Banknotes of the Australian pound were first issued by numerous private banks in Australia, starting with the Bank of New South Wales in 1817. Acceptance of private bank notes was not made compulsory
An issued Bank of Queensland £1 note (1864)
A superscribed note from the London Bank of Australia Limited
AUS Commonwealth of Australia 10 Shillings
AUS Commonwealth of Australia 1 Pound
Ernest Riddle
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Sir Ernest Cooper Riddle was an Australian banker who served as governor of the Commonwealth Bank, then Australia's central bank, from 1927 to 1938.
Banknotes of the Australian pound
…R:Wagons with bags of grain 180 mm × 78 mm (7.1 in × 3.1 in) 1926–27 Issue Half Sovereign 1926–33 Kell and Collins (1926) Kell and Heathershaw (1927) Riddle and Heathershaw (1928) Riddle and Sheehan (1933) O:George V, brown with multicolour underprint, Half Sovereign overprint R:Goulburn Weir 180 mm × 78…
Ernest Riddle
1933 Australian Half-Sovereign banknote signed by Riddle.