Mother's Day Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ====Australia==== In Australia, Mother's Day is celebrated on the second Sunday in May. Australia celebrated Mother’s Day for the first time in 1910 with special church services, however, it was not popularly observed until the 1920s.<ref>MOTHERS’ DAY. (1910, June 20). Leader (Orange, NSW : 1899–1945), p. 2. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article252410359</ref><ref>"MOTHERS' DAY." (1910, June 14). The Daily Telegraph (Sydney, NSW : 1883–1930), p. 5. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article239408160</ref> The tradition of giving gifts on Mother’s Day in Australia started in 1924. Sydney woman Janet Heyden was inspired to collect charitable gifts for lonely, old mothers in Newington hospital who had lost husbands and sons during WW1.<ref>Where Women's Interests Meet (1924, May 1). The Sun (Sydney, NSW : 1910–1954), p. 13 (FINAL EXTRA). http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article223394162</ref> Because it is autumn in Australia for Mother’s Day, and carnations are a spring flower, white chrysanthemums are the traditional Mother’s Day flower in Australia.<ref>Traditional Mother's Day flower in Australia. April 2021. https://www.giftsaustralia.com.au/mothers-day</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page