a narrative I N F O R M I N G A S E L E C T I O N O F Q U E E N S L A N D’ S PR I N C I PA L F LO R A By the early 1990s, I was no longer enthusiastic about carving more heraldry in the Great Court because it gave me no artistic satisfaction, the designs having been created by others long ago. Having recently carved the federal, state and territory floral emblems, in 1992, as no new work had been approved for carving, I took the opportunity – in consultation with anthropologists at UQ – to propose a selection of native flora considered significant in the cultural life of Indigenous people.
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