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Wouldn't you just love to have a
license to make money? Well the
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people here do. The actually
have a license to make money.
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The Royal Australian Mint
produces up to two million coins
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a day. Each coin is a work
of art featuring imagery of the
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queen on the adverse or hit side
and iconic symbols of Australia
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on the reverse or tail side.
Each Australian currency note
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also features the head
of various iconic Australian
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figures along with other symbols
of the nation. Most of us think
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of currency as a means of
facilitating transactions,
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buying and selling and doing
business. But did you know that
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currency has another important
role. Money talks. In fact, it's
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a public announcement in
your pocket talking to you about
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important figures in the history
of your nation and letting you
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know what they used your nation
holds dear. Yes, every coin,
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every note tells a story.
The idea of currency as a story
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teller isn't a new concept.
It dates back as far as 400 B.C.
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when portrait coins were first
minted in Asia minor. In the
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dark ages before television and
social media Romans used coins
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as a way of letting their
subjects know what they looked
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like, what titles they held and
also what their goals were. Soon
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after being named perpetual
dictator of the Roman republic
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Julius Caesar minted coins
to commemorate the occasion. The
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adverse or front face of
the coin carried his profile and
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title while the reverse carried
an image of the Roman goddess
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Ceres widely believed to be the
guardian of the plebes or common
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people. Caesar's message to the
Romans was simple; he was now
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in charge of the republic and
his goal was to operate as the
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guardian of the common people.
The coin acted like a tweet, one
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with images and limited words
instead of the standard 280
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characters and one that was
retweeted every time it was used
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in a transaction. Similarly
Australian currency acts as a
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storyteller to the Australian
people as well, as does New
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Zealand currency to New
Zealanders. Each coin and bank
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note carries images that are
designed to educate the people.
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Today we're going to explore the
stories etched into our currency
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and as we do so we'll catch a
glimpse of our national values
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as well. And there's a
coded message that says a lot to
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you and me.
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The Royal Australian Mint
is the sole producer of all of
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Australia's circulating coins.
It was officially opened in
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February of 1965 by Prince
Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh,
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and is located in the Australian
capital of Canberra. Prior to
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the opening of the mint all
Australian coins were struck by
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branches of the Royal Mint
in London, located in Sidney,
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Melbourne and Perth. But
the Royal Australian Mint is
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independent of the Royal Mint
in London and is owned by the
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Commonwealth of Australia.
Shortly after it was opened
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Australia began to circulate
decimal currency in February of
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1966. The mint cost the
Commonwealth five million
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Australian dollars to build and
another four million dollars to
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equip. After it was established,
the new mint began producing
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coins in conjunction with
the Melbourne mint until there
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was enough coins in circulation,
at which point the Melbourne
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mint was closed in 1967.
Interestingly though, it wasn't
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until the early 1980s that
the Australian mint was able to
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sustain solitary production of
all circulating Australian coins
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In addition to that, the Royal
Australian Mint has produced
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coinage for several Asian and
South Pacific island nations.
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Some of these nations include
New Zealand, which relied on the
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services of the Royal Australian
Mint in 1969, Papua New Guinea,
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Toma, Western Samoa, the
Cook Islands, Fiji, Malaysia,
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Thaliand, Bangladesh, Israel
and the Philippines. Australian
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currency notes are printed
Note- Printing Australia Limited
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in Melbourne.
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In October 2018 the Reserve Bank
of Australia announced that they
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would introduce a new $50 bank
note into circulation on the
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18th of October. According
to the Reserve Bank the $50 note
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is the most widely
circulated bank note and is the
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denomination primarily used by
ATM machines across the country.
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The Reserve Bank introduced 46
million $50 notes into general
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circulation in 2018.
Unfortunately all 46 million
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notes have a spelling mistake
on them. On the side of the bank
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note which features Edith Cowen
the first female member of the
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Australian parliament, there's
a section of the speech given in
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parliament by Cowen herself. The
sections begins, "I stand here
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today in the elite position
of being the first woman in an
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Australian parliament. It's
a great responsibility. Now the
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word responsibility is missing
the final i, a mistake that
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recurs throughout the micro
printed speech on the bank note.
