Our Banknotes

• Australia's currency notes are printed by Note Printing Australia.  
• The notes are  printed on polymer substrate, which is a type of film.
• With the growth of digital printing and technology, counterfeiters can reproduce paper banknotes with little knowledge or experience, and more easily and quickly than ever before.
• Polymer banknotes are a deterrent to the counterfeiter, as they are much more difficult and time consuming to reproduce. The use of clear windows in the note is also very difficult to reproduce.
• They are more secure, cleaner and more durable than paper notes.

Use the Reserve Bank of Australia link to complete the tables below. You will need to:

• Write the names of the people who feature on both the front and back of the note. The $5.00 note is unique because it features The Queen and an important building.
• Write down the period of time they lived. (The queen, who features on one side of the $5.00 note is a contemporary figure.)
• Write a very brief biography of each person.
• If you click on the notes below, it will link you to all the information required.

• From time to time, new notes are introduced into circulation. The $100.00 note is the most recent.
• The Reserve Bank of Australia and the Royal Mint have decided to introduce a $500 note and are looking for two worthy candidates.
• The Reserve Bank and The Mint have also decided to identify one male and one female candidate.
•  A committee has agreed that candidates can either be deceased or contemporary and have narrowed the list down to twenty people.
• Your TASK is to select the two best candidates from the left hand column and write 5-8 lines explaining why you have chosen them.
• Insert Bookmarks and set up hyperlinks to allow easy navigation from the top of your page.

My first candidate is

My second candidate is

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