Australian pound

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former currency historical currency

The Australian pound was the former currency of Australia, used until the country adopted decimal currency in 1966.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Australian pound canonical 11
Australian pound (paper notes) 1
Australian pound banknotes 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former currency ⓘ
historical currency ⓘ
banknoteDenomination 1 pound ⓘ
10 pounds ⓘ
10 shillings ⓘ
20 pounds ⓘ
5 pounds ⓘ
category Currencies of Australia ⓘ
Currencies replaced by the Australian dollar ⓘ
coinDenomination crown ⓘ
florin ⓘ
half penny ⓘ
penny ⓘ
shilling ⓘ
sixpence ⓘ
threepence ⓘ
conversionRateToAustralianDollar 1 Australian pound = 2 Australian dollars ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
currencyOf Australia ⓘ
surface form: Commonwealth of Australia
dateReplaced 1966-02-14 ⓘ
decimalisationDate 1966-02-14 ⓘ
decimalisationReform Currency Act 1963 ⓘ
introduced 1910 ⓘ
introducedBy Australia ⓘ
surface form: Commonwealth of Australia
isoFormer none ⓘ
legalBasis Australian Notes Act 1910 ⓘ
Commonwealth Bank Act 1911 ⓘ
Reserve Bank Act 1959 ⓘ
legalTenderUntil 1966-02-14 ⓘ
monetaryAuthority Commonwealth Bank of Australia ⓘ
Treasury (Australia) ⓘ
surface form: Commonwealth Treasury

Reserve Bank of Australia ⓘ
precededBy Pound sterling ⓘ
surface form: British pound sterling

various Australian colonial pounds ⓘ
replacedBy Australian dollar ⓘ
replacedByAtPar Australian dollar ⓘ
subunit penny ⓘ
shilling ⓘ
subunitRatio 1 pound = 20 shillings ⓘ
1 shilling = 12 pence ⓘ
symbol £ ⓘ
usedDuring World War I ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
usedIn Australia ⓘ
Christmas Island ⓘ
Cocos (Keeling) Islands ⓘ
Kiribati ⓘ
Nauru ⓘ
Norfolk Island ⓘ
Papua New Guinea ⓘ
surface form: Papua and New Guinea

Solomon Islands ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Australian dollar → replacedCurrency → Australian pound ⓘ
Dominion of Australia → currency → Australian pound ⓘ
New Zealand pound → relatedCurrency → Australian pound ⓘ
Commonwealth Bank of Australia (central banking functions) → issuerOf → Australian pound ⓘ
this entity surface form: Australian pound banknotes
Commonwealth Bank of Australia (central banking functions) → issuerOf → Australian pound ⓘ
this entity surface form: Australian pound currency
Trust Territory of New Guinea under Australian administration → currency → Australian pound ⓘ
Currency Act 1963 → replacedCurrency → Australian pound ⓘ
Ellice Islands → usedCurrency → Australian pound ⓘ
New Hebrides → currency → Australian pound ⓘ
Australian administration of Nauru → currencyUsed → Australian pound ⓘ
Gilbert and Ellice Islands → currency → Australian pound ⓘ
Colony of Queensland → currency → Australian pound ⓘ
Territory of Papua → currency → Australian pound ⓘ
Australian Notes Board → currencyManaged → Australian pound ⓘ
this entity surface form: Australian pound (paper notes)