2013 50c 100 Years of Commonwealth Stamps Uncirculated Coin Silver - 2oz Bullion The centre of the coin

The centre of the coin features a taupou (young female) and two manaia (young males) wearing tuiga (headdresses) at an 'ava ceremony

The coin’s reverse depicts a close-up portrait of a kookaburra perched on a tree branch with a spray of eucalyptus leaves

Convict labour became not only a tool for discipline and reform but also for colonial advancement

where in the coming months the Australians would suffer their greatest losses of the war

2013 50c 100 Years of Commonwealth Stamps Uncirculated Coin Silver - 2oz Bullion The centre of the coinAustralias first national stamp issue had a troubled beginning. A decade after the federation of Australias six colonies, the Postmaster Generals Department sought designs to grace the new nations first stamps, which would in time replace Australias colonial state stamp issues. After more than a year of submissions and political debate, the Kangaroo and Map postage stamps were finally released in 1913.