Australia converted to decimal currency on 14 February 1966 — "Decimal Day" — replacing the pound with the dollar at a rate of two dollars to one pound. The transition involved one of the largest public education campaigns in the country's history, including a jingle that aired so relentlessly on radio and television that Australians of that generation can still recall it on demand. This 2016 issue marks fifty years of that changeover.
Australia converted to decimal currency on 14 February 1966 — "Decimal Day" — replacing the pound with the dollar at a rate of two dollars to one pound. The transition involved one of the largest public education campaigns in the country's history, including a jingle that aired so relentlessly on radio and television that Australians of that generation can still recall it on demand. This 2016 issue marks fifty years of that changeover.