Oh For An Aussie Christmas Tree

Oh For An Aussie Christmas Tree

It has taken over 200 years for we Aussies to start shifting away from a European style Christmas, with its heavy roast dinners and plum puddings.  Mind you, there was a push for something more suitable leading up to  Federation, when our  national spirit was on the rise.

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CHRISTMAS LILIES – A LITTLE HISTORY, A LITTLE HOPE

CHRISTMAS  LILIES - A LITTLE HISTORY, A LITTLE HOPE

Below is a photo taken in 1933, during the Great Depression. It is a field of Christmas lilies on a property at Pennant Hills, in New South Wales. The farm produced 100,000 cut flowers for the  Australian florist trade that year. Ladies could pick up a fragrant

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