Evidence coverage: 1825–1966. This is the span of collected observations, not the currency’s lifetime.
This record includes associated currencies and earlier interpretations. The article selects the evidence relevant to its own history.
Australian sterling use and localnoteissue preceded demonstrated separateaccountunit; preserve asprofilecontext.
Sources and qualifications →Australian pound separated from the common sterling account system during1929–1936monetary breakup; earlier local sterling use and notes are continuity observations. Original account-unit research explicitly identifies regional separation. Earlier common-unit evidence affects branchdate/profileepoch, not existence of ancestry.1825/1910notproven distinct-unit birth.
Sources and qualifications →Dated evidence, not exact birth or extinction dates.
Australian sterling use and localnoteissue preceded demonstrated separateaccountunit; preserve asprofilecontext.
C1483Includes dated issues, standards, subdivisions and institutional changes. Each event retains the source's date qualifications.
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.
C936Dated observations, not a proven complete lifespan.
RBA’s 1966 report values the new Australian dollar at ten old shillings, or two dollars per pound.
Introduction
Historical evidence only; current legal status and every intervening amendment are not inferred.
Section 8 sets two Australian dollars per pound, ten cents per shilling and five-sixths of a cent per penny.
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The 1966 federal transition is the scope.
Later proclamations and separate territorial adoption are not inferred.
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.
Box A: 1825 sterling legislation and 1910 national currency
Early Spanish coin use and later sterling institutions do not prove an unbroken dollar unit.
Australian sterling use and localnoteissue preceded demonstrated separateaccountunit; preserve asprofilecontext.
Printed pp375–379,sections1–2; Discussion of AdelaideElectricSupplyvPrudential1934AC122; CoinageAct1909§7; Box A
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Printed pp375–379,sections1–2; Discussion of AdelaideElectricSupplyvPrudential1934AC122; CoinageAct1909§7; Box A
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Printed pp375–379,sections1–2; Discussion of AdelaideElectricSupplyvPrudential1934AC122; CoinageAct1909§7; Box A
Early Spanish coin use and later sterling institutions do not prove an unbroken dollar unit.
Australian pound separated from the common sterling account system during1929–1936monetary breakup; earlier local sterling use and notes are continuity observations.
Decker2022pp375–379;AGSOpinion1564
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Decker2022pp375–379;AGSOpinion1564
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Decker2022pp375–379;AGSOpinion1564
Early Spanish coin use and later sterling institutions do not prove an unbroken dollar unit.