Featured Images
Experimental Banknote featuring Albert Schweitzer
This image features theologian Albert Schweitzer.
It is from an experimental banknote that displays
the enhanced security features developed by the
Reserve Bank and CSIRO in the 1970s and 1980s.
It is on permanent display in the Bank's Museum.
One Dollar Banknote
This tile image features details from David Daymirringu’s bark
painting which was used on the $1 decimal banknote.
The banknote was designed by Gordon Andrews, who designed the decimal currency banknote
series, along with the Reserve Bank's emblem.
Ten Dollar Banknote
This tile image features details from Andrew Barton
(Banjo) Paterson (1864–1941),
poet and ballad writer. He achieved fame as author
of Waltzing Matilda, The Man from Snowy River, and many other verses. His portrait and a representation
of The Man from Snowy River appear on the $10 banknote.
Reflections of Martin Place
Lindsay Goulding is photographed dressed as a war bond, with the slogan ‘Before sunset buy a war loan bond’. He won first prize for the most original costume design at a Red Cross fete in Northwood, New South Wales in 1918. Established nine days after the outbreak of the First World War, the Australian Red Cross provided key medical supplies and equipment to Anzac troops during the war and assisted the servicemen upon their return.
