2019 $5 Echoes of Australian Fauna Lesser Bilby Selectively Gold Plated 1oz Silver Proof Coin Silver - 1/4oz Uncirculated After the landing at Gallipoli

After the landing at Gallipoli on 25 April 1915 and using one of the donkeys (known variously as Duffy

For Those About to Rock (We Salute You)

made his first appearance in the late 1940s in animated short films Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies

When Gugurmin rises at dusk in Bangalang (Autumn)

meaning “shark” in the Meriam Mir language

2019 $5 Echoes of Australian Fauna Lesser Bilby Selectively Gold Plated 1oz Silver Proof Coin Silver - 1/4oz Uncirculated After the landing at GallipoliAustralias driest deserts were once home to a tenacious little marsupial that lurked in sandy burrows by day and emerged after dark to hunt for small prey. The lesser bilby, which sported a long tail and ears, along with a fierce temperament, was declared extinct in the 1950s. This coin honours the feisty lesser bilby; vanished but not forgotten, in its harsh and beautiful desert home.