"Symbols of Australia", which assembles 1700 trade marks from over a century, was hailed as "a decade-long project of graphic archaeology - an illuminating archive that grapples with issues of national cultural heritage and identity" and drew response not only from a graphic design industry still seeking an Australian 'style', but also elicited popular memory of symbols that had registered on the national subconscious as acknowledged by Helen Garner in an editorial piece in "The National Times";