Daphne to award prizes in the form of laurel wreaths to victorious generals, athletes, poets and musicians, worn as a chaplet on the head. The Poet Laureate is a well-known modern example of such a prize-winner, dating from the early Renaissance in Italy. According to Pausanias the reason for this was "simply and solely because the prevailing tradition has it that Apollo fell in love with the daughter of Ladon (Daphne)". Most artistic depictions of the myth focus on the moment of Daphne's transformation. The earliest source of the myth of Daphne and Apollo is Phylarchus, quoted by Parthenius. Later, the
Nullarbor Nymph was created by a passing publicist who happened to be in the Eucla Hotel and had contacts within the media. In 1992 artist Dora Dallwitz started her research on the Nullarbor Nymph Hoax which culminated in a dissertation on the subject and several exhibitions. Nullarbor Nymph sculptures were shown in 1994 at an exhibition held for students graduating from their master's degree in Sculpture, and in 2000 and 2004 at Topfloor Gallery in Adelaide. Her main sculpture - 'After the Nullarbor Nymph,' which was cast into bronze, was exhibited in front of the SA Museum for three months, was selected