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POCKET GUIDE TO AUSTRALIAN BANKNOTES 3 A Decimal Reformation THE INTRODUCTION OF DECIMAL CURRENCY TO AUSTRALIA

Decimal Series | 1973, 1984

Detail of the front of the $50 banknote, first issued in 1973. The detail includes the William Dunn School of Pathology building, University of Oxford, where Howard Florey held the Chair from the mid1930s to the early 1960s.

Reserve Bank of Australia Archives, NP-003949.

$50

Front of the $50 banknote, showing Lord Howard Florey, intaglio with dry offset printing, with watermark of Captain James Cook; concept design by Gordon Andrews, first issued in 1973.

Reserve Bank of Australia Archives, NP-003949.

Keyline drawing and photograph of Lord Howard Florey, reproduced on the $50 banknote.

Reserve Bank of Australia Archives, NP002521, NP-002090.

Back of the $50 banknote, showing Sir Ian Clunies Ross, intaglio with dry offset printing, with watermark of Captain James Cook; concept design by Gordon Andrews, first issued in 1973.

Reserve Bank of Australia Archives, NP-003949.

Photograph of Sir Ian Clunies Ross, marked for reproduction on the $50 banknote.

Reserve Bank of Australia Archives, NP-002524.

The banknote includes a representation of the radio telescope of the CSIRO's Parkes Observatory, New South Wales, which has become one of the symbols of the country's scientific advancement.

$100

Front of the $100 banknote, showing Sir Douglas Mawson, intaglio with dry offset printing, with watermark of Captain James Cook; concept design by Harry Williamson, first issued in 1984.

Reserve Bank of Australia Archives, 16/2681.

Frank Hurley, photograph of Douglas Mawson aboard the Discovery, 1931.

National Library of Australia.

Keyline drawing of Douglas Mawson's portrait reproduced on the$100 banknote.

Reserve Bank of Australia Archives, NP-002898.

Back of the $100 banknote, showing John Tebbutt, intaglio with dry offset printing, with watermark of Captain James Cook; concept design by Harry Williamson, first issued in 1984.

Reserve Bank of Australia Archives, 16/2681.

Pencil drawing of John Tebbutt's portrait reproduced on the $100 banknote.

Reserve Bank of Australia Archives, NP-002988.

A Decimal Reformation

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