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Australia and New Zealand Bank Limited (1951 - 1970)

From
1951
Melbourne, Victoria
To
1970

Summary

In 1951 the Bank of Australasia and the Union Bank of Australia Ltd merged to form the Australia and New Zealand Bank Ltd. A merger in 1970 with the English Scottish and Australian Bank Ltd saw the formation of the Australian and New Zealand banking Group Ltd.

Timeline

 1836 - 1841 Bank of South Australia Limited [I]
       1841 - 1868 South Australian Banking Company
             1828 - 1836 Cornwall Bank
             1828 - 1851 Convict Savings Bank
             1834 - 1837 Tamar Bank
             1835 - 1840 Bathurst Bank
             1837 - 1841 Bank of Western Australia
             1840 - 1844 Archers Gilies & Company
             1868 - 1892 Bank of South Australia Limited [II]
                   1835 - 1951 Bank of Australasia
                   1837 - 1951 Union Bank of Australia Limited
                         1951 - 1970 Australia and New Zealand Bank Limited
                               1970 - Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited

Archival resources

Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited Group Archive

  • Australia and New Zealand Banking Group records; Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited Group Archive. Details

Published resources

Books

  • October first, 1951: Australia and New Zealand Bank Limited in which are merged the Bank of Australasia and the Union Bank of Australia, London, 1951, 47 pp. Details
  • Butlin, S.J., Australia and New Zealand Bank; The Bank of Australasia and the Union Bank of Australia Limited, 1828-1951, Longmans Green, London, 1961, 459 pp. Details
  • Merrett, D.T., ANZ Bank. A history of the Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited and its constituents, Allen & Unwin, North Sydney, New South Wales, 1985, 325 pp. Details

Bruce A. Smith