How do I get a pound sign?

Quite a basic question, but we are British ex-pats living in Oz and we bought our MBP here, so it doesn't have a pound sign on the keyboard. I've tried looking for a keyboard shortcut but I can't find one. Any ideas on how I get the pound (and Euro) signs?
MacBook Pro, Mac Mini   Mac OS X (10.4.6)  

Open the International preference pane and select the Input Menu tab. Check the Keyboard Viewer box in the scrolling window and the Show input menu in menu bar box. ( You can also check other boxes that may be useful for you.)
This creates a menu with the icon of the keyboard set you are using and lets you switch quickly. The Keyboard viewer works like KeyCaps did in the classic systems, where you can hold down any modifier keys and see what different keystrokes will give you. The Character Palette (activated from the same preference pane) also gives you access to those funny characters that can't be accessed from the keyboard. Some applications have links to these palettes and viewers built-in to menus for quick access, like Special Characters from the Edit menu in Safari.

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