2015 $10 Kangaroo Explorer's First Sightings 1/10oz Gold Proof Coin Silver - 4oz Proof/Antiqued Dame Joan effortlessly reigned over

Dame Joan effortlessly reigned over many international stages during her 40 year career

The reverse design depicts two kookaburras on a tree branch

the Retail Traders’ Association held special lectures for members

bombing of Darwin and submarine attacks in Sydney Harbour in 1942 instilled fears that the Australian mainland faced a Japanese invasion

the Second World War was over

2015 $10 Kangaroo Explorer's First Sightings 1/10oz Gold Proof Coin Silver - 4oz Proof/Antiqued Dame Joan effortlessly reigned overTo early Australian settlers, kangaroos were a curiosity. They were depicted in words and artworks which seem inaccurate today but are filled with the beauty of these animals capturing peoples imaginations. Woodthorpes hand coloured engraving was published in George Barringtons A Voyage to Botany Bay, where he described kangaroos as, about the size of a common deer, of a dark tan colour its hind legs are much longer than the fore, and with them they