Australian one-hundred-dollar note
Australian banknote
The Australian one-hundred-dollar note was first issued in 1984 as a paper note. There have been two different issues of this denomination: initially a very light turquoise-blue paper note, and from May 1996, a green polymer note. Since the start of issue there have been six signature combinations. Two other combinations were not issued.
Design
Initial rollout of decimal currency
There was no one-hundred-dollar note released as part of the initial rollout of decimal currency in 1966, but inflation necessitated its introduction eighteen years later in 1984.
1984–1996
The paper issue was released on Monday 31 March 1984, has a portrait of Antarctic explorer Sir Douglas Mawson, with a background of a mountain range with a geological strata format. A large diamond shape appears to the left of the main picture. Astronomer John Tebbutt is on the reverse, with a background of the observatory he built and a local church.
1996–2020
The polymer issue was released on Wednesday 15 May 1996, designed by Bruce Stewart, and features portraits of soprano Dame Nellie Melba and engineer and First World War general Sir John Monash, along with images from the First World War and John Simpson Kirkpatrick and his donkey.
2020–present
On 27 September 2012, the Reserve Bank of Australia announced that Australia's banknotes would be upgraded in the coming years as of the Reserve Bank's Next Generation Banknote Program.
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