2002 $1 Year of The Outback Silver Proof Coin Silver - $5 Proof The Gruffalo

The Gruffalo

and they love being part of a community

whose diet encompasses leaves

The reverse also incorporates a representation of words in an 1817 dispatch in which Macquarie urged Britain to formally adopt the name ‘Australia’

Bligh’s attempt to break the economic stranglehold of the powerful ‘Rum Corps’ in the fledgling colony of New South Wales led to Australia’s only successful military coup

2002 $1 Year of The Outback Silver Proof Coin Silver - $5 Proof The GruffaloThe Year of the Outback has been selected for 2002 to focus attention on inland Australia. It is about freeing the quintessential Spirit of the Outback, so it touches every Australian and international visitor, giving them genuine understanding of the uniqueness and potential of the Australian Outback.