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Wattle Day

Australia welcomes spring on 1 September with a sprig of golden wattle.

Woman and wattle bush, Sydney, 27 July 1938, by Ray Olsen, from vintage film negative, Australian Consolidated Press Archive, State Library of New South Wales, ON 388/Box 077/Item 014
Photo: Ray Olsen, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

What happens

The golden wattle is the national floral emblem of Australia, and its green and gold are the national colours. Wattle Day falls on 1 September, the first day of the Australian spring, when many of the country's hundreds of wattle species are in bloom. The day was first kept in the early twentieth century and was made official for the whole country in 1992. People wear a sprig of the fluffy yellow flowers, and schools and bush groups plant wattles.

The flowers

Golden wattleGolden wattle, the national floral emblem.AcaciaAustralia has many hundreds of wattle species.
About this page

Original text by the Phool desk, written with AI assistance. Background: "Wattle Day" on Wikipedia. Customs differ from family to family and place to place. If we have something wrong, tell us.

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The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.

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