There have been in Australia different type of currency which have been used since the arrival of the European settlers.  Since 1966 the currency code of Australia is AUD, the Australian Dollar. The abbreviation used for the Australia Dollars is $A, AU$, A$ or $AU. The Australian Dollar has been first introduced in February 1966 which replaced the Australian Pounds. The first series of Australia Dollar issued were divided in $100, $50, $20, $10, $5, $2 and $1 and had as portraits on the one hundred dollars note on the front Douglas Mawson and on the back John Tebbutt, on the front of the fifty dollars note was found Howard Florey and on the back Ian Clunies Ross, the twenty dollars note had on the front Charles Kingsford Smith and on the back Lawrence Hargrave, the ten dollars not had on front Francis Greenway and on back Henry Lawson, on the front of the five dollars note Joseph Banks and on the back Caroline Chisholm, the two dollars note had on front John Macarthur and on the back William Farrer and on the one dollar note Queen Elizabeth II was on front and on back an aboriginal art designed by David Malangi.

Australia was the first country in the world to introduce polypropylene polymer notes, the first was the $10 note issued in 1988 which was designed by Harry Williamson. All Australian banknotes are nowadays made in polymer. Note Printing Australia which is part of the Reverse Bank of Australia is the company that produces the Australian banknotes. Note Printing Australia is located in Melbourne.

The actual Australian Bank notes are as follows: the five dollars note having on front the Queen Elizabeth II and on back the Parliament House, the ten dollars note with Banjo Paterson on front and on back Dame Mary Gilmore, the twenty dollars note has in font Mary Reibey and on back Reverent John Flynn, David Unaipton is on the front of the fifty dollars note and at the back Edith Cowan and on the one hundred dollars note you find on front Dame Nellie Melba and on back Sir John Monash. There is a five dollars which have been issued in January 2001 with on the front Henry Parkes and on the back Catherine Helen Spence.