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 | | The then Premier of Western Australia, Sir John Forrest, asked the British Government to establish a branch of the Royal Mint in Perth to refine the gold being produced in the Eastern goldfields and to mint it into British gold coins to be used as currency in the colony. |
 | | AGR Matthey is a partnership between the Western Australian Mint (40%), Australian Gold Alliance Pty Ltd (40%) and Johnson Matthey (Aust) Ltd (20%), and is managed by AGR Management Services Pty Ltd. All gold refining is conducted at the Newburn refinery, Western Australia, and all precious metal fabrication is conducted at Thomastown, Victoria. |
 | | Before Australia's Federation, the silver and bronze coins in circulation were also British, but shortly after the emergence of Australia as a Commonwealth on 1 January 1901, plans were made for a new coinage, and the Australian Coinage Act was proclaimed in 1909. |
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