Medal - QLD - Fraser Island - Whale Tourist Souvenir

Medal - QLD - Fraser Island - Whale (Tourist Souvenir) - obverseMedal - QLD - Fraser Island - Whale (Tourist Souvenir) - reverse

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Features

Location Australia
Queen Elizabeth II (1952-2022)
Type Souvenir medals › Tourist souvenir
Composition Brass
Weight 9 g
Diameter 29 mm
Thickness 2 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Number
N#
348146

Commemorative issue

Fraser Island - Whale

Obverse

A Whale Breaching waves.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
K' gari
FRASER ISLAND QLD

Reverse

Kangaroo leaping right over a map of Australia.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
AUSTRALIA
SOUVENIR COIN

Edge

Reeded

Mint

Stokes & Sons Pty Ltd, Melbourne, Australia (1857-date)

Comments

K'gari, pronounced "gurri" and meaning paradise, is what the Butchulla people have always called the island we know as Fraser Island, derived from its Dreamtime creation. Fraser Island is the largest sand island in the world.

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