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| subunit_ratio_2 = {{frac|240}}
| subunit_name_2 = [[penny]]
| symbol = [[Pound sign|£A.]]
| symbol = [[Pound sign|£A.]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://archive.org/details/13020-1944/page/74/mode/2up?q=%C2%A3A | title=CBCS Pocket Compendium of Australian Statistics, No. 30 - 1944 | date=December 1944 }}</ref>
| symbol_subunit_1 = s, /-
| symbol_subunit_2 = d
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The '''Australian pound''' ([[Currency symbol|Sign]]: '''£''', or '''£A.''' for distinction<ref>{{cite web | url=https://archive.org/details/13020-1944/page/74/mode/2up?q=%C2%A3A | title=CBCS Pocket Compendium of Australian Statistics, No. 30 - 1944 | date=December 1944 }}</ref>) was the currency of [[Australia]] from 1910 until 14 February 1966, when it was replaced by the [[Australian dollar]]. As with other [[£sd]] currencies, it was subdivided into 20 [[Shilling (Australian)|shilling]]s (denoted by the symbol '''s''' or '''/-'''), each of 12 [[Penny (Australian coin)|pence]] (denoted by the symbol '''d''').
 
==History==