The current polymer Australian Ten Dollar note has Andrew Barton (Banjo) Paterson (balladist & journalist) on the front and Dame Mary Gilmore (poet & human rights campaigner) on the back. The $10 note only has the words "Waltzing Matilda" on it. The text along the bottom of the note are excerpts from "The Man From Snowy River". "Waltzing Matilda" and "The Man From Snowy River" are both the work of Banjo Paterson.
Partially obscured by the "10", the stylised seven pointed star and a sprig of wildflowers, are the words "Waltzing Matilda", possibly Paterson's best known work and Australia's alternative national anthem. Immediately below the "10" is Banjo Paterson's signature.
A.B. 'Banjo' Paterson was a famous writer of poems and short stories in Australia during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. His stories depict typically Australian events and scenes, and he had a great deal to do with the increase in national pride, or patriotism, around the time of Federation. It is fitting that he should be remembered by being on the $10 note.Because he is awesome
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.
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He is featured on the Australian ten dollar note.
There is no bird on the Australian Ten Dollar note.
There is no bird on the Australian Ten Dollar note.
With the exception of the 1988 Bicentennial note, the Australian $10 note is mostly blue.
Australian two-dollar note was created in 1966.
Australian twenty-dollar note was created in 1966.
No Australian circulation coin has an image of AB "Banjo" Paterson on it. The 1995 One Dollar coin commemorates the centenary of "Waltzing Matilda" and depicts a swagman, the subject of the song, on the reverse. Some suggest that the image is that of the AB Paterson, but it impossible to tell and does not bear any resemblance to any other images of him, and would only be speculation. Below the swagman is the name, A.B. "Banjo" Paterson, who is credited with writing the song. The current Australian polymer Ten Dollar note issued since 1993 has an image of Andrew Barton (Banjo) Paterson on the front.
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.