OK my granddaughter asked me today : What is the plant on the right hand side of the Aboriginal Elder on the $2 coin"
I didn't have an answer for her because I have no bloody idea what it is.
Help me out you mob :)
Xanthorrhoea, commonly known as the grass tree, old name was black boy, but hanged it cos people thought that was racist, the name came from the appearance of the tree and its flower spike looking like a spear "hey being a horticulturist pays off"
Quote from: 'trout' pid='48003' dateline='1398942618'OK my granddaughter asked me today : What is the plant on the right hand side of the Aboriginal Elder on the $2 coin"
I didn't have an answer for her because I have no bloody idea what it is.
Help me out you mob :)
As far as I am aware it is a Xanthorrhoea...( According to the wiki.)
Wikipedia page added >>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xanthorrhoea
Too slow... Just saw AC 's post.. I am too slow :-)
Quote from: 'Australian coin' pid='48005' dateline='1398942997'Xanthorrhoea, commonly known as the grass tree, old name was black boy, but hanged it cos people thought that was racist, the name came from the appearance of the tree and its flower spike looking like a spear "hey being a horticulturist pays off"
Thanks Mate:heart:
hey trout could have wiki it haha ausproof is right
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_two-dollar_coin
There was considerable hubbub concerning the placement and design of the reverse of the $2 coin when it was first introduced; because one of the slang terms for the grasstree was "black boy", placing it alongside an aboriginal elder was seen by some overly sensitive politically-correct types as being insensitive and derogatory. The HH designer's mark "branding" the elder's armpit was also complained about by those same people at the same time.
The HH mark was removed in subsequent years; the grasstree was not.