2008 $1 Australian Football 150 Years PNC Silver - 4oz Proof/Antiqued protecting the taonga (treasure) encapsulated

protecting the taonga (treasure) encapsulated by the coin

on 1 March 1914

sedges and the roots of shrubs and trees

India and modern-day Pakistan were brought to Australia to tend the camel trains that helped open up the country’s vast arid interior

000 Australian nurses joined the war effort

2008 $1 Australian Football 150 Years PNC Silver - 4oz Proof/Antiqued protecting the taonga (treasure) encapsulatedFrom its beginnings in Melbourne 150 years ago, in school and community matches without standard rules played in local parks, Australian football has evolved into a truly national game. In 1858 Tom Wills, Secretary of the Melbourne Cricket Club, wrote a letter suggesting the establishment of a foot ball club with a code of laws to keep cricketers fit in winter. His suggestion was taken up, and the following year rules were formalised that form the