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At centre within a circle of beads, the denomination "ONE PENNY" in three lines above a plain scroll; around the circle of beads, "COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA" and date. Designed by W. H. Blackmore. 1911 1911–1936 Portrait of King George VI. Designed by Thomas H. Paget. Kangaroo facing left, "AUSTRALIA" above and "PENNY" below, date above ...
27 June – Milton Clark, Australian rules footballer (died 2018) 7 July – Robert Raymond, filmmaker and television pioneer (died 2003) 29 July – Mac Wilson, Australian rules footballer (died 1996) 1 August – Pat McDonald, actress (died 1990) 23 August – Ronald Wilson, High Court justice (died 2005)
The Australian penny was a coin of the Australian pound, which followed the £sd system. It was used in the Commonwealth of Australia prior to decimalisation in 1966. One Australian penny was worth 1 ⁄ 12 Australian shilling , 1 ⁄ 24 Australian florin , 1 ⁄ 60 Australian crown , and 1 ⁄ 240 Australian pound .
On 7 April 1963 the government announced that a system of decimal currency was to be introduced into Australia at the earliest practicable date, and gave February 1966, as the tentative change-over date. [15] On 14 February 1966, the Australian pound was replaced by the Australian dollar [16] with the conversion
1922 Australian novels (2 P) S. 1922 in Australian sport (7 C, 4 P) Pages in category "1922 in Australia" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total.
Keith Murdoch became editor-in-chief of The Herald in January 1921. When the proprietor of the Sydney Sun tried to break into the Melbourne market in 1922 with the launch of The Evening Sun and The Sun News-Pictorial, Murdoch fought a long campaign which eventually resulted in the formation of The Herald and Weekly Times (HWT), with the circulation of The Herald up by 50%, taking over the two ...
The Australian pre-decimal halfpenny coin, commonly known as a ha’penny (pronounced / ˈ h eɪ p ə n i /), [1] was the smallest denomination of the Australian Pound in circulation. It was a unit of currency that equalled half of a penny, 1 / 24 of a shilling, or 1 / 480 of a pound. [ 2 ]
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