Joseph CookAugust 1914
Australia suspends normal gold-standard convertibility during the First World War as wartime controls disrupt the pre-war sterling and gold arrangements.
Australia · Government / Government of Australia. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Australia suspends normal gold-standard convertibility during the First World War as wartime controls disrupt the pre-war sterling and gold arrangements.
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