Bank of Australasia
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| Company type | Bank |
|---|---|
| Industry | financial service activities, except insurance and pension funding  |
| Founded | 1834 |
| Defunct | 1951 |
| Fate | Merged with the Union Bank of Australia to form the Australia and New Zealand Bank |
| Headquarters | Melbourne, Victoria |
Area served | Australia |
The Bank of Australasia was an Australian bank in operation from 1835 to 1951.[1]
Headquartered in
Perth branch in May 1841 when it absorbed the original Bank of Western Australia; however, the branch was closed in 1844 and the bank would not reopen in that city until 1894. It suffered financial difficulties during the 1840s depression, in part because of a controversial loan to the failing Bank of Australia which resulted in significant litigation.[3][4][5]
Having opened a
Kalgoorlie in 1895.[8]
It merged with the
Australia and New Zealand Bank on 1 October 1951.[9]
Historic former branches
A number of the bank's former branches are now heritage-listed. These include:
- the former Bank of Australasia Headquarters in the Melbourne CBD
- the former George Street, Sydney branch
- the former Ipswich, Queensland branch
- the former Castlemaine, Victoria branch
- the former Chiltern, Victoria branch
- the former Port Fairy, Victoria branch
- the former Williamstown, Victoria branch
- the former Port Adelaide, South Australia branch
- the former Robe, South Australia branch
- the former Fremantle, Western Australia branch
References
- ^ "Bank of Australasia (1835 - 1951)". Guide to Australian Business Records. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
- ^ Boys, Robert Douglas (1959), First years at Port Phillip 1834-1842, Melbourne, Robertson & Mullins, p.83
- ^ a b "THE BANK OF AUSTRALASIA". Traralgon Record. No. 330. Victoria, Australia. 8 May 1888. p. 3 (morning.). Retrieved 25 November 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "BANK OF AUSTRALASIA". Leader. Victoria, Australia. 1 January 1901. p. 74. Retrieved 25 November 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ a b "Pioneers of Finance". The Critic. South Australia. 13 May 1908. p. 5. Retrieved 25 November 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "THE BANKING AND FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS OF AUSTRALASIA". Devon Herald. Vol. X, no. 2065. Tasmania, Australia. 13 November 1888. p. 3. Retrieved 25 November 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "BANKS' MERCER". The Beverley Times. Vol. 45, no. 2556. Western Australia. 12 October 1951. p. 6. Retrieved 25 November 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "The Bank of Australasia in Western Australia". Sterling and Currency. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
- The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser. Vol. 84, no. 151. New South Wales, Australia. 4 October 1951. p. 6. Retrieved 25 November 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
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