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Metrication in Australia effectively began in 1966 with the conversion to decimal currency under the auspices of the Decimal Currency Board. [1] The conversion of measurements—metrication—commenced subsequently in 1971, under the direction of the Metric Conversion Board and actively proceeded until the Board was disbanded in 1981.
Metrication in Australia, New Zealand and South Africa was essentially complete within a decade, while in Canada metrication has been halted since the 1970s. In that country, the square foot is still widespread for commercial and residential advertisements and partially in construction because of the close trade relations with the United States ...
Speed limits in Australia range from 5 km/h (3.1 mph) shared zones to 130 km/h (81 mph). Speed limit signage is in km/h since metrication on 1 July 1974. All speed limits, with the sole exception of the South Australian school and roadworks zones, which are signposted at 25 km/h, are multiples of 10 km/h – the last digit in all speed signs is zero.
History of metrication – metrication is the process by which legacy, national-specific systems of measurement were replaced by the metric system. Metrication in Australia; Metrication in Barbados; Metrication in Canada; Metrication in Chile; Metrication in Guatemala; Metrication in Hong Kong; Metrication in India; Metrication in Ireland ...
Books supporting metrication. Metric Signs Ahead (2005) by Robin Paice (ISBN 978-0-9552351-0-8) A Very British Mess (2004) by Robin Paice (ISBN 0750310146) Books opposing metrication. The General Rule by Vivian Linacre (ISBN 1906069018) About the Size of It by Warwick Cairns (ISBN 0230016286) Halsey, Frederick Arthur (1920).
Now part of the National Archives of Australia. Metrication in the United Kingdom began in the mid-1960s. Initially this metrication was voluntary and by 1985 many traditional and imperial units of measure had been voluntarily removed from use in the retail trade.
Admittedly, metrication is almost fully complete in Australia while in the UK road distances, beer, and milk are still presented in imperial units; along with the height and weight of persons especially when dealing with the over 40s. But pretty much everything else in the UK is metric.
Metrication in Australia; B. Metrication in Barbados; C. ... Metrication in the United States This page was last edited on 30 March 2016, at 15:40 (UTC). Text ...