Around the world, a woman’s face on a banknote is a rarity but not in Australia where half of the people depicted on our banknotes are women.
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00:00 Revered figures and national heroes grace our currency, but exactly how many of them
00:06 are women?
00:07 A trade-assessed study of 115 countries revealed a surprising gender disparity with only 1
00:15 in 12 people depicted in banknotes being women.
00:20 Australia was recognised as the second-best country under the UK for representation of
00:26 women in banknotes.
00:29 Every single banknote in Australia includes a woman.
00:33 On the $5 note we have Queen Elizabeth II.
00:37 The $10 note has Mary Gilmore.
00:40 Mary Rybie is on the $20 note.
00:42 On the $50 note we have Edith Cowan.
00:45 On the $100 note we have Dame Nellie Melba.