Australian One Dollar Note
The reproduction of one of his designs appeared on the reverse of the Australian one dollar note in 1966. This was done originally without his knowledge, acknowledged in 1967 with the release of the Australian five dollar note, he was later financially compensated after intervention by the Governor of the Reserve Bank, Dr H. C. Coombs as well as receiving a specially struck medal. The image depicts the mortuary feast of the ancestral hunter Gurrmirringu.
The payment by the Reserve Bank to Malangi began issues of Aboriginal copyright in Australia.
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