Farthings and Shillings are part of the redundant British predecimal currency. There were 4 Farthings to a Penny and 12 Pennies to a Shilling therefore, there are 48 Farthings in a Shilling.
In old money 48 farthings = 12 pence which was worth one shilling in British currency.
There has never been an "Australian" Farthing minted, issued or circulated as a part of Australia's coinage. The only Farthings or fractional Farthings to ever circulate in Australia, would have been British coins prior to the 1910 and 1911 introduction of the new Australian coinage. It is most likely that many British coins were still circulating in Australia for quite a few years after 1910.
A farthing is 1/960 pound Sterling. So there are 960 Farthings in a British Pound, At least according to Wikipedia : ) A Farthing is a former British coin that was abolished in 1960. A Farthing is old English for a quarter, in this case a quarter of a penny. £1 = 4 x 12 x 20 Farthings = 960 Farthings.
There were 654,564,000 British 1967 Pennies minted.
Both the Farthing and the Sixpence are part of the old redundant British currency. The Farthing was a quarter of a penny, therefore there were 24 Farthings in a Sixpence.
None. There were four Farthings in a Penny. A Farthing was one quarter of a Penny.
There were 26,977,000 British 1902 Pennies minted.
There was a total of 30,044,000 1911 British Sovereigns minted for circulation.
There were 1,710,946 1892 British Halfcrown coins minted.
There were 29,098,000 1930 British Pennies minted.
There are 4 Farthings (Fourthings) in a Penny, and 12 Pennies in a Shilling, therefore there are 48 Farthings in a Shilling.