Australian five-dollar note

Five Dollars

Value	5 Australian dollars
Width	130 mm
Height	65 mm
Security features	Window, Shadow image
Material used	Polymer
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	Queen Elizabeth II Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris Acacia verticillata
Designer	emerystudios
Design date	1 September 2016
Reverse
Design	Parliament House, Canberra Commonwealth Star Federation Pavilion
Designer	emerystudios
Design date	1 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 £21⁄2. 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.