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Australia is the first country
to use polymer or plastic bank
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notes first introduced into
circulation in 1988. Compared
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to paper notes, polymer notes
are cleaner, more durable, allow
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for greater security against
counterfeiting, are easily
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recyclable and better
for visually impaired users.
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Australian currency features
people who have contributed to
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the light of the country.
Men and women who have made a
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difference and helped shape the
country into what it is today.
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These are stories of faith,
courage and self-sacrificing
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service. We're going to look
at a handful of these stories
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and explore the common thread
that runs through them all. Our
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first stop is the $50 note
and the story of David Unaipon.
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David was the son of one-eyed
James Ngunaitponi and his wife
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Nymbulda. They both belonged to
the Ngarrindjeri people from the
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lower Murray River region.
James was brought up on the
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traditional aboriginal way and
had lost his eye during a tribal
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fight. When James was 26 he was
baptized and became a member of
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the Scottish Free Church.
The missionaries taught James to
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read and write using the Bible
as a textbook. David Unaipon
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was the fourth of James' nine
children and was born on the
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28th of September 1872 at the
Point McLeay Mission in South
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Australia about 80 kilometers
southeast of Adelaide. When
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David was seven he joined the
mission school and learned to
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read and write just as his
father had done using the Bible
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as a textbook. In 1895 David
left school to work in the home
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of C. B. Young who
noticed David's avid interest in
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philosophy,
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science and music. David read
widely, played the organ and
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learned boot making as a trade.
Interestingly he was also a
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nonsmoker and a teetotaler.
He never touched alcohol. In the
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early 90s David took a job as
a store man for a bookmaker. He
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was frustrated at the lack of
work for educated aborigines at
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the mission settlements and saw
this employment in Adelaide as
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an opportunity for meaningful
work. Later he returned to the
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Point McLeay settlement to work
as a bookkeeper in the local
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general store. David was always
something of a restless inventor
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and innovator. In 1909, he
improved and patented a hand
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tool for shearing sheep. You'll
see the design featured on the
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$50 note. He went on to invent
a centrifugal miter, a multi
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radial wheel and a mechanical
propulsion device. He was
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obsessed with discovering the
secret of perpetual motion and
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in 1914 his work on the
development of polarized light
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and helicopter flight were
publicized and he became now as
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Australia's Leonardo, a
reference to the great 15th
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century Italian innovator,
Leonardo DaVinci. Unaipon's
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predictions about helicopter
flight came long before the
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first helicopter was invented.
In many ways, Unaipon was a
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trail blazer. A Unicorn of
sorts, in that he was the first,
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only and unique in so
many areas. He was cultured,
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articulate, intelligent and
polished. This coupled with his
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aboriginal identity completely
shattered every stereotype of
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his generation. For 50 years
he traveled across Australia
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writing, preaching and lecturing
in churches and cathedrals.
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His faith was an integral part
of his life. David Unaipon was
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also a spokesman for the
aboriginal community. He acted
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as an advocate for aboriginal
advancement championing
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aboriginal interests in
Parliament and before civil
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royal commissions. For his
contributions to the nation, he
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received a coronation medal
in 1953. The second stop on our
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story-telling currency tour
is the $20 note and the Reverend
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John Flynn. He was Presbyterian
minister, who founded what we
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now known as the Royal
Flying Doctor Service, an aerial
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medical service providing
emergency medical assistance and
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transport to the most remote
communities in the Australian
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outback. John Flynn was born
in Moliagul, Central Victoria on
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the 25th of November 1819. After
the death of his mother when he
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was just two years old, John was
shuttled between relatives but
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his difficult childhood didn't
stop him making a significant
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difference in the lives of
those around him. When he was a
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teenager, John Flynn decided
to follow the teachings of Jesus
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in the Bible. John went on
to become a minister choosing to
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work among white settlers
and aborigines living in remote
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parts of the Australian outback.
He recognized that his work
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embraced not just the spiritual
wellbeing of those he worked
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for, but also their physical
wellbeing. In 1911, Flynn went
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to work at the Smith and
Dunness mission in Beltain just
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north of Adelaide in south
Australia. While working there
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he began laying the foundation
for a medical service. He set up
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bush hospitals stocked by nurses
in remote areas. Then in 1912
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Flynn prepared a report
detailing his work in the
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Australian outback. He presented
the report to the general
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assembly of the Presbyterian
church in Australia, which led
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to the creation of the
Australian Inland Mission.
