2015 $1 100 Years of Commonwealth Management of Lighthouses PNC PNCs - 30c Coming Home

Coming Home

wife of the then Governor-General Lord Denman announced that the name of the new Australian capital would be Canberra

these coloured images are interlaces into a single composite

adventurous and agile

Featuring a special colour printed proof 50c coin to celebrate one of the book's beautiful illustrations

2015 $1 100 Years of Commonwealth Management of Lighthouses PNC PNCs - 30c Coming Home2015 marks the centenary of the national management of lighthouses. On 1 July 1915 the Commonwealth of Australia officially accepted responsibility from the state governments for all landfall and coastal lights around Australia. Today the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) is responsible for maintaining aids to navigation at some 388 sites around the 37,600 kilometres of Australia's coastline.