National Wattle Day

Wattle Day celebrates the golden wattle as Australia’s national floral emblem.
The wattle is resilient against Australia's droughts, winds and bushfires and and is said to represent the spirit of the Australian people.
The golden wattle has more recently been used as a symbol of remembrance and reflection, with a sprig worn on national days of mourning.

For more than a century Australians in different States and the territories celebrated their own wattle day on different days in July, August and September whenever the wattles were at their blooming best locally.
The first celebration of wattle day took place, however, on 1 September in 1910 in NSW, Victoria and South Australia.
Since 1992 National Wattle Day has been 1 September in all of Australia's States and Territories.
Wattles have long had special meanings for Australians and in 1988 the Golden Wattle (Acacia pycnantha) was officially gazetted as Australia's national floral emblem.