AUSTRALIA

Capital: Canberra

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Australia is located in the Pacific Ocean, south of Indonesia and Paupa New Guinea. It is to the west of New Zealand and to the north of Antarctica. The capital is Canberra, located at the southeast tip of Australia. The two native animals everyone knows from there are the Kangaroos and Koala Bears. Other local animals are Penguins, Sea Lions, and Tasmanian devils.

Commonwealth of Australia. 10 Shillings. 1939. Pick 25a. King George VI. Very Good. $35

Commonwealth of Australia. 1 Pound. (1942) Pick 26b. King George VI. Very Good. $18

Commonwealth of Australia. 1 Pound. 1953-60. Pick 30a. Queen Elizabeth. Very Fine. $40

Commonwealth of Australia. 10 Shillings. 1961-65. Pick 33a. Matthew Flinders, explorer and cartographer. Gem Uncirculated. $295

Commonwealth of Australia. 1 Dollar. 1968. Pick 37. Queen Elizabeth. Extremely Fine. $30

Commonwealth of Australia. 1 Dollar. 1969. Pick 37c. Queen Elizabeth. PMG Choice Uncirculated 64EPQ. $65

Commonwealth of Australia. 1 Dollar. 1969. Pick 37c. Queen Elizabeth. PMG Gem Uncirculated 65EPQ. $100

Reserve Bank. 1 Dollar. 1979. Pick 42c. Queen Elizabeth/Aboriginal figures. Uncirculated. $15

Reserve Bank. 2 Dollars. 1979. Pick 43c. John McArthur, Australian pioneer. Uncirculated. $15

Reserve Bank. 5 Dollars. Pick 44e. Sir Joseph Banks, early Australian botanist. Uncirculated. $45

Reserve Bank. 5 Dollars. 1991. Pick 44g. Sir Joseph Banks, early Australian botanist. Uncirculated. $32

Reserve Bank. 10 Dollars. Pick 45e. Francis Greenway, banished to Australia as a criminal where he became a famous architect. Uncirculated. $50

Reserve Bank. 20 Dollars. Pick 46d. Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith, who made the first trans Pacific flight in 1928 from the United States to Australia. Very Fine. $60

Reserve Bank. 20 Dollars. Pick 46e. Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith, who made the first trans Pacific flight in 1928 from the United States to Australia. Uncirculated. $100

Reserve Bank. 50 Dollars. Pick 47e. Lord Howard Walter Florey, 1945 Nobel Laureate in Medicine for his discovery of penicillin. Uncirculated. $225

Reserve Bank. 100 Dollars. Pick 48b. Sir Douglas Mawson, Antarctic explorer. Uncirculated. $300

Reserve Bank. 10 Dollars. Pick 49a. First Polymer note. Captain Cook, sailing ship/Aboriginee. Uncirculated. $40

Reserve Bank. 5 Dollars. 1992-93. Pick 50a. Queen Elizabeth/Parliament building. Uncirculated. $25

Reserve Bank. 5 Dollars. Pick 51c. Queen Elizabeth/Parliament building. Very Fine. $12

Reserve Bank. 10 Dollars. Pick 52b. 'Banjo' Paterson, Australian bush poet. Very Fine. $25

Reserve Bank. 20 Dollars. Pick 53a. Mary Reibey, pioneering Australian entrepreneur. Very Fine. $40

Reserve Bank. 100 Dollars. 1999. Pick 55b. Sir John Monash and World War I battle scene. Uncirculated. $225

Reserve Bank. 5 Dollars. Pick 56. Sir Henry Parkes, the politician most responsible for the Australian confederation of states. Uncirculated. $25

Reserve Bank. 10 Dollars. 2007. Pick 58d. 'Banjo' Paterson, Australian bush poet. Uncirculated. $30

Reserve Bank. 20 Dollars. 2006. Pick 59d. Mary Reibey, pioneering Australian entrepreneur. Uncirculated. $45