Australian dollar - Wikipedia
The Australian pound was replaced by the Australian dollar on 14 February 1966 with the conversion rate of A$2 = A£1. Since Australia was still part of the fixed-exchange sterling area, the exchange rate was fixed to the pound sterling at a rate of A$1 = 8 U. K. shillings (A$2. 50 = GB£1). In 1967, Australia effectively left the sterling area . . .
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