Ian Clunies Ross
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Sir William Ian Clunies Ross was an Australian veterinary scientist. He has been described as the "architect" of Australia's scientific boom, for his stewardship of the Commonwealth Scientific and Ind
Clunies Ross circa 1950
From 1973 until 1995 an image of Clunies Ross was featured on the reverse of the Australian $50 banknote.
Australian fifty-dollar note
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The Australian fifty-dollar note is an Australian banknote with a face value of fifty Australian dollars. Since 1995 it has been a polymer banknote featuring portraits of Edith Cowan, first female mem
Ian Clunies Ross
…heart disease on 20 June 1959 in Melbourne, and is buried in Box Hill cemetery. The career of Ian Clunies Ross is widely commemorated in Australia. The Australian $50 bank note issued in 1973 celebrated Ian Clunies Ross on one side, and Howard Florey on the other. The National Science Centre in Parkville, Victoria was renamed…
2018 Australian fifty dollar note obverse
2018 Australian fifty dollar note reverse
The front of the note