1⁄2d, 1d, 3d, 6d, 1/-, 2/-,
5/- (5/- only used from 1937 to 1938)
Demographics
Date of introduction
1910
Date of withdrawal
14 February 1966
Replaced by
Australian dollar
User(s)
Australia
Issuance
Central bank
Treasury (1910–1920)
Commonwealth Bank of Australia (1920–1960)
Reserve Bank of Australia (1960–1966)
Valuation
Pegged with
initially to sterling at par, then at £A 1 = 16 shillings sterling
Pegged by
New Guinea pound at par
This infobox shows the latest status before this currency was rendered obsolete.
The pound (Sign: £, £A[1] for distinction) was the currency of Australia from 1910 until 14 February 1966, when it was replaced by the Australian dollar. Like other £sd currencies, it was subdivided into 20 shillings (denoted by the symbol s or /–), each of 12 pence (denoted by the symbol d).
^"CBCS Pocket Compendium of Australian Statistics, No. 30 - 1944". December 1944.
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