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Commercial Bank of Australia Limited (1866 - 1982)

From
1866
Victoria
To
1982

Summary

Established in Victoria in 1866 the company quickly became one of the leading financial institutions in the state. In 1918 the company took over the assets of the Commercial Bank of Tasmania Ltd. The company amalgamated with the Bank of New South Wales in 1982 to form Westpac Banking Corporation.

Timeline

 1853 - 1885 Bank of Tasmania
       1869 - 1891 The Mercantile Bank of Sydney
       1874 - 1883 Australian and European Bank Limited
       1881 - 1886? The Town and Country Bank Limited
       1885 - 1918 The National Bank of Tasmania Limited
             1866 - 1982 Commercial Bank of Australia Limited
                   1982 - Westpac Banking Corporation

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Archival resources

Geelong Heritage Centre, (formerly Geelong Historical Records Centre)

  • Commercial Bank of Australia Limited records, 1905 - 1909, GRS 505; Geelong Heritage Centre, (formerly Geelong Historical Records Centre). Details

Westpac Group Archives, (formerly Westpac Historical Services)

  • Commercial Bank of Australia Limited records, 1866 - 1982; Westpac Group Archives, (formerly Westpac Historical Services). Details

Published resources

Books

  • 200. The Westpac Story, Westpac Banking Corporation, Sydney, New South Wales, 2017, 301 pp. Details
  • Wood, R.J., The Commercial Bank of Australia Limited: history of an Australian institution 1866-1981, Hargreen Publishing Company, North Melbourne, Victoria, 1990, 392 pp. Details

Book Sections

  • Beever, Margot and Alan, 'Henry Gyles Turner', in Appleyard, R.T. and Schedvin, C.B. (eds), Australian Financiers. Biographical Essays, Macmillan Company of Australia, South Melbourne, Victoria, 1988, pp. 108-136. Details

Journal Articles

  • Merrett, D.T., 'Preventing bank failure. Could the Commercial Bank of Australia have been saved by its peers in 1893?', Victorian Historical Journal, vol. 64, no. 2, 1993, pp. 122-142. Details

Bruce A. Smith