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Currency (lads and lasses)
Currency is an obsolete name for native-born Australians dating back to the colonial era in New South Wales when it was a penal settlement.〔(Austral English ), A Dictionary of Australasian Words, Phrases And Usages, 1898, by Edward E Morris, accessed 2 March 2013〕
In ''Two Years in New South Wales'', published in 1827, Peter Miller Cunningham wrote: "Our colonial-born brethren are best known here by the name of ''Currency'', in contradistinction to ''Sterling'', or those born in the mother-country. The name was originally given by a facetious paymaster of the 73rd Regiment quartered here–the pound currency being at that time inferior to the pound sterling."〔(Two Years in New South Wales, Volume II ), 1827, page 53, by Peter Miller Cunningham, accessed 2 March 2014〕 It seems that, at that time, coin as a medium of exchange was scarce, so a paper money currency for large and small amounts was issued by many merchants and traders. People who had been born in Britain took to referring to themselves as ''sterling'', whilst, a little contemptuously, they dubbed the native-born ''currency''.
''Currency'' people were often referred to according to gender, as "Currency Lads" and "Currency Lasses." In 1849, J. P. Townsend wrote: "whites born in the colony...are...called 'the currency;' and thus the 'Currency Lass' is a favourite name for colonial vessels,"〔''Rambles in New South Wales'', p. 68, 1849, by J. P. Townsend〕 and, according to Edward E Morris, also for hotels.〔
In 1852, the term was still being used: "A singular disinclination to finish any work completely, is a striking characteristic of colonial craftsmen, at least of the 'currency' or native-born portion."〔''My Home in Tasmania'', vol. i. p. 6, 1852, by Mrs. Meredith〕 However, when Morris published his Austral English in 1898〔 he indicated that the term was obsolete.
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