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CHOGM 2011 commemorative $1 coin.
“It features flags in a stylistic shape of Western Australia, representing the Commonwealth countries flying around a globe under the Southern Cross – an important symbol for all Australians.”
But that font is a crime against currency.
Read more about the CHOGM coin here, where you can also see Special Minister of State Gary Gray (fo shizz) holding the giant version.
Arcade Advent Calendar, 2 December
Did you know there’s a native Australian Christmas Tree (Nuytsia floribunda)? It’s a parasitic tree of the mistletoe family (Loranthaceae) and is native to Western Australia. It flowers at Christmas time during the Australia summer. Pretty, isn’t it?
Vintage footage and all-Australian interviews about Skylab crash over Western Australia, 1979 & c. 2000.
From the National Archives of Australia: “In July 1979 the US Skylab space station, in a poor state of repair and with its orbit decaying, spiralled back to earth and crashed into the Indian Ocean off Western Australia. Several fragments from the wreck fell in the Western Australian outback, and became popular finds. This image shows a piece of the debris on display at the 1979 Miss Universe contest held in Perth.”
MacRobertson Miller Airlines travel bag, c. 1950s.
In addition to confectionery Macpherson Robertson’s also cultivated the development of aviation in Australia, co-founding WA’s MacRobertson Miller Airlines.
