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The Commercial Banking Company of Sydney Limited (1834 - 1981)

From
1834
New South Wales
To
1981

Summary

The company began operations on 1 November 1834 as The Commercial Banking Company of Sydney. In 1848 it was incorporated by an Act of the New South Wales Parliament. 1981 saw the bank amalgamate with the National Bank of Australasia Limited.

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 1853 - 1854 Bendigo Bank
       1852 - 1927 Bank of Victoria Limited
             1834 - 1981 The Commercial Banking Company of Sydney Limited
                   1983 - 1984 National Commercial Banking Corporation of Australia Limited
                         1981 - National Australia Bank Limited

Archival resources

Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales

  • Sir Edward Knox records, 1835 - 1928, ML Mss 98; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details

National Australia Bank Archives

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

Published resources

Books

  • Commercial Banking Company of Sydney: a record of over three-quarters of a century 1848-1910, 1910, 11 pp. Details
  • Commercial Banking Company, A century of banking: the Commercial Banking Company of Sydney Limited 1834-1934, Art in Australia, Sydney, 1934, 89 pp. Details

Bruce A. Smith

Created: 31 December 1999, Last modified: 14 October 2010