$5 ‑ Queen of Australia, Elizabeth 11. Features a sprig of wattle, Australia’s national floral emblem. (1995‑2001 polymer) $5 obverse ‑The new Australian Parliament House, Canberra, opened in 1988. $5 Federation note ‑ Parliamentarian Sir Henry Parkes. Features a public school building; the opening of the first parliament in the Exhibition Building, Melbourne: Federation Cupola, […]
Monthly Archives: February 2008
Australian currency was decimalised on 14 February 1966. Leading up to the changeover from the old English nomenclature of pounds, shillings and pence to dollars and cents, there had been considerable discussion regarding the appropriate, name for the new currency. Prime Minister Menzies tied his colours to the monarchist mast when he proposed that the […]
$1 The Queen of England and the Commonwealth, Elizabeth 11, was featured on the first $ 1 paper bill; the Australian Coat of Arms is in the background. (1966‑ 74 paper) $1 obverse Features an Aboriginal design adapted from bark paintings and cave paintings from Arnhem Land. $2 Pastoralist John Charles Macarthur. Features a […]
A 1934 Ten Pound Riddle/Sheehan banknote with the image of King George V. The Coat of Arms on the banknote accurately conformed to the heraldic description of the 1912 Arms grant. The ‘bordure ermine’ which had previously been omitted was added and the quartering of the State Emblem corrected. The total number printed was 3,076,000. […]