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Reserve Bank of Australia (1960 - )

The Reserve Bank Act 1959 created the Reserve Bank of Australia to carry on the central banking functions of the Commonwealth Bank; other legislation separated the commercial banking and savings banking activities into the newly-created Commonwealth Banking Corporation. The Act took effect from early 1960.

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URL: The home page for this entity is located at http://www.rba.gov.au/AboutTheRBA/Archives/index.html

Sources used to compile this entry: Original data from D. Terwiel, S. P. Ville and G. A. Fleming, Australian Business Records: An Archival Guide, Canberra : Australian National University, Faculty of Economics and Commerce, Dept. of Economic History, 1998.

Previous and Subsequent Entities

1856 - 1865 Moreton Bay Savings Bank
1861 - 1866 Ipswich Savings Bank
1862 - 1867 Toowoomba Savings Bank
1863 - 1908 Post Office Savings Bank of Western Australia
       1863 - 1926 Government Savings Bank of Western Australia
       1865 - 1916 Government Savings Bank of Queensland
       1882 - 1901 Post Office Savings Bank of Tasmania
             1901 - 1913 State Savings Bank of Tasmania
             1907 - 1931 Government Savings Bank of New South Wales
             1916 - 1920 Queensland Government Savings Bank
             1926 - 1931 State Savings Bank of Western Australia
                   1912 - 1960 Commonwealth Bank of Australia [i]
                         1960 - Reserve Bank of Australia

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Web-based Resources

Published Resources

Reserve Bank of Australia, History of the RBA, http://www.rba.gov.au/AboutTheRBA/History/history_of_the_rba.html. [ Details... ]

Structure based on ISAAR(CPF) - click here for an explanation of the fields.

Prepared by: Bruce A. Smith
Created: 1 December 1999
Modified: 6 May 2005

Published by Archive Research Consultancy, 1999-2006
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Updated: 3 December 2006
http://www.gabr.net.au/biogs/ABE0139b.htm

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