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Australian banknotes are now made of a polymer compound with holographic windows and other gadgetry to foil counterfeiting.
Australia puts famous or historically significant Australian identities on its banknotes.
Current Australian banknotes are as follows -
The first and current polymer Five Dollar note released between 1992 and 1997, and from 2002 onwards, had Queen Elizabeth II on the front, and a design showing the new and old Parliament Houses in Canberra, ACT on the reverse.
The second and still current polymer Five Dollar note released as a Commemoration of Federation in 2001, had Sir Henry Parkes (politician) on the front, and Catherine Helen Spence (Writer and Suffragette) on the reverse.
The first and current polymer Australian Ten Dollar note released from 1995 onwards, has Andrew Barton (Banjo) Paterson (balladist & journalist) on the front and Dame Mary Gilmore (poet & human rights campaigner) on the reverse.
The first and current polymer Australian Twenty Dollar note released from 1994 onwards, has Mary Reibey (ex-convict & pioneer business woman) on the front and Rev John Flynn (pioneer of world's first aerial medical service) is on the reverse.
The first and current polymer Fifty Dollar note released from 1995 onwards, has David Unaipon (Inventor, preacher & author) on the front, and Dame Edith Cowan (Social worker, politician & feminist) on the reverse.
The first and current polymer Hundred Dollar note released from 1996 onwards, has Dame Nellie Melba (Opera singer) on the front and Sir John Monash (WW1 General) on the reverse.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 14y agoThe Reserve Bank of Australia has a great website which details the history of the people on Australia's current banknotes. See the Related Link below.
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Which male Australian should be on the Australian banknotes?
Australia puts famous or historically significant Australian identities on its banknotes, people who have contributed and made a difference. Apart from the reigning king or queen, all those people who have appeared on Australian banknotes to date are dead, which is one of the current criteria. A few names to consider might be Dr Fred Hollows, Sir Edward "Weary" Dunlop, Peter Lalor, Sir Thomas Blamey, Bert Hinkler, Robert O'Hara Burke and Edward Eyre.
What types of things are on Australian coins and banknotes?
All Australian coins feature the reigning Monarch on the obverse, currently Queen Elizabeth II since 1953. For the introduction of the Australian decimal currency in 1966, it was decided to have a uniquely Australian design for coins and most banknotes. See the links below to the Royal Australian Mint (RAM) and The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) for images of current Australian coins and banknotes.
What features does an Australian banknote have?
All Australian banknotes will have "AUSTRALIA" printed on them in large, difficult to miss letters. All Australian banknotes have the signatures of the "Governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia" and the "Secretary to the Treasury". All Australian banknotes have a serial number on them in at least one place. All Australian banknotes have "This Australian note is legal tender throughout Australia and its territories", or something similar printed on them. All Australian banknotes have the denomination printed in letters and printed in numerals. All current Australian banknotes are made from a polymer compound and feature various security devices such as holograms and micro printing to make life more difficult for counterfeiters. See the related link below to the Reserve Bank of Australia for more detail on Australian banknotes.
What are the security features found on Australian banknotes?
All current Australian banknotes have similar types of security features, although each denomination has specific features peculiar to that denomination. See the link below to the Reserve Bank of Australia.
What are the features of the Australian One Hundred Dollar note?
See the link below to the Reserve Bank of Australia for design features of the current Australian One Hundred Dollar note and all other current Australian banknotes.
Who is on the Australian percent note?
Australia does not have a "percent" note. Current circulating Australian banknotes are the Five, Ten, Twenty, Fifty and One Hundred Dollar notes.
Where can someone find some Australian notes?
Someone can find some Australian notes in Australia as they are used as banknotes there. Information and pictures of Australian Banknotes can be found online on a site called "AustralianBanknotes".
What is on the transparent window of the Australian One Hundred Dollar note?
The character on the holographic window of the Australian One Hundred Dollar note is a "Lyre Bird". These are part of the security devices included on all current Australian polymer banknotes.
Who buys Australian paper banknotes?
Collectors and coin dealers.
Is there any note which costs one million dollar note?
There are no Australian One Million Dollar banknotes. There are no collectible Australian banknotes that would get anything near One Million Dollars.
What bird is on the Australian 100 Dollar note?
Animals do not feature on current Australian banknotes. The only animals appearing on current Australian banknotes are some horses on the Ten and One Hundred Dollar notes, and a camel on the Twenty Dollar note. There is also a stylised Lyrebrid on the hologram of the One Hundred Dollar note.
Why are famous Australians on notes or on coins?
Australia puts famous or historically significant Australian identities or scenes on its banknotes, and distinctive or definitive Australian animals on the reverse of most coins to make the coins and banknotes identifiably and uniquely Australian. There does not seem to be much point to featuring US Presidents, Brazilian animals, Russian statues or Chinese emblems on Australian coins and banknotes, since it would all become very confusing.
