Key Line Drawing And A RBa Musuem Responce

hi all still I am not to fare with my puzzle I have a keline drawing on a looks to be a presentation piece has the name David Malangi's on the back ... I sent a picture to rba for there thoughts ..... well not to much from them anyway any thoughts .. its a exact image I have tried to lay one next to the other not to successful david malangi didn't do this side of the note so I don't no why his name would be on this image the response from the rba museum and why would his name be there it all looks very government looking in the blue cardboard folder


Dear Shane,

Thank you for your email.

A search of our records has located the attached image featuring a keyline portrait of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. The image is labelled ‘Australian $1 note â€" 1966 Decimal Issue â€" Portrait of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II used on note'. As mentioned in our previous email, the development of a keyline drawing is a part of the design development process and used to assist in printing.

As you are aware, David Malangi's Aboriginal bark painting was used in the design of the reverse of the $1 banknote, though this does not assist in determining the source of the portrait in your possession. Without further annotations or references on the portrait itself, we are unable to extract any further information from our records about the source of the portrait or whether it was produced for the purposes of developing the design of the $1 paper decimal banknote.

We hope this information has been of some assistance.

With kind regards,










this image below was sent in the email from rba museum