Guide to the Money : ephemera material collected by the National Library of Australia
EPH GEN.Money
National Library of Australia View Catalogue Record
Created: 2024
Collection Summary
- Title
- Money : ephemera material collected by the National Library of Australia
- Date Range
- [1924]-
- Collection Number
- EPH GEN.Money
- Extent
- 1 collection
- Language of Materials
- English
- Repository
- Printed Collections
Introduction
Scope and Contents
This collection includes material about Australian banknotes and coinage, but not specimens of them. Includes material relating to the introduction of decimal currency in Australia, featuring the "Dollar Bill" character, as well as humorous, satirical or politically themed "funny money" or "fake" banknotes.
The list is based on imperfect holdings and is updated over time as gaps in the Library's holdings are filled.
Item Descriptions
Class. Material received 2024 onwards
Government of inflation printed on three dollars note, 1972 (Item 2024/1) - Box 1
Physical Description Note
1 three dollars note
On verso: This bill is as phony as the McMahon Government. Too many Billys -- get rid of them on December 2 vote Labor.
61 cents kilo flation printed on one dollar note, [1972?] (Item) - Box 1
Physical Description Note
1 one dollar note.
On verso: It's your money that keeps the Whitlam Government spending madly and badly. Can you afford it? since 1972 your dollar has depreciated by 39 cents. Vote Liberal.
Scandals printed on three dollars note, [1972?] (Item) - Box 1
Physical Description Note
1 three dollars note.
On verso: This bill is only good for three scandals at any given time. Connors, Cairns, Morosi, Khemlani, ACTU-SOLO, ASIO, jobs for the boys (and girls). Only good until the change of government. Vote Liberal on December 13th.
61 cents true value Whitlam inflation printed on one dollar note, 1975 (Item 2024/2) - Box 1
Physical Description Note
1 one dollar note.
On verso: It's our money that keeps losing its value since 1972 our dollar has depreciated by 39 cents. Whitlam has caused the worst inflation in Australia's history.
Government of Australia - UTAH printed on three dollars note, January 1977 - June 1977 (Item 2024/3) - Box 1
Physical Description Note
1 three dollars note
On verso: UTAH .... the rapist of Australia
The Liberals' fightback wage policy is over 200 years old printed on one hundred dollars note, 1980s (Item 2024/4) - Box 1
Physical Description Note
1 one hundred dollars note.
On verso: your wages reduced & frozen to 00% growth
Australian petro-dollar printed on one petro dollar note, 1981 (Item 2024/5) - Box 1
On verso: Raise the standard vote A.L.P. drive your dollar further.
John Howard Treasurer of Disaster 1977-83 / 22 years in Canberra printed on 20 dollars note, [1983] (Item 2024/6) - Box 1
Listing five points of Howard's way on verso.
Taxed dollar / Republic of Taxtralia printed on one dollar note, July 1986 (Item 2024/7) - Box 1
Physical Description Note
1 dollar note.
"Banana Republic of Taxtralia" stamped on note.