Australian Bicentenary was officially declared to be the Golden Wattle "Acacia pycnantha". The Gazettal was signed by the Governor General, Sir Ninian Stephen, on 19 August 1988. A ceremony was held on 1 September 1988 at the Australian National Botanic Gardens. The Minister for Home Affairs, Robert Ray, made the formal announcement and the Prime Minister's wife, Mrs Hazel Hawke, planted a Golden Wattle 1988 was also marked by the completion of many unique development projects such as the Bicentennial National Trail and on 9 May of that year, Queen Elizabeth II opened the New Parliament House in Canberra. As well as
My Heart Has a Mind of Its Own of the R&B charts at #11. In the UK "My Heart Has a Mind of Its Own" reached #3. On 18 October 1960, Francis recorded a German-language version of "My Heart Has a Mind of Its Own" (""Mein Herz weiß genau, was es will""), which remained unreleased until 1988. Unlike Francis' precedent #1 "Everybody's Somebody's Fool", "My Heart Has a Mind of Its Own" did not become a C&W crossover hit for Francis herself but the song was subsequently recorded by several high-profile C&W songstresses beginning with Connie Smith on her 1966 album "Downtown Country". In 1971 Smith's version was