Guide to the Australian Currency Collection, 1830-1900

Summary

Collection number:

MS 270

Extent:

0.03 metres and (1 folder)

Language:

English

Availability:

Available

Access conditions:

Available for reference. Not for loan.

Background

Content Summary:

A group of currency items acquired by the National Library. They comprise City Bank of Sydney (1864-1918) specimen notes of one pound, five pound, ten pound, twenty pound and fifty pound dating; two cheques of Derwent Bank, Tasmania (1827-1849); a one mark German note; and one lottery ticket on the funds of the Bank of Australia.

Immediate Source of Acquisition:

Items 1-5 were presented to the Parliamentary Library in 191[-] by Senator the Hon. James Thomas Walker, a financier and politician.

Items 6-7 were acquired from E A Petherick, bookseller, publisher, bibliographer and book collector.

Item 8 was acquired from a Mr Wadsworth.

Item 9 was presented to Prime Minister Andrew Fisher by a 'Madeleine Tracy'. Fisher then passed it on to The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Melbourne, on 15 December 1920.

References:

References used in the creation of this finding aid include:

Australian colonial currency and promissory notes by Michael P. Vort-Ronald, second edition, 2012 andStandard catalogue of world paper money by Albert Pick, vol 2, c1990

Conditions Governing Access:

Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn287038).

Conditions Governing Use:

Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions. For such material, written permission to publish must be obtained from the copyright holder(s). Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.

Location of this collection:

National Library of Australia

Parkes Place

Canberra ACT 2600, Australia

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