Corporate Body

CSIRO Plastic Banknote Project (1988 - ?)

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

From: 1988
Australia
Functions: Industrial or scientific research

Summary

The CSIRO helped develop the world's first polymer banknote, creating the most secure currency in the world. Australia was the first country to adopt this new technology in 1988.

isPartOf

CSIRO - Sections, Groups and Units, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1949 - 2014?)

Published resources

Journal Articles

Poynton, Howard, 'The smell of rain: how CSIRO invented a new word', The Conversation (2015). https://doi.org/10.64628/AA.tvvra44q9. Details
Spurling, Tom; Solomon, David, 'Proceeds of crime: how polymer banknotes were invented', The Conversation (2014), https://doi.org/10.64628/AA.6dy5nfr6u. Details
Spurling, Tom; Solomon, David, 'It may not be beautiful but the new ten dollar note is pretty secure', The Conversation (2017), https://doi.org/10.64628/AA.u3wenmgae. Details

Resources

Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1472380. Details

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Created: 15 June 2000, Last modified: 2 May 2006

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