Uma uya e-Australia kuzofanele ubhekane nedola lase-Australia, imali yakhona. I-AUD isifushanisiwe futhi iyimali esemthethweni yeCommonwealth yase-Australia ngakho-ke ayihlanganisi izwekazi lase-Australia kuphela kepha neziqhingi zayo: iNorfolk, iMcDonalds, i-Heard, iCocos Islands kanye neChristmas Islands kepha neNauru encane, iTuvalo naseKiribati.
Ngaphambi kokuba khona kwedola lase-Australia imali yakhona kwakuyiphawundi laseBrithani (ihlukaniswe ngamasheleni angama-20 no-pence ayi-12 lilinye). Ukushintshaniswa kwemali kwasetshenziswa ngo-1966. Namuhla idola lase-Australia lihlukaniswe ngamasenti ayi-100. Kuza ngemuva kwedola laseMelika, i-euro, i-yen kanye nepondo laseBrithani uqobo.