Ours has changed so often I wouldn’t know what to show you. On one side was usually the Queen (soon to be King no doubt) and on the other side, it changes regularly and has a new inspirational famous figure from the past, deceased. Often, well known Australian Aboriginals have been presented.
Each denomination of the new series of banknotes will feature a different species of Australian Wattle and native bird within a number of the security features. On the $20 banknote, these are Box-leaf Wattle (Acacia buxifolia) and the Laughing Kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae). Our banknotes are packed full of various security features, and is made of polymer.
However… Currently I believe there is no Royalty, now usually reserved for coins. But that may have also changed.
Presently, we have; Mary Reibey, a convict who arrived in Australia and later became an astute and successful businesswoman running her shipping and trading enterprises.
And on the flip side; Reverend John Flynn, who pioneered the world's first aerial medical service now known as the Royal Flying Doctor Service.
Full description:
The banknote celebrates Mary Reibey, a convict who arrived in Australia and later became an astute and successful businesswoman running her shipping and trading enterprises, and John Flynn, who pioneered the world's first aerial medical service now known as the Royal Flying Doctor Service. Their work is recognised in several design elements on the banknote, including an image of the RFDS De Havilland aircraft leaving a remote Broken Hill homestead in 1948 and a pedal-powered transceiver used by the service to improve communication in remote areas. The banknote also includes images of a Port Jackson schooner in Sydney Cove in the early 1800s, similar to the type owned by Mary Reibey. Beside it is a traditional Eora nowie (canoe). Aboriginal women fishing from these vessels were a common sight on the harbour in Reibey's time.
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There's a good change you've got a $20 in your wallet right now, but not many know the real story behind the man on the red note.
www.flyingdoctor.org.au
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