The portrait of Elisabeth II who adorned the 5 dollars ticket will not be replaced by that of the new sovereign, but with an Aboriginal culture.
Charles III will not have the honors of the Australian $ 5 note. The portrait of Elizabeth II will be replaced on new tickets with a reason honoring Aboriginal culture, the country’s central bank announced on Thursday 2 February.
The five dollars ticket is the only one on which is currently the effigy of a British monarch in Australia.
The Reserve Bank of Australia clarified that the aboriginal populations will be consulted on a new design which “honors the culture and history of the first Australians”.
The design and printing of the new post will take “a number of years,” she said. Tickets with the effigy of the deceased queen already in circulation will continue to have legal lessons.
The death of Queen Elizabeth on September 8 was marked by a day of national mourning in Australia, a member country of the Commonwealth which officially has the head of state King Charles III, represented by a Governor General. But certain indigenous groups have denounced the destructive consequences of British colonization, calling for the abolition of the monarchy.
the Prime Minister favorable to evolution towards a Republic
The Central Bank said that its decision is supported by the Prime Minister’s left -wing government government, Anthony Albanese, favorable to a possible development towards an Australian Republic.
The disappearance of the effigy of the sovereigns was hailed by the Australian Republican Movement (ARM), which pointed out that the indigenous peoples preceded British colonization of 65,000 years.
“Australia believes in meritocracy and the idea that a person can appear on our currency because of their blood law is irreconcilable, just like the idea that it can be our head of state by Birth law, “said Craig Foster, president of Arm.
“To think that an unlearmed king should appear in our currency in place of the heads and the former First Nations and eminent Australians is no longer justifiable at the time of truth, of reconciliation and finally formal, cultural and intellectual independence, “he added.