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1 Dollar Commonwealth of Australia
| Issuer | Reserve Bank of Australia |
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| Year | 1966-1973 |
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| In circulation to | 1984 |
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| Obverse lettering | COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA ONE DOLLAR Legal tender throughout the Commonwealth of Australia and the Territories of the Commonwealth GOVERNOR, RESERVE BANK OF AUSTRALIA SECRETARY TO THE TREASURY |
| Reverse description | The central vignette reproduces the bark painting 'Funeral Ceremony for Gurrmirringu' by Aboriginal artist David Malangi Yunupingu, rendered in earth tones of ochre, brown, and black, incorporating traditional Arnhem Land imagery including a hunter figure, fish, and ceremonial motifs within a composition framed by stylised Aboriginal art elements. The word AUSTRALIA appears at upper centre against the decorative underprint. |
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Australia's decimal conversion on 14 February 1966 — "Decimal Day" — replaced the pound with the dollar at a rate of two dollars to one pound. This 1 Dollar note entered circulation on that date as part of the first decimal series, a coordinated replacement of the entire note stock within a matter of weeks. The logistics were unprecedented for the country.
David Malangi Yunupingu, an Arnhem Land artist, was not commissioned for his contribution to the reverse vignette — he was only identified and compensated after the note had already entered circulation, when an anthropologist recognized the design. He eventually received a monetary settlement and an engraved medallion.