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Timeline of Austrlain money
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private bank notes circulate as a paper currency
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The Australian Notes Act 1910 is passed vesting authority to issue Australian notes in the Treasury.
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The 'Harrison series' of currency notes is issued (named after Thomas S Harrison, the Australian Note Printer).
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The 'Ash series' of notes is issued, named after John Ash, the note printer. Manufacturing is represented on our notes (10 shilling) for the first time.
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Australia converts from pounds, shillings and pence to decimal currency.The first series of decimal notes is issued. The new notes capture the emerging diversity of Australian society including its literature.
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The 1953/54 series of currency notes is issued. It features portraits of key people in Australian history rather than the Monarchy or the economy.
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A $50 decimal currency note is issued.
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he first currency note - $10 - using new polymer technology developed by the RBA and the CSIRO is issued. It commemorates the Bicentenary of the First Settlement.
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A $10 polymer note is issued.
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A $100 polymer note is issued, completing the first series of polymer notes.