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#21077 - Cheque

Resource ID
Location
21077
Photograph 5242
Title/subtitle
Cheque
Picture
Cheque
Format
Photograph
Publisher
19 June 1947
Physical description
Black & white photograph; 24cm x 11cm
Summary
A cheque for 20 million pounds paid to His Majesty's Treasury signed by John Beasley, Australia's High Commissioner in London, and Mr S. Macfarlane, Secretary of the Commonwealth Treasury. It was Australia's contribution to Britain for its war effort in the Pacific. In 2013 terms this is about $2bn.
Availability
Not for loan.
Notes
The cheque represented 3 pounds 6 pence for every man, woman and child in Australia. By the end of 1949 Australia had given the British 45 million pounds sterling as gifts. See The Western Australian 18 Nov 1949, page 3.