2020 Navigating History 250th Anniversary Endeavour Medallion Cover

2020 Navigating History 250th Anniversary Endeavour Medallion CoverIn 1770, James Cook and his crew aboard the HMS Endeavour became the first Europeans to set foot on the east coast of the continent now called Australia. Among those aboard the Endeavour were the captain, Lieutenant James Cook, naturalists Joseph Banks and Daniel Solander and artist Sydney Parkinson. From April to August 1770 they charted the east coast, collecting and sketching botanical and animal specimens. The Navigating History stamp issue marks

The 2012 premiership side following the Grand Final victory

to include the Pacific Ocean between Queensland

prior to the landing of the Endeavour

1922 Threepence Weight 1

May Gibbs's marvellous creation - the Gumnut world

The 1915 Austria Gold Ducat was restruck to meet continued demand from collectors and investors

Uranus and Neptune

the Perth Mint released a very Limited Issue Australian Outback Kookaburra $1 One Dollar Silver Coin colourised by the Perth Mint on behalf of the Beijing Coin Expo

The coin’s reverse depicts a cute baby kangaroo asleep in a fleece-lined nest surrounded by colourful Australian native flowers and wildlife

and mechanics James Bennett and Wally Shiers

Verdigris is something that collectors tend to steer clear of as it can spread to other coins if the host coin is not isolated from the broader collection

Koolasuchus is an amphibian that persisted in Australasia long after it had become extinct elsewhere