Mountain horse

According to tradition, when soldier and pastoralist James Brumby was transferred from Sydney to Van Diemen’s Land in 1801, he was forced to release several horses into the bush. Known as Brumby’s horses and later as ‘brumbies’, the word came to mean wild horses. Free, independent, and successfully inhabiting an unforgiving environment, the brumby has become a national icon seen by many as symbolic of our national character.

Galloping brumby design

The coin portrays a brumby galloping in an arid, barren landscape with spectacular forked lightning in a foreboding sky. The design includes the inscription ‘AUSTRALIAN BRUMBY’ and The Perth Mint’s ‘P’ mintmark, as well as the coin’s weight, fineness, and 2025 year-date.