gazetted floral emblem for Queensland.Collectable bone china thimble
Australian Impressions
we cooktown orchid
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.

