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<blockquote data-quote="Moneybox" data-source="post: 670521" data-attributes="member: 3960"><p>If we can believe everything we read on the internet.......</p><p></p><p>In <strong>1947</strong> Australia signed the Metre Convention, making metric units legal for use in Australia. In 1970 the Metric Conversion Act was passed, allowing for the metric system to become the sole system of measurement.</p><p></p><p>Metrication in Australia effectively began in <em>1966</em> with the conversion to decimal currency under the auspices of the Decimal Currency Board.</p><p></p><p>I can remember the problems we had in the 70's when we could no longer buy any imperial tape measures. The old ones became quite valuable <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Moneybox, post: 670521, member: 3960"] If we can believe everything we read on the internet....... In [B]1947[/B] Australia signed the Metre Convention, making metric units legal for use in Australia. In 1970 the Metric Conversion Act was passed, allowing for the metric system to become the sole system of measurement. Metrication in Australia effectively began in [I]1966[/I] with the conversion to decimal currency under the auspices of the Decimal Currency Board. I can remember the problems we had in the 70's when we could no longer buy any imperial tape measures. The old ones became quite valuable :) [/QUOTE]
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