1. Thimble Cooktown Orchid

    gazetted floral emblem for Queensland.Collectable bone china thimble

    Australian Impressions
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    Available for sale

     In 1959 Queensland was the first Australian state  to gazette both a floral and faunal emblem. They are the Cooktown Orchid  – Dendrobuim phalaenopsis – and the Koala.

    The Orchid is one of a series of thimbles depicting the gazetted state floral and faunal emblems  designed in Australia exclusively for Platypus Collection.