2009 $1 Silver Proof - 60th Anniversary Australian Citizenship

2009 $1 Silver Proof

60th Anniversary of Australian Citizenship

In 2009 this nation celebrates sixty years of the enactment of the Australian Citizenship Act 1948. Over four million people have taken part in the affirmation ceremony symbolising our unity as a country. To most new Australians it gives a sense of belonging, a chance to make a commitment to Australia and its values and to share in the common future. Of course citizenship also brings with it the added freedom, not always available in other countries, the right to vote, to stand for public office and to travel abroad on an Australian passport.

Both the designs on $1 silver proof coin and $1 uncirculated coin feature the smiling faces of seven new Australians, each as individual as the country they originate from. Their raised hands symbolises their pride in becoming an Australian citizen, now linked symbolically to create the star of Federation. The packaging captures the essence of the very first group in 1949 to obtain Australian Citizenship - seven men from seven different countries.

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