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Welcome to the Wattle Day Association Home Page (2334 words) |
 | The first evidence that an Australian wattle was cultivated comes from a book published in 1768 and it refers to a specimen that was grown in a private botanical garden in Batavia (now Jakarta) from seed that must have been collected in Australia, possibly by the Dutch explorer Vlamingh. |
| Native to South Australia, New South Wales and Victoria. |
| Native to South Australia, Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania. |
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Australia - MSN Encarta (1455 words) |
| The climate of Australia varies greatly from region to region, with a tropical climate in the north, an arid or semiarid climate in much of the interior, and a temperate climate in the south. |
| Australia is the driest of the inhabited continents. |
| Australia’s dominant natural vegetation is essentially evergreen, ranging from the dense bushland and eucalyptus forests of the coast, to the mulga and mallee scrub and saltbush of the inland plains. |
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