50 Australian dollars banknote |
Australian paper fifty dollar note, circulated between 1973 and 1995. |
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The original fifty dollar note, designed by Gordon Andrews, has a scientific theme.
Obverse: Portrait of Australian pathologist Sir Howard Florey and scenes of laboratory research.
Reverse: Portrait of Sir Ian Clunies Ross, veterinary scientist and first chairman of the CSIRO, along with scenes from the Australian environment.