2006 commemorated 400 years since the first Dutch ship landed in Australia and 200 years of Netherlands-Australia bilateral relations. This award winning identity combines simply an orange tulip and the Southern Cross, drawing on what is symbolic of each country and nautical themes. “Tulip, stars a champagne taste of Dutch-Australia links. The Canberra Times, June 2004. ”If you were looking for something to sum up Australia and the Netherlands jointly, you could hardly do better than match the Southern Cross with the tulip. The prize, donated by KLM Royal Dutch Airlines and presented yesterday by the Netherlands Ambassador Hans Sondaal, was open to students of the School of Design and Architecture at the University of Canberra, who had to design a logo for the festivities marking 400 years of bilateral relations between Australia and the Netherlands in 2006. Dr Sondaal reflected that Ms Dobell’s image of the Southern Cross coming out of the mount of a tulip could be taken to suggest champagne bubbles or fireworks, stereotypes, he said, but used in a novel way.