Golden Wattle

Plants > Mimosas & Wattles

The Golden Wattle (Acacia pycnantha) is Australia’s revered National Floral Emblem and the visual inspiration behind the country’s world-famous green and gold sporting colors. Belonging to the legume family Fabaceae, this fast-growing understory tree...

Redclaw Crayfish

Invertebrates > Crustaceans

The Redclaw Crayfish (Cherax quadricarinatus) is a magnificent tropical freshwater parastacid native to the warm, sluggish river systems and billabongs of northern Australia and southern Papua New Guinea. Renowned for its lustrous blue-green carapace, docile...

Squatter Pigeon

Birds > Pigeons & Doves

The Squatter Pigeon (Geophaps scripta) is an iconic, highly terrestrial columbid endemic to the sun-baked grassy woodlands of northeastern Australia. Famed for its bold black-and-white harlequin facial markings and calm, trusting disposition, this bird earned its...

Austral Grass Tree

Plants > Grass Trees

The Austral Grass Tree (Xanthorrhoea australis), known traditionally to Indigenous Australians as Balga or Bukkup, is an iconic, living relic of prehistoric Australia. Belonging to the family Asphodelaceae, this extraordinary perennial monocot is an enduring symbol of...

Sydney Funnel-web Spider

Invertebrates > Spiders

The Sydney Funnel-Web Spider (Atrax robustus) is an infamous, heavily built, and extraordinarily venomous mygalomorph spider belonging to the Australian funnel-web family Atracidae. Strictly indigenous to a tight 100-kilometer geographic radius surrounding the Sydney...