Image 1: Dylan Mooney (born 1995), Yuwi, Torres Strait and South Sea Islander peoples, ‘Acacia Arbiana – Wattle’, 2022, Parliament House Art Collections.

Image 2: Tony Bishop (designer, born 1940), Michael Retter (maker, born 1935), ‘Wattle [Acacia sp.], one of twenty marquetry panels’, 1986-1987, Art/Craft Program, Parliament House Art Collections.

Image 3: Pamela Griffith (born 1943), ‘First of August, Wattle Day’, 1983, Parliament House Art Collections.

Image 4: Megan J Walch (born 1967), ‘Alias 2: Remix’, 2012, Parliament House Art Collections.

Image 5: Maxwell Dupain (1911-1992), ‘Untitled’, 1988, Parliament House Art Collections.

Image 6: Lesley Dumbrell (born 1941), ‘Study for Tokyo rose’, 1984, Parliament House Art Collections.

Image 7: Jock Clutterbuck (born 1945), ‘Zule Jelal’, 1984, Parliament House Art Collections.

Image 8: Michael Johnson (born 1938), ‘Untitled’, 1980, Parliament House Art Collections.

Image 1: Gabriel Smith (1724–1783), ‘Banksia serrata (Proteaceae) - Plate 285’, c.1770, editioned 1983, Parliament House Art Collections.

Image 2: Gerald Sibelius (1734–1785), ‘Castanospermum australe - Plate 84’, c.1770, editioned 1981, Parliament House Art Collections.

Image 3: Gerald Sibelius (1734–1785), ‘Clerodendrum floribundum (Verbenaceae) - Plate 254’, c.1770, editioned 1983, Parliament House Art Collections.

Image 4: Daniel Mackenzie (c. 1770–1800), ‘Deplanchea tetraphylla (Bignoniaceae) - Plate 244’, c.1770, editioned 1983, Parliament House Art Collections.

Image 5: Peter Rushforth (1920–2015), ‘Shipley winter - blossom jar’, 1985–1986, Parliament House Art Collections.

Image 6: Uni Nampijinpa Martin, Warlpiri people (born c.1942), Basil Hall Editions (est. 1983), ‘Warlukurlangu Jukurrpa (Fire Dreaming)’, 2001, Parliament House Art Collections.

Image 7: Holly Grace (born 1969), ‘Thredbo’, 2009, Parliament House Art Collections.

Image 8: Geoff Wilson (1927–2024), ‘Late winter group’, 1983, Parliament House Art Collections.

Image 9: Rosalie Gascoigne (1917–1999), ‘Winter paddock’, 1984, Parliament House Art Collections.

Image 1: David Turner (born 1946), ‘Golden Juke’, 1984, Rotational Collection, Parliament House Art Collections.

Image 2: David Aspden (1935–2005), ‘Moon crazy’, 1985, Rotational Collection, Parliament House Art Collections.

Image 3: Ann Thomson (born 1933), ‘Presence’, 1986, Rotational Collection, Parliament House Art Collections.

Image 1: Sharon Peoples (born 1957), ‘Red shoe series XXXIV’, 2002, Parliament House Art Collections.

Image 2: Bronwyn Jewell (born 1952), July One on Erub, 2010, Parliament House Art Collections.

Image 3: Ken Thaiday (born 1950), Meriam Mer people, ‘Beizam (Shark) Dance Mask’, 1991, Parliament House Art Collections.

Image 4: Melbourne Museum (est. 1858), The beach was always a great place for fun. Sandringham, Melbourne, Victoria 1927, c.1988, Parliament House Art Collections.