The national floral emblem, the Golden Wattle (Acacia pycnantha), finally appears on the new $100 note. This famous flowering tree should have been on the $5 note, the first one redesigned and reissued some years ago, along with our Head of State and new Parliament House but has been kept until last. Wattle Day Assocation president, Dr Suzette Searle said: “It is so important to have the Golden Wattle featured because it is the national floral emblem” while another member added: “It’s what represents you as an Australian”. [“Golden Wattle finally fits the bill, the national floral emblem featuring on an Australian banknote for the first time” by Megan Doherty, The Canberra Times online, 30 October 2020]
Woman for an Australian Republic, Adelaide Ironside, republican poet and artist 1831-1867
Self portrait 1855, Newcastle Art Gallery NSW
