Australian pound

E16928

former currency historical currency

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

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	Commonwealth of Australia →
dateReplaced	1966-02-14 →
decimalisationDate	1966-02-14 →
decimalisationReform	Currency Act 1963 →
introduced	1910 →
introducedBy	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 → Commonwealth Treasury → Reserve Bank of Australia →
precededBy	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 and New Guinea → Solomon Islands →

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Dominion of Australia → Trust Territory of New Guinea under Australian administration →	currency
Commonwealth Bank of Australia (central banking functions) ("Australian pound banknotes") → Commonwealth Bank of Australia (central banking functions) ("Australian pound currency") →	issuerOf
New Zealand pound →	relatedCurrency
Australian dollar →	replacedCurrency