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The two dollar note was replaced by a gold-coloured coin on 14 June 1988 (Monday), due to the longer service life and cost effectiveness of coins. These notes can still be redeemed at face value by the Reserve Bank of Australia and most commercial banks, [ 1 ] but numismatics and note collectors may pay a higher price for these notes depending ...
Collins Gem Dictionary of Biography (1971) Collins GEM is a collection of miniature books and dictionaries by HarperCollins.The original Collins firm published its first dictionary in the year 1824, and its first series of Collins Illustrated Dictionaries in 1840, including the Sixpenny Pocket Pronouncing Dictionary, which sold approximately 1 million copies.
The Queensland government issued treasury notes (1866–1869) and banknotes (1893–1910), [2] which were legal tender in Queensland. The New South Wales government issued a limited series of Treasury Notes in 1893. [2] In 1910, the Commonwealth passed the Australian Notes Act of 1910 to initiate banking and currency
The Australian Notes Act 1910 was repealed on 14 December 1920 by the Commonwealth Bank Act 1920, which gave note issuing authority to the Commonwealth Bank. In 1960, responsibility for note printing passed to the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA). [2] S.44(1) of the Reserve Bank Act 1959 [4] now prohibits private and State currencies. The ...
Down Under is the British title of a 2000 travelogue book about Australia written by best-selling travel writer Bill Bryson.In the United States and Canada it was published titled In a Sunburned Country, a title taken from the famous Australian poem, "My Country".
— Bill Lancaster, Australian aviator (20 April 1933), final note written on fuel card while dying after crash in Sahara Desert "I butted him." [147] [148] — Jack Holland, American college football player and boxer (9 May 1933), while leaving ring after loss to Tony Marullo; he then collapsed from a cerebral hemorrhage "Last tag." [44]
Jean Garling (1907–1998) was an Australian writer, dancer, and for many years a strong supporter of dance and the performing arts, in Sydney, New South Wales. She was a founding member of the Library Society, and became a Governor Benefactor of the State Library of New South Wales in 1992, subsequently bequeathing her whole estate to the ...