The wildlife on our coins, protected in the wild
Australia’s native animals have been immortalised on gold and silver for generations. GBA Group is proud to help protect the living originals — as a sponsor of the Byron Bay Wildlife Hospital.
Australia’s largest mobile wildlife hospital
Registered charity · not for profit
Homage on the coin, help in the field
Wildlife has shaped precious metals coinage for over a century. The industry has honoured that by striking these animals into gold and silver — and GBA Group celebrates their diversity through the coins we trade every day.
We also believe an image on a coin isn’t enough. Protecting Australia’s ecosystem for future generations takes people on the ground, which is why GBA Group proudly sponsors the Byron Bay Wildlife Hospital — a registered charity founded by vets Dr Stephen Van Mil and Dr Evan Kosack, and a not-for-profit company limited by guarantee.
Sick and orphaned animals
Disaster response
Free treatment and care
A hospital that drives to the emergency
Byron Bay Wildlife Hospital operates from a full-sized, custom-built semi-trailer — named Matilda through a public naming competition. When bushfires, floods, mass strandings or oil spills hit wildlife at scale, Matilda can be driven straight to the disaster zone.
Between emergencies, members of the public and licensed wildlife carers bring injured, sick and orphaned animals to the hospital for treatment and care — at no cost to the person who found them.
fully equipped
for wildlife care
donation driven
Treatment underway inside the mobile hospital.
Who your support helps
Kookaburras, echidnas, wallabies, lorikeets, bandicoots, galahs — the animals treated at Byron Bay Wildlife Hospital are the same ones struck into bullion around the world.
Kookaburra
Echidna — a vulnerable species
Swamp wallaby and red-necked wallaby
Wildlife care at Byron Bay Wildlife Hospital
Rainbow lorikeet
Bandicoot
Galah
The team at Byron Bay Wildlife Hospital
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Struck in metal, listed in the wild
The Australian animals struck into the bullion we trade — shown with each species’ threatened status in New South Wales.
Emu
NSW status: endangered
The Coastal Emu is endangered in NSW.
Not currently stocked
Kookaburra
NSW status: not listed
Secure in the wild — and a regular patient at the hospital after window strikes and car collisions.
Threatened species listings are those recorded for New South Wales and change over time. Current listings are published by the NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water.
Donate to Byron Bay Wildlife Hospital
Every dollar goes towards treating Australian wildlife that arrives injured, sick or orphaned — and towards keeping Matilda on the road for the next emergency.