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.
Related entries
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
Created: 24 February 2000, Last modified: 14 October 2010