2018 $1 Rascals & Ratbags Australia's Convict Era Boyle O'Reilly Australia Counterstamp Uncirculated Coin PNCs - 30c The Australian Children's Literature program

The Australian Children's Literature program launched in 2021 with the release of coins celebrating Graeme Base's Anamalia

and in opening Australia to the world

Alan Chapman

the federal government announced that a range of events will occur during the year

Her Majesty was the first reigning monarch to visit Australia in 1954

2018 $1 Rascals & Ratbags Australia's Convict Era Boyle O'Reilly Australia Counterstamp Uncirculated Coin PNCs - 30c The Australian Children's Literature programAustralia's convicts were a mixed bunch whose stories have helped build Australia's history. One of the very last to be transported to Australia was Irish nationalist John Boyle O'Reilly, who became a well loved journalist, editor and writer. Hardy convicts like O'Reilly and their proud descendants, have helped to build modern Australia.