50 cent coin and stamp circulating for Indigenous rights
50 cent coin and stamp circulating for Indigenous rights
- A new 50-cent coin and stamp are going into circulation to commemorate strides in Indigenous rights.
- A new 50-cent coin and stamp are going into circulation to commemorate strides in Indigenous rights.
Their
release marks the 50th anniversary of the 1967 referendum and on the
25th anniversary of the High Court Mabo decision - named after
Indigenous land rights campaigner Eddie Koiki Mabo.
His
granddaughter, Piadram and Mumbarra artist Boneta-Marie Mabo, designed
the coin which will come into circulation across Australia within weeks.
The
coin features a picture of her father, as well as pamphlets from the
1967 referendum campaign with the words: 'Right wrongs, write "yes" for
Aborigines!'
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