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Henry Parkes featured on Australian Banknote

2022-12-31 Sat

The Reserve Bank of Australia issued this Australian 5 Dollar featuring Sir Henry Parkes on the obverse side.

Sir Henry Parkes was a colonial Australian Politician and a dominant political figure in Australia during the second half of the 19th century. Often he is called the father of the Australian federation; due to his early promotion to the alliance of the six colonies of Australia. Australia issued Australian banknotes in six different denominations, including a 5 Australian Dollars banknote. The banknotes issued in 2001 are still in circulation.

The obverse side of this 5 Dollars features Sir Henry Parkes and the reverse side of this banknote features Catherine Helen.

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