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The Savings Bank of Port Phillip (1842 - 1853)

From
1842
To
1853
Alternative Names
  • Port Phillip Savings Bank

Summary

Established under New South Wales legislation the Savings Bank of Port Phillip was administered by a Board of Trustees and a Vice-president of Branches, In 1853 a statutory body known as The Commissioners of Savings Banks in the Colony of Victoria took over the management of the bank.

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 1842 - 1853 The Savings Bank of Port Phillip
       1853 - 1912 The Commissioners of Savings Banks
             1912 - 1980 State Savings Bank of Victoria
                   1980 - 1991 State Bank of Victoria
                         1984 - Commonwealth Bank of Australia [II]

Published resources

Books

  • Cooch, Alex., The State Savings Bank of Victoria. Its place in the history of Victoria, Macmillan and Co, Melbourne, Victoria, 1934, 202 pp. Details
  • Craddock, T.S. and Cavanough, M.B., 125 years: the Story of the State Savings Bank of Victoria 1842-1966, Melbourne, Victoria, 1967. Details
  • Murray, Robert and White, Kate, A Bank for the people. A history of the State Bank of Victoria, Hargreen Publishing Company, 1992, 515 pp. Details

Bruce A. Smith

Created: 29 July 2003, Last modified: 23 April 2006