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24.01.2022 The Government Savings Bank of NSW. Bowral. 1916. The landmark Bowral building opened as banking premises in 1892. On the corner of Bong Bong and Wingecarribee Streets, the site was purchased in August 1890 by the English, Scottish and Australian (ES&A) Bank. In February 1900, the Bowral branch of the ES&A Bank closed, transferring to Moss Vale which had also grown as a consequence of the developing railway. In September 1912, the Government Savings Bank (GSB) of NSW purchase...d the former ES&A building in Bowral from Mr F R Macpherson for 1800 pounds. The building went through a number of changes though sales and merger, finally ending up as a Commonwealth Bank branch, although they have also since relocated. The building now sites adjoining Bowral's Corbett Plaza, and at the time of writing is home to retail fashion outlets. Directly opposite the building is another amazing Bowral landmark, The Grand Hotel. The hotel made the very first deposit back in 1892.
22.01.2022 Sydney's Liverpool Railway Station, 1965.
21.01.2022 The inaugural flight of Commonwealth Bank's (RBA) aircraft, VH-CBA, Sydney, 3rd Match 1947. Pictured left to right is Mr AW Lawson, Mrs Armitage, Leslie Melville, and Governor Hugh Armitage. The registration was somewhat cursed. On June 14 1943 a B-17C aircraft of the United States Army Air Force (VH-CBA) crashed shortly after take-off from Bakers Creek. On board were five crew and thirty-eight passengers who were returning to New Guinea after completing R and R in Mackay. There was only one survivor. The aircraft was operated by the 46th Troop Carrier Squadron of the 317th Troop Carrier Group which formed part of the 5th Air Force. The crash of the B-17C was the worst accident involving a transport aircraft in the South-West Pacific during World War II.
21.01.2022 Accident involving several Trams on the corner of Victoria Road & Darling Street, Rozelle, Sydney, 1947.
21.01.2022 Parliament House two weeks ago and earlier today,
21.01.2022 The Bank of Adelaide head office (at right), on the Currie Street corner, looking south down King William Street, Adelaide, 1900. In the 1970s, South Australian premier Don Dunstan claimed that a financial royal family ran the state. That family was the directors of the Bank of Adelaide, SA Brewing and The Advertiser newspaper. Not much has changed! Founded in 1865, the Bank of Adelaide was taken over in 1979 by ANZ and merged into that organisation. The Bank of Adelaide shouldn't be confused with Adelaide Bank (now part of Bendigo Bank).
19.01.2022 Ryde Bridge, Ryde, Sydney, NSW, 1889.
18.01.2022 Australian Joint Stock Bank, Gulgong. Central Tablelands of NSW, 1872. The Mudgee Guardian, on 26th September 1871, recorded the following: "Through the courtesy of Mr. Stewart, the Manager of the Joint Stock Bank, at Gulgong, we were yesterday shown a nugget weighing 38 oz 3 dwts 20 grs [12 kg]. This is the largest nugget found at Gulgong. It was found in a block claim between No. 1 and the Prospectors' on Happy Valley at a depth of 130 feet; it is of pure gold without any a...dmixture of quartz" (source: State Library of NSW). It was common for miners to store their gold at banks, and the gold rush gave rise to the prominence of new banks in Australia. The Australian Joint Stock Bank was a bank in Australia. It operated from 1852 (by an Act of the New South Wales Parliament) to 1910, after which it became the Australian Bank of Commerce and then was taken over by the Bank of New South Wales in 1931. In 1931, the Bank of New South Wales (now Westpac) acquired the Australian Bank of Commerce.
17.01.2022 National Australia Bank of Australasia, Taree, NSW, 1947 (the bank is in the center of the image). The National Bank of Australasia was a bank based in Melbourne. It was established in 1858, and in 1982 merged with the Commercial Banking Company of Sydney to form National Australia Bank.
16.01.2022 Commonwealth Bank on the corner of Commercial Street West and Gray Street, Mount Gambier, 1905. The building still stands proudly with only minor external modifications. The most notable change is the covered balcony is now open.
15.01.2022 "Make Your Money Fight - War Savings Certificates", Win the War Week, Commonwealth Bank, Martin Place, Sydney, 19th October 1940. Taken by legendary photographer Sam Hood (1872 - 1940). Source: SLNSW.
15.01.2022 Children playing Cricket, in an ally off Vine St, Redfern in 1948. Source: Fairfax Archives.
14.01.2022 Fantastic colourised photo of William Street, Sydney, 1937.
08.01.2022 RBA economist Margaret Stoneman working on an econometric model of the Australian economy in 1971. RBA Archives.
05.01.2022 Bank of Adelaide, Georgetown, South Australia, c1900. The Bank of Adelaide was founded in 1865 in Adelaide, and had most of its branches within South Australia, including a head office at 81 King William Street, Adelaide. Interstate branches were located in most states of Australia, and one in central London at 11 Leadenhall Street. The Bank of Adelaide was taken over in 1979 by ANZ and merged into that organisation, after bailing out a subsidiary finance company (the Finance Corporation of Australia) that had made funds available without suitable security.
03.01.2022 Commercial Banking Company (CBC) of Sydney, Main Rd., Mittagong, c1900. Originally built by J.J. Campbell in 1893 as the Commercial Banking Company of Sydney at a cost of 2840, the bank was vacated in the 1970s. The building was restored in 2008 as the Old Bank Hotel. If the design looks familiar it's because the same construction was used in numerous locations, such as on Queen St., Campbelltown, and Manning St. Kiama.... The CBC commenced operations on the 1st November 1834, and was ultimately merged with the National Bank of Australia (National Australia Bank) in 1982.
03.01.2022 The Bank of Van Diemen's Land (nicknamed 'the old bank') was Tasmania's first commercial financial institution. A charter was granted by Sir Thomas Brisbane and capital was divided into shares worth 200 dollars each. Founded in 1823 prior to the use of the name Tasmania, it lasted for 68 years before becoming the first major bank failure of the 1890s depression in Australia. Although it had a reputation for reliability, during the 1880s the bank lent heavily to Tasmanians who... invested heavily in silver mining ventures. When the mineral prices crashed in the 1890s the bank was unable to survive the number of defaulting loans. The bank closed in August 1891, and offered up its banking premises as a 1 lottery ticket. Following the bank's demise, a Royal Commission was established to investigate allegations of fraudulent activities. The headquarters of the bank stood on the corner of Collins and Elizabeth Streets in Hobart until 1958 when it was demolished. The lions that stood over the original doorway are now located at the entrance to St David's Park. The photograph was taken on the day of closure, 3rd August 1891. See more
01.01.2022 The Commonwealth Bank building on the corner of Brisbane and Nicholas Streets, Ipswich, early 1930s. The Commonwealth Bank was next to the Queensland Times building on Brisbane Street. The building is one of many Commbank buildings that were designed by architect Edwin Hubert Henderson.
