Coins of the Australian pound Coins of the Australian pound Federation in 1901 gave the Commonwealth a constitutional power to issue coins and removed this power from the States. However, British coins continued in use until 1910, when Australian silver coins were introduced. These included florins, shillings, sixpences and threepences. They had a portrait of King Edward VII on one side. Australian pennies and half-pennies were introduced into circulation the following year. In 1931 gold sovereigns stopped being minted in Australia. A crown or five-shilling coin was minted in 1937 and 1938. In 1898 the British government allowed two colonies, New South Wales and Victoria,
Decimal time He also suggested a week of 10 days and dividing the year into 10 "solar months". Decimal time was officially introduced during the French Revolution. Jean-Charles de Borda made a proposal for decimal time on November 5, 1792. The National Convention issued a decree on 5 October 1793: These parts were named on 24 November 1793 (4 Frimaire of the Year II). The primary divisions were called hours, and they added: Thus, midnight was called either "dix heures" (10 o'clock) or "zero heures" (0 o'clock), noon was called "cinq heures" (5 o'clock), etc. Units were either written out or abbreviated,