Talk:Wattle Day
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Had some more infor on this, but am a newbie and was having trouble posting it... Some help please?
History edit
The day was originally conceived as a day to demonstrate patriotism for the new nation of Australia by wearing a sprig of wattle. The first known use of wattle as a meaningful emblem in the Australian colonies dates back to the early days of Tasmania in 1838, when the wearing of silver wattle sprigs was encouraged on the occasion of an anniversary celebration of the seventeenth century European discovery of the island. However the first recognised use of wattle as a symbol of the first day of spring was the formation in 1899 of a 'Wattle Club' in Victoria by Mr A. J. Campbell, a field naturalist. For several years the club organised bush outings on the first day in September. The first suggestion of a Wattle Day was made by Mr Campbell during a speech in September 1908.<ref name="Wattle Day Association"> http://www.wattleday.asn.au/home.html. Retrieved 2007-09-01. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
September 1 or August 1? edit
As a child growing up in NSW in the 70s Wattle Day was celebrated on August 1, not September 1. Leetonpc (talk) 01:07, 1 August 2016 (UTC)
- Do you have a reference to support your memory? Mitch Ames (talk) 09:58, 1 August 2016 (UTC)