Currency lads and lasses
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Currency lads and lasses were the first generations of native-born white Australians. They were the children of the British settlers and convicts who arrived in the late 18th and early 19th centuries,
Born in Sydney of a convict father, Horatio Wills exalted native-born Australians ("currency lads and lasses") in his newspaper The Currency Lad.
The Australian Natives' Association was a mutual society founded in Melbourne, Australia, in April 1871. It was founded by and for the benefit of White native-born Australians, and membership was rest
Currency lads and lasses
…least of the 'currency' or native-born portion." However, when Morris published his Austral English in 1898, he indicated that the term was obsolete. Australian Natives' Association Criollo people…
An Australian Natives' Association banquet held in 1901 to honour Prime Minister Edmund Barton, following his return from the United Kingdom
Advertisement, 24 April 1871, that brought about the formation of the ANA
Australian Natives' Association Membership Certificate 1891
ANA intercolonial conference 1890