10 Pounds

The Bank of Australasia was a British-chartered colonial bank, incorporated in London in 1835 and operating branches across Australia and New Zealand. By 1910 it was well into its twilight years — it merged with the Union Bank of Australia in 1951 to form what became ANZ — but continued issuing notes under its own name well into the twentieth century.

High-denomination colonial bank notes of this type survive in vanishingly small numbers. Ten-pound notes saw hard commercial use, passed between merchants and squatters rather than casual retail hands, and were rarely hoarded. The undated format was common practice for private bank issues of the period, with date and branch filled on individual presentation.