This early 20th century ?headpiece ?tiara is just delightful, incorporating native flora into this sort of formal decoration. It is in the Powerhouse Museum (Sydney) as part of the Inspired: Design Across Time exhibition.
There is something so quirky and pleasing about the grandeur of a tiara and the occasions on which it would be worn combined with the natural form of a gumleaf: and the suggestion of pride in country. The Sydney Town Hall has some wonderful old decoration on the ceilings based on waratah, wattle and other native flora.
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