Zonta Club of Ballarat Inc

OUR TRADITIONS

the zonta rose

1980s A special yellow rose was created for Zonta International by English rosegrower
R Harkness & Co. Ltd. A Hartana Rose, it was first introduced at the 1984 Zonta International Convention in Sydney. There is a Zonta Rose Garden at Parliament House in Canberra which was planted with 200 roses to mark the Bicentenary of Australia in 1988. The Zonta Club of Ballarat contributed roses to that garden, and to the Zonta Sensory Garden featured in the Ballarat Botanical Gardens.

1990s In the spring of 1997, the Denmark Zonta Clubs undertook a rose project with
the leading Danish rosegrower Mr. Martin Jensen, who offered them another new breed of rose produced by the Harkness nursery, the Harflow. This was introduced at the 1998 Zonta International Convention in Paris.

2000s In 2007 Dutch rosebreeder LEX+ developed a new Zonta Rose, the Zonta+,
which was introduced at the Opening Ceremony of the 2008 Convention in Rotterdam.

The Zonta Rose appears in civic, memorial and private gardens throughout Australia.

	Zonta International emblem
	Indian symbol for ray of light or sunshine or flash of radiance
	Indian symbol for the phrase "To stand with" or "To band together for a purpose"
	Indian symbol for "To carry together"
	Indian symbol representing shelter - conveys the idea that Zonta is an indoor, rather than an outdoor organization
	The square typifies "On the square" and the basic meanings of "Zonta" - a Sioux Indian word meaning "honest and trustworthy"

ZONTA THANKS

Wherever your country of birth,
whatever your faith or creed,
give thanks for the meal we share
today in Zonta fellowship.

But remember, too, those
who have no food today;
not with guilt
that we have so much,
but with hope that,
through Zonta service,
they too may come to share
the same peace and harmony.

Tricia Summerfield, Zonta Club of Perth

THE ZONTA COLOURS

Zonta was conceived in autumn, and its colours reflect that time of year - Mahogany and Gold.