Australia day of mourning for Queen Elizabeth II

An Australian National Day of mourning for the late Queen Elizabeth II centered on Parliament House on Thursday where dignitaries placed sprigs of golden wattle, the national floral emblem, in a wreath. The queen's death on Sept. 8 came in the Southern Hemisphere spring when wattle blooms. The government declared a nationwide public holiday on Thursday and the ceremony was attended by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Governor-General David Hurley, King Charles III's representative in Australia.