2020 50c Afghan Cameleers of The Outback PNC Gold - 1/4oz Proof captained by James Cook

captained by James Cook

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What the soldiers we now know as Anzacs did on Gallipoli and later on the Western Front became part of what is now known as the Anzac legend - the legacy of remembrance for all fallen servicemen and women

2020 50c Afghan Cameleers of The Outback PNC Gold - 1/4oz Proof captained by James CookFrom the mid 19th to the early 20th century, thousands of Muslim immigrants from Afghanistan, India and modern day Pakistan were brought to Australia to tend the camel trains that helped open up the countrys vast arid interior. On 9 June 1860, 24 camels and three cameleers arrived at Port Melbourne to join the pioneering Burke and Wills expedition. By 1901 there were an estimated 2,000 to 4,000 cameleers, generally known as Afghans, in the county.