Allen
George Thomas Allen
George Allen was born on 23 August 1852 in Geelong, Victoria. He was educated at Flinders Street School. Between 1901 and his retirement in 1916, Allen was the Secretary of the Department of the Treasury. In his first two years in the role, Allen only had 20 staff. Allen died, never married, in his home in Kew, Melbourne, on 20 April 1940.
Allen signature on Australian banknotes
Allen appears on the following banknotes:
- Ten pounds 1913 to 1925 (Collins-Allen)
- Five pounds 1913 to 1924 (Collins-Allen)
- One pound 1913 to 1923 (Collins-Allen)
- Ten shillings 1913 to 1923 (Collins-Allen)
- Twenty pounds 1914 to 1938 (Collins-Allen)
- Fifty pounds 1914 to 1945 (Collins-Allen)
- One hundred pounds 1914 to 1945 (Collins-Allen)
- One thousand pounds 1914 and 1915 (Collins-Allen)
- One pound 1914 and 1915 (Collins-Allen)
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