This year’s beautiful Celebrate Australia releases portray stunning Australian landscapes and marine environments inscribed on the World Heritage List. Struck in aluminium bronze, each of these lovely coins would make wonderful mementos or gifts.
Reverse Designs
Wet Tropics of Queensland $1 Coin
The coin’s coloured reverse represents the Wet Tropic’s spectacular landscape, featuring a waterfall and native Burrawang Palms. The design also includes the Indigenous southern cassowary, a large flightless bird related to the emu.
Macquarie Island $1 Coin
The coin’s coloured reverse represents Macquarie Island’s rugged shoreline. The design also includes the fur seal, one of several species of marine life that breed on the island.
Gondwana Rainforests $1 Coin
The coin’s coloured reverse represents the Gondwana Rainforest’s beautiful trees and native ferns. The design also includes Albert’s lyrebird, a large long-tailed songbird famed for its rich plumage.
Australian Fossil Mammal Sites $1 Coin
The coin’s coloured reverse represents the Australian Fossil Mammal Site of Riversleigh and incorporates a recreation of the Thylacoleo carnifex marsupial lion, one of the many mammal fossils found at Naracoorte.
Purnululu World Heritage National Park $1 Coin
The coin’s coloured reverse represents Purnululu National Park’s ancient scenery, incorporating a backdrop of the spectacular Bungle Bungle Range. The design also features the native short-eared rock wallaby sitting in the distinctive local grass.
‘P’ Mintmark
The reverse of each coin also incorporates The Perth Mint’s ‘P’ mintmark.
Australian Legal Tender
Issued as legal tender under the Australian Currency Act 1965, each coin bears the Ian Rank-Broadley effigy of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and the monetary denomination on the obverse.
Eye-Catching Presentation Card
Each coin is housed on an eye-catching presentation card, which has a fold-out stand for upright display.
Five fantastic World Heritage Sites are the inspiration behind the designs of this year’s Celebrate Australia coins.
The brilliant new designs symbolise the Wet Tropics of Queensland, Macquarie Island, the Gondwana Rainforests, the Australian Fossil Mammal Sites and Purnululu World Heritage National Park. The designs also feature a native Australian animal that is particular to each World Heritage Site.