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Flynn was appointed to
oversee the work of the mission.
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It kicked off with one preacher,
one nurse and a nursing hospital
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in Udmadata. This grew into a
network of roving missionaries
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on camels traveling across the
remote areas of the Australian
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outback, providing spiritual and
medical assistance. But Flynn
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saw a need for something more
than medical assistance on foot.
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There was a need for an aerial
operation that could provide
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medical services to remote areas
quickly and efficiently. in 1926
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one of Flynn's childhood friends
left him a considerable amount
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in his will and this gave Flynn
the money he needed to start
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up the Royal Flying Doctor
Service. Today the Royal Flying
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Doctor Service flies millions of
kilometers each year servicing
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over 300,000 patients through
their clinics, aerial transports
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and other services. The next
stop on our currency tour is
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the $10 bill and the story
of a much loved Australian hero
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Banjo Paterson. Paterson was
born Andrew Barton on the 17th
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of February 1864 near Orange,
New South Wales. As a child the
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family nicknamed him Barty.
Barty lived in the Australian
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bush for most of his childhood
and in many ways his acclaimed
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poetry is his love letter to the
Australian bush and the variety
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of vivid characters that are all
part of it. In October of 1896,
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Paterson's first poem was
published in the Bulletin. By
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this time Paterson was working
in Sydney as a solicitor. He
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signed his poetry as The
Banjo in an attempt to preserve
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anonymity and the name stuck.
Over the following years he
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published more and more poetry
written in his characteristic
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style of narrative bush ballads.
Then in 1895 Paterson published
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his first book of poetry. The
Man From Snowy River and Other
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Verses. It sold out in a week
breaking Australian publishing
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records and making Paterson
a household name overnight. But
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his identity was also revealed
and Paterson retreated to the
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Dagworth Station in Queensland
for a reprieve. While at the
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Dagworth Station Paterson wrote
his most iconic bush ballad,
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Waltzing Matilda which was later
set to music and became the
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unofficial national anthem
of Australia. Shortly after this
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Paterson left his work
as a solicitor and became a
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journalist traveling to South
Africa to cover the Bull war.
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In 1915 Paterson traveled
to Egypt as an Australian army
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captain in World War I. Here he
was a member of the remount unit
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which trained and cared for
the horses used by the mounted
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cavalry units in the war. During
the war Paterson cared for a
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total of 50,000 horses and
10,000 mules. After faithful
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service to his country
he returned home in 1919 and
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continued his work as
a journalist in writing.
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The final stop on our story
telling trail is the story of
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Caroline Chisholm who was
featured on the $5 bank note
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issues between 1967 and 1990.
Caroline Chisholm was brought up
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in a strong Christian home in
England where she was surrounded
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by acts of service. Her
mother would regularly visit the
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sick and poor in their local
neighborhood and Caroline would
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often go along with her to help.
In 1938, Caroline arrived in
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Australia with her husband and
two children. One of the first
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things she noticed was the
plight of many immigrant single
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women. Most of them arrived in
Australia without any money or
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any prospects of employment.
They were forced to live on the
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streets and were continuously
in danger of being attacked. The
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government at the time showed
little interest in these women
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and they struggled to
find decent jobs and sanitary
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accommodation. Initially
Caroline used her own resources
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and offered many of these women
shelter in her own home. But
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soon she realized the enormous
scale of the work in front of
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her and appealed to the
governor of New South Wales
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for help. She was given a run
down, rat infested government
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building to use as a shelter
and she set to work restoring
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it and preparing it for use.
On Easter Sunday 1841 Caroline
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Chisholm knelt down and
dedicated herself completely to
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God, asking him to help her
support the immigrant community
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in Australia. Within six years
of making this commitment to God
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she had settled over 11,000
immigrants. She also help to
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reunite families and set up an
organization in England to help
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skilled British workers migrate
to Australia. Within the first
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four years of being established
the program sponsored 3,000
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immigrants. The stories of each
of these people featured on our
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currency are varied and colorful
but there is a single thread
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that binds them all. Each of
them, in some way or another,
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gave themselves for the
service of others. Their stories
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highlight an important principle
self-sacrificial giving. In
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2011, Michael Norton, a
professor of business
administration at the
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Harvard Business School carried
out a study. He was interested
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in answering the frequently
asked question, can money buy
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happiness. The first testing
ground was the University of
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British Columbia in Canada.
