Currency history
Australian pound
- Dates in use
- Introduction and ending not established
- Ancestry branch
- Sterling
Its place in the family
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Australian pound
This currencyTrace its ancestry backward
Australian pound
Pound sterling
Frankish denier–livre
Roman solidus–nomisma
Roman as–denarius accounting
Earlier ancestry is not established here.
The story
Section 8 sets two Australian dollars per pound, ten cents per shilling and five-sixths of a cent per penny. [1]
Turning points
Australian sterling use and localnoteissue preceded demonstrated…
Australian sterling use and localnoteissue preceded demonstrated separateaccountunit; preserve asprofilecontext. [2]
Australian national pounds developed from the sterling currency adopted in the…
Australian national pounds developed from the sterling currency adopted in the colonies. 1825 is the colonial framework; 1910 national legislation does not erase earlier local money. [3]
Sources and evidence
- Commonwealth of Australia · Currency Act 1965, No. 95 — as made
- Frank Decker · The Monetary Union of Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom – Its Operation, Fragmentation and Break-up, Economic History Yearbook63(2),2022,375–407; Australian Attorney-General’s Department · Opinion 1564, Australian currency and money of account; Reserve Bank of Australia, Bulletin September 2018 · Money in the Australian Economy
- Reserve Bank of Australia, Bulletin September 2018 · Money in the Australian Economy
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“Australian pound.” The Family Tree of Money. © Field Technologies, Inc. Updated 2026-10-14; data version v49. https://familytreeofmoney.org/currency/T-FTM000508.html