Australian five-dollar note

Five Dollars
Value5 Australian dollars
Width130 mm
Height65 mm
Security featuresWindow, Shadow image
Material usedPolymer
Years of printing
  • Pale Mauve – 1992–1993
  • Revised – 1995–1998, 2002–2003, 2005–2008, 2012–2013, 2015
  • Commemorative – 2001
  • Next Generation – 2016, 2018–21
  • Future design – forthcoming
Obverse
Design
Designeremerystudios
Design date1 September 2016
Reverse
Design
Designeremerystudios
Design date1 September 2016

The Australian five-dollar note was first issued on 29 May 1967, fifteen months after the currency was changed from the pound to the dollar on 14 February 1966. It was a new denomination with mauve colouration – the pre-decimal system had no denomination with a value of £212. The first polymer version of the note was introduced on 7 July 1992. A major design update was issued on 1 September 2016, with a minor update to the signatures in 2019.