The logo for the 2010 annual Conference of the ESA depicts Acacia pycnantha, the golden wattle and the nation’s floral emblem with the Brindabella Mountains in the background. The ‘golden’ wattle symbolises the 50th anniversary of the Society and with the Society’s ACT origins and the upcoming Conference there, provides a neat ‘marriage’ of themes. The Brindabellas are depicted in the iconic landscape colours of Eucalypt forests and woodlands, and are also reflected in that other ACT icon, the Australian Parliament’s House of Representatives.
Symbolic of the challenges facing ecologists today and those that will be addressed at the Conference, A. pycnantha is a treasured local in the ACT, but has become a ‘weed’ in other parts of Australia and further afield. The logo is by Frank Knight.
More about the golden wattle can be found at: www.anbg.gov.au/emblems/aust.emblem.html
More about the Ecological Society of Australia, can be found at: www.ecolsoc.org.au