China used paper as currency in the world for the first time.
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China was the first country to use both paper money and the printing press.
The first known use of paper money was in china during the 7th century; it was used to reduce the amount of coinage carried by travelers as it weighed too much.
Paper was invented in China. Papyrus is older, but is not paper.
Egypt was the first to write documents on a type of paper made from reeds. In Ancient Egypt these "papers" would be rolled into scrolls, which later the ideas was used by the Greeks, Romans, and other later civilizations. The first paper came from China.
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Australia was the first country to use the secret ballot, also known as the Australian ballot. It was first used in Victoria, to elect the Victorian government, in 1856.
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