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POCKET GUIDE TO AUSTRALIAN BANKNOTES 5 A New Vision for Banknotes NEXT GENERATION OF BANKNOTES

A New Variety of Flora and Fauna

Australian flora has appeared on previous series of banknotes; however, introduced animals have been favoured previously rather than indigenous species. To enhance the Australian identity of the banknotes, interpretations of distinctive native birds and wattle appear on each denomination.

$5

Prickly Moses
(Acacia verticillata subspecies ovoidea) Photograph by Peter J. Lang.

Eastern Spinebill
(Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris) Photograph by Alistair Ross-Taylor

$10

Bramble Wattle
(Acacia victoriae)
Photograph by M. Jensen, National Archives of Australia.

Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
(Cacatua galerita)
Photograph by Michael Andersen.

$20

Box-leaf Wattle
(Acacia buxifolia)
Photograph by Donald Hobern.

Laughing Kookaburra
(Dacelo novaeguineae)
Photograph by Peter Menkhorst.

$50

Acacia humifusa
Photographed by John Elliott.

Black Swan
(Cygnus atratus)
Photograph by Duade Paton.

$100

Golden Wattle
(Acacia pycnantha)
National Archives of Australia.

Australian Masked Owl
(Tyto novaehollandiae)
Photograph by David Stowe.

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