Summary

Established in 1932 following the transfer of some business functions from the Government Savings Bank of New South Wales to the Commonwealth Bank of Australia in late 1931. The bank had previously been the Rural Bank Department of the Government Savings Bank. The main business transferred to the new entity was the loan business of the old department.
In 1981 the name of the bank was changed to the State bank of New South Wales and it was incorporated under corporations legislation in 1990.

The business was subsequently absorbed into the Colonial group of companies.

Related entries

Timeline

 1907 - 1931 Government Savings Bank of New South Wales
       1932 - 1981 Rural Bank of New South Wales
             1981 - 1996 State Bank of New South Wales
                   1996 - 2000 Colonial Limited
                         2000 - Colonial First State Limited

Archival resources

NSW State Archives, Western Sydney Records Centre

• Rural Bank of New South Wales records, 1932 - 1981; NSW State Archives, Western Sydney Records Centre. Details

Published resources

Books

• A brief history of Australian banking, Sydney, 1936, 28 pp. Details
• Fifty crowded years, 1899 to 1949: a brief account of the history of the Rural Bank of New South Wales, Rural Bank of New South Wales, Sydney, 1950, 40 pp. Details
• Harvey, G.C., The origins evolution and establishment of the Rural Bank of New South Wales 1899-1979, G.C. Harvey, Sydney, 1980. Details