2020 50c Afghan Cameleers - Silver Proof Coin
- Limited to 2.500
- Struck by the Royal Australian Mint to Proof Quality
- Fine Silver Coin
- Australian legal tender
- Housed in an official Royal Australian Mint Presentation Case with numbered certificate of authenticity
Afghan Cameleers in Australia also known as "Afghans" or "Ghans", were camel drivers who worked in Outback Australia from the 1860s to the 1930s. Small groups of cameleers were shipped in and out of Australia at three-year intervals, to service the Australian inland pastoral industry by carting goods and transporting wool bales by camel trains. They were commonly referred to as "Afghans", even though they originated mainly from British India, and others from Afghanistan, Egypt and Turkey. The majority of cameleers, including Indian cameleers, were Muslim, while a sizeable minority were Sikhs from the Punjab region. They set up camel-breeding stations and rest-house outposts, known as caravanserai, throughout inland Australia, creating a permanent link between the coastal cities and the remote cattle and sheep grazing stations until about the 1930s, when they were largely replaced by the automobile
(9314688102828)
SKU | 9314688102828 |
Brand | Royal Australian Mint |
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