It featured a scene of the carting wheat at Narwonah in New South Wales.

These banknotes were overprinted on private issue from various banks, signatures were Jas R Collins and Geo T Allen.

Signatories: Collins/Allen (1914–1917); Cerutty/Collins (1918–1924) The first ten-pound note was issued in 1913, with 2,039,188 being printed.

The reverse of the note possessed horizontal red/yellow bands.

Signatories: Kell/Collins (1925–1926); Riddle/Heathershaw (1927); Riddle/Sheehan (1933) 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.