2010 $1 Burke & Wills 150 Year Anniversary 1oz Silver Coloured Proof Coin

Robert O’Hara Burke and William John Wills were the first European settlers to cross the Australian continent from south to north, a distance of about 2,800 kilometres. Their triumph, however, turned to tragedy when both men died on the return leg. The coin portrays a representation of an exhausted and bedraggled Burke and Wills. Coloured elements of the design depict a camel and a stylised tree in fading sunlight. The coin also includes the inscriptions BURKE & WILLS 150 YEAR ANNIVERSARY and VICTORIAN EXPLORING EXPEDITION 1860.