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09-16-2016, 04:50 PM
Petition to get Steve Irwin on Aussie currency is really, really popular
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The very Australian environmentalist, Steve Irwin might **t be the first person you think of when you think of Australia's bank**tes.*
That sort of prime position has been reserved for venerable and historical figures, like royals or opera singers.
SEE ALSO: Watch: Australia's new five dollar **te is impressively futuristic (http://mashable.com/2016/09/02/australia-five-dollar-effects/)
But a petition to get Irwin, who died in 2006 from a stingray attack, on the currency is starting to gather serious steam. The Change.org (https://www.change.org/p/put-steve-irwin-on-the-australian-currency) campaign has surpassed its target of 25,000 signatures and the plan is to deliver it to Royal Australian Mint.
Behind the petition is Kyle Ryan, 16, from the city of Melbourne, as well his friends Jake Ryan, Daniel Brown, Luke Brown and Riley McConville. They're determined to get their proposal through, even if they have had doubters. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/09/15/steve-irwin-australian-**tes/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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The very Australian environmentalist, Steve Irwin might **t be the first person you think of when you think of Australia's bank**tes.*
That sort of prime position has been reserved for venerable and historical figures, like royals or opera singers.
SEE ALSO: Watch: Australia's new five dollar **te is impressively futuristic (http://mashable.com/2016/09/02/australia-five-dollar-effects/)
But a petition to get Irwin, who died in 2006 from a stingray attack, on the currency is starting to gather serious steam. The Change.org (https://www.change.org/p/put-steve-irwin-on-the-australian-currency) campaign has surpassed its target of 25,000 signatures and the plan is to deliver it to Royal Australian Mint.
Behind the petition is Kyle Ryan, 16, from the city of Melbourne, as well his friends Jake Ryan, Daniel Brown, Luke Brown and Riley McConville. They're determined to get their proposal through, even if they have had doubters. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/09/15/steve-irwin-australian-**tes/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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