Another plant has flowered and though I knew it was an iris I did not know its name. Now, thanks to browsing through images on another blog Diary of a Suburban Gardener, I have identified this as a large wild iris or fairy iris (dietes grandiflora).
According to Wikipedia this iris is a native of South Africa and flowers in abundance in summer, especially after rain. It loves full sun or dappled shade and is also frost and drought hardy: a perfect plant for my garden. Sadly, in some states of Australia, it is considered an environmental weed.
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