The Day Australia Threw Away Its Money - What $1 Bought in 1966

On the fourteenth of February 1966, every till, wage packet and pocket in Australia changed overnight. Pounds, shillings and pence were gone by breakfast — and that first crisp dollar note bought more than you'd believe. The royal that nearly was, Dollar Bill on every telly, Operation Fastbuck's armed convoys, the round fifty-cent blunder, what a dollar actually bought at the grocer's and the servo — and the number that hurts: the average house at four and a half thousand dollars. Researched against Reserve Bank archives, the National Museum, and 1966 price records — every date and price checked before it went in. New trips back every week — subscribe for more. ▶ WATCH NEXT Growing Up in 1980s Australia — 16 Things Kids Today Will Never Understand    • Growing Up in 1980s Australia — 16 Things ...   17 Things That Were Normal in 1970s Australia — Now ILLEGAL    • 17 Things That Were Normal in 1970s Austra...   #AustralianNostalgia #1960sAustralia #DecimalCurrency #AussieNostalgia #Australia #Nostalgia #1966 #OldAustralia #RetroAustralia #GrowingUpAustralian