattle Day in the present day context is provided in a briefing paper to the Australian Parliament by Rod Panter. Wattle Day — 1 September or 1 August The long-standing differences of opinion and confusion as to which date, 1 August or 1 September, is more appropriate for Wattle Day was settled in when agreement reached between the Commonwealth and States — 1 September is the day.

References Blair, J. Wattle Day, 1st September. The School Paper 4: The Wattle Day Movement. Storrie, A. For schools. Wattle Day events. Join us. Citizenship ceremonies. Image of the month Edwin Ride wears wattle with style. Information about the Wattle Day Association and wattle day activities around Australia. Site Map Accessibility Contact. Related Organisations Associated with:. Wattle Day League. Associated with:. Dardanelles Memorial. First World War. Perhaps each year could feature a new theme such as history, environment, flower arranging and so on.

If all this seems a little too much for some boys, perhaps they could be reminded that their sporting heroes carry the colours of wattle! Traditionally, Wattle Day was strongly associated with planting Australian trees and shrubs. This activity has been largely taken over by conservation initiatives such as Landcare, Greening Australia, Arbour Week and so on. In that case, perhaps Wattle Day could concentrate on the planting of Golden Wattle itself; the species is short-lived and needs to be replaced fairly often.

Also, many Australians young and old would not be able to recognise the national floral emblem because it is not as commonly planted as it could be. In the tropics, Golden Wattles could be replaced by more suitable Acacia species. Wattle, the book written by Maria Hitchcock, has been well produced and needs a much wider circulation. It has often been suggested that the Commonwealth could donate a copy to each primary school library nationwide.

Another possible initiative at Federal level could be to commission a similar book meant to appeal to the very young. The Commonwealth could also distribute carefully prepared Wattle Day kits to schools, in cooperation with State education bodies. Wattle Day seems to lend itself particularly well to poetry. The Federal Government could hold a regular poetry competition nationwide with an attractive prize.

Citizenship ceremonies were mentioned earlier as being most suitable for Wattle Day. The Government could encourage such timing so that it becomes a tradition.

Lastly, Wattle Day can be made more closely associated with the Order of Australia. For example, past newspaper publicity for entries on 'What it is to be an Australian', in the name of the Order of Australia Association, could have been more closely linked with Wattle Day.

One can even conceive of new awards of the Order being made on - Wattle Day. Australian Parliament House is currently closed to the public.

What to do on Wattle Day? A role for the Federal Government in spring, the most delicate feathery yellow of plumes and plumes and plumes and trees and bushes of wattle, as if angels had flown right down out of the softest gold regions of heaven to settle here, in the Australian bush. Lawrence, Kangaroo.