The Australian five-pound note was first issued in 1913 and featured a scene looking along the Hawkesbury River near Brooklyn, New South Wales, from the railway toward Kangaroo Point. Upon decimalisation it had a value of 10 dollars.

Signatories: Collins/Allen

The first five-pound note was issued in 1913, with 693,442 being printed. The reverse of the note possessed horizontal red/yellow bands.

Signatories: Collins/Allen (1914–1917); Cerutty/Collins (1918–1924)

Following the discovery of forgeries, a mosaic of fives was added to the reverse of the note and the horizontal red/yellow bands on the first design were replaced by a vertical phasing of purple/yellow/purple. 10,293,018 of these notes were printed.

Signatories: Kell/Collins (1924–1926); Kell/Heathershaw (1927)

Designed and printed by Thomas S. Harrison, the note was made longer and narrower to improve printing efficiency (six notes could fit onto a sheet instead of four) and further security features were added: a basketweave watermark was used around the borders and the denomination appears in watermarks in the center of the note. 11,290,400 of these notes were printed.

Signatories: Riddle/Heathershaw (1927, Note issuing department); Riddle/Heathershaw (1927–1932, Commonwealth Bank); Riddle/Sheehan (1932–1933)