2010 $1 Burke & Wills 150 Years PNC PNCs - 30c while he was staying with

while he was staying with friends at Dagworth Station

The design includes the inscription AUSTRALIAN KOALA The Perth Mint's ‘P’

It has been skilfully crafted to produce a coin of beauty with a historic significance that is ensured by reference to coins in the National Coin Collection at the Royal Australian Mint

The coin's coloured reverse depicts a Wedge-tailed Eagle in mid-flight above a river

2010 $1 Burke & Wills 150 Years PNC PNCs - 30c while he was staying withOn 20 August 1860, the Burke and Wills expedition left Melbourne for the Gulf of Carpentaria. While the explorers reached the Gulf, the expedition ended in tragedy. In June 1861 the two men died on Coopers Creek. Following their deaths, Burke and Wills were lauded as heroes, and they are still remembered today.