Summary

The company was formed in 1984. Since that time, apart from expanding it's Australian operations, it has gained either a controlling interest or purchased outright several overseas banking companies. These include:

• Bank of South Pacific Ltd
  
• National Irish Bank Ltd
  
• Yorkshire Bank PLC, and
  
• Clydesdale Bank PLC

Related entries

Timeline

 1853 - 1854 Bendigo Bank
 1885 - 1917 Royal Bank of Queensland
 1888 - 1917 Bank of North Queensland Limited
       1852 - 1927 Bank of Victoria Limited
       1856 - 1918 Colonial Bank of Australasia Limited
       1865 - 1955 Ballarat Banking Company Limited
       1872 - 1948 Queensland National Bank Limited
       1917 - 1922 Bank of Queensland Limited [I]
             1834 - 1981 The Commercial Banking Company of Sydney Limited
             1858 - 1981 The National Bank of Australasia Limited
                   1983 - 1984 National Commercial Banking Corporation of Australia Limited
                         1981 - National Australia Bank Limited

Archival resources

National Australia Bank Archives

• National Australia Bank records, 1853 - ?; National Australia Bank Archives. Details

Published resources

Books

• Nunn, H.W. (comp), Select documents of the nineteenth century [2 vols], National Australia Bank Ltd, Melbourne, Victoria, 1988. Details