The researches approached random
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college undergrad students
and asked them if they were
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interested in participating in
an experiment. If they answered
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yes, they were given an envelope
The envelope had money in it
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ranging from $5 to $20 and a
short set of instructions. Some
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recipients were instructed
to spend the money inside their
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envelope on themselves by 5
p.m. that day, while others were
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instructed to spend the
money inside their envelopes on
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someone else rather than
themselves by the same time.
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Researchers called participants
later that evening to ask them
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a few questions about their
spending experience. What they
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found was that those who spent
the money on themselves didn't
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report a difference in how happy
they felt afterwards, but those
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who spent money on
others reported an increase in
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happiness. A 2010 Gallup pole
surveying 153 countries found
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that charitable giving is
closely correlated to the level
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of happiness experienced by
those who give. Interestingly,
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the 2018 world giving index,
which surveyed the charitable
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giving patterns of 146 countries
ranked Australia as second in
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overall rankings. It's revealing
that as a nation we have chosen
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icons who among other things are
known for their spirit of giving
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Giving plays an important role
in the health and wellbeing of
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individuals, communities and
nations. Giving is also at the
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very heart of the Bible. John
chapter 3 and verse 16 tells us:
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God is the greatest giver of all
time. The heart of God is most
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clearly revealed in the life and
work of Jesus. When we look at
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the life of Jesus we see that
through Him God gives us a whole
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host of invaluable gifts. Let's
take a look at some of the gifts
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that Jesus offers us. First,
and most importantly, Jesus laid
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down His own life to save us
from sin. That is what he says
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in Matthew
chapter 20 and verse 28...
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Secondly, He came to give us an
abundant life. Jesus said this
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in John chapter 10 and
verse 10. Here's what He said...
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The opportunity to live life
at its best is one of the many
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gifts He longs to give us.
Thirdly, He gives us peace.
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In John chapter 14 and
verse 27, Jesus says this...
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Today we live in a world filled
with so much turmoil, violence
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and hate. Peace is something we
all crave and yet it's something
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that seems to elude our grasp
at every turn. But Jesus offers
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us peace, the kind of peace that
we won't find anywhere else in
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this world. And finally, Jesus
gives us strength. In Isaiah
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chapter 41 and
verse 10 it says this...
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Often in life it seems that
the trials and sorrows we face
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threaten to overwhelm us. But
Jesus promises to strengthen and
00:24:41.68\00:24:47.05
uphold us, even in our darkest
moments. In Jesus we have
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salvation, strength, life and
peace. If giving is one of the
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most cherished values of our
nation, then we can take comfort
00:24:59.73\00:25:03.43
in knowing that in this we are
closely aligned with the heart
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of God. And while some of
the most illustrious figures in
00:25:08.30\00:25:11.67
Australian history have given
their time, talents and energy
00:25:11.71\00:25:15.58
to build up those around
them we see that this spirit of
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giving is a reflection of
the heart of God. When God gives
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He gives abundantly and without
measure. He gives us gifts that
00:25:25.42\00:25:31.13
the world cannot give us, gifts
that we deeply long for and yet
00:25:31.16\00:25:35.80
struggle to lay hold of. Would
you like to experience the joy
00:25:35.83\00:25:40.00
of receiving the precious gifts
that God has in store for you
00:25:40.04\00:25:44.41
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If you've enjoyed today's
journey to Canberra and our
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visit to the Royal Australian
Mint along with our reflections
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on Christ-like giving and
the happiness it brings, then be
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sure to join us again next week
when we will share another of
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life's journeys together. Until
then, let's pray for a giving
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spirit like that displayed
in the lives of David Unaipon,
00:27:37.79\00:27:40.96
John Flynn, Banjo
Paterson and Caroline Chisholm.
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Dear heavenly Father, we are
grateful for the lives of the
00:27:45.56\00:27:50.20
illustrious individuals we
focused on today and for their
00:27:50.23\00:27:54.50
gift of service to others, but
above all, we want to think you
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for your gift to us, the
greatest gift of all, Jesus, who
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offers us forgiveness, peace,
happiness and eternal life. We
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thank you, in Jesus' name Amen.
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