Currency Lads and Lasses: The Faces on Australian Banknotes

Hocking, Geoff, 1947-
ISBN: 0734405324 Category:

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Looks at the lives of the 22 people who have been pictured on Australia’s banknotes. Personalities featured include Dame Edith Cowan (1861-1932), Henry Lawson (1867-1922), Sir John Monash (1865-1931), David Unaipon (1872-1967), Sir Douglas Mawson (1882-1958) and Caroline Chisholm (1808-77). Features a guide to the first paper notes, and polymer notes from 1993 to the present. Full-colour illustrations throughout. Includes bibliography, notes, and index. Author is a senior lecturer in graphic design at La Trobe University, Bendigo.

272 p. : ill., ports. ; 28 cm. #0821 Bank notes — Australia.  |  Australia — Biography.  |  Australia — History.

Additional Information

AuthorHocking, Geoff, 1947-
Number of pages272 p. : ill., ports. ; 28 cm.
PublisherLothian Books, Port Melbourne VIC
Year Published2004
Binding Type

Softcover

Book Condition

Fine

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