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Australia removes British monarch image from banknotes

2023-02-02T14:36:05.039Z


In place of Elizabeth II a drawing in honor of indigenous culture (ANSA)  Australia's central bank has announced it will be dropping the British monarch from its banknotes, replacing the image of the late Queen Elizabeth II on its Australian $5 note with a design honoring indigenous culture.     The decision not to feature Charles III means that no UK-based monarch will remain on Australian paper currency. The nation's republican movement, in welcoming the decision, st


 Australia's central bank has announced it will be dropping the British monarch from its banknotes, replacing the image of the late Queen Elizabeth II on its Australian $5 note with a design honoring indigenous culture.


    The decision not to feature Charles III means that no UK-based monarch will remain on Australian paper currency.

The nation's republican movement, in welcoming the decision, stressed that indigenous people predated British settlement by 65,000 years.


Source: ansa

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