2026 Our Animals, Our Country $2 Coloured Aluminium Bronze Proof Coin

The Royal Australian Mint has partnered with Australia Post to proudly present the Our Animals, Our Country coin collection, in collaboration with Gudanji/Wakaja and Kalkadoon artist Ryhia Dank aka nardurna.

Australia is home to more than 250 Aboriginal languages. The United Nations has declared a special decade to highlight and improve efforts to preserve Aboriginal languages. The Our Animals, Our Country coin collection celebrates Gudanji/Wakaja languages from the Gulf Country and the Barkly Tablelands of the Northern Territory. The coins depict Australian animals and continue the Gudanji/Wakaja peoples’ traditions of storying through pattern, design and relationships with all entities.

The coins depict Jurrgubadi (JOOG-gur-bah-dee), the goanna, as he basks in the sun on cool Tablelands mornings. Jurrgubadi is a favourite food source in the Northern Territory’s Barkly Tablelands and Gulf Country. It is protected through kin relationships.

Mintage: 9,000