2002 $1 Year of The Outback Silver Proof Coin Silver - $5 Proof and the Australia at Night

and the Australia at Night Silver Black Proof Series proving so popular around the globe

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

whose diet encompasses leaves

The Gruffalo

2002 $1 Year of The Outback Silver Proof Coin Silver - $5 Proof and the Australia at NightThe 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.