Listed below are various reported weekly wages, earned by Australian workers in the country’s early history, in a variety of occupations. This list was created to give some context to amounts of money which are mentioned in various articles; it includes wages from the 1850s to … [Read more...] about Wages in Australia
Australian currency
Dollars or rum: Early Australian currency [by J. H. M. Abbott, 1 April 1931]
[Editor: An article about Australia’s early forms of currency, including rum, Spanish dollars, and “holey dollars”. Written by John Henry Macartney Abbott (1874-1953). Published in The World’s News, 1 April 1931.] Dollars or rum Early Australian currency. By J.H.M. … [Read more...] about Dollars or rum: Early Australian currency [by J. H. M. Abbott, 1 April 1931]