Australia puts famous or historically significant Australian identities on its banknotes.
The current polymer Australian Ten Dollar note has Andrew Barton (Banjo) Patterson (balladist & journalist) on the front and Dame Mary Gilmore (poet & human rights campaigner) on the back.
Banjo Paterson wrote some of Australia's best known poems including "Waltzing Matilda", "The Man From Snowy River" and "Clancy of the Overflow".
He was a war correspondent during the Boer War and others, an ambulance driver during WW1 and later served as an officer in the front lines in France where he was wounded.
Queen Elizabeth II is the nominal or the titular Head of State of Australia and is therefore guaranteed a position on Australian currency. Andrew (Banjo) Barton Patterson appears only on the new polymer Ten Dollar note.
Andrew Barton (Banjo) Paterson.
He is featured on the Australian ten dollar note.
Australia puts famous or historically significant Australian identities on its banknotes. The original paper Australian Ten Dollar note first issued in 1966, had Francis Howard Greenaway (convict architect) on the front and Henry Lawson (Short story writer & poet) on the back. The 1988 trial of the polymer note was a commemorative for Australia's Bicentenary and had a scene of the HMS Supply landing in Sydney Cove on the front and Aboriginal art on the back. The current polymer Australian Ten Dollar note first issued in 1993, has Andrew Barton (Banjo) Patterson (balladist & journalist) on the front and Dame Mary Gilmore (poet & human rights campaigner) on the back.
Australia puts famous or historically significant Australian identities on its banknotes. The current polymer Australian Ten Dollar note has Andrew Barton (Banjo) Patterson (balladist & journalist) on the front and Dame Mary Gilmore (poet & human rights campaigner) on the back. Banjo Paterson wrote some of Australia's best known poems including "Waltzing Matilda", "The Man From Snowy River" and "Clancy of the Overflow". He was a war correspondent during the Boer War and others, an ambulance driver during WW1 and later served as an officer in the front lines in France where he was wounded.
Edmund Barton has not appeared on any Australian banknote to date. The only politician to have ever graced an Australian banknote was Sir Henry Parkes on the 2001 Centenary of Federation Five Dollar note, he being one of the major motivational forces leading to the Federation of Australia.
Edmund Barton has not appeared on any Australian banknote to date. The only politician to have ever graced an Australian banknote was Sir Henry Parkes on the 2001 Centenary of Federation Five Dollar note, he being one of the major motivational forces leading to the Federation of Australia.
The Australian Dollar (AUD). There are 100 cents in an Australian Dollar.
Since the 14th of February, 1966, Australia has used the Australian Dollar (AUD). There a 100 cents in an Australian Dollar.
The abbreviation for the Australian dollar is AUD or $A.
100 cents = 1 Australian dollar
The basic unit of money in Australia is the Australian dollar.