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State Savings Bank of Victoria (1912 - 1980)

From
1912
Victoria
To
1980

Summary

Established under the provisions of The Savings Bank Act, 1912. This authority assumed control of the separate banks that came under the umbrella of The Commissioners of Savings Banks.

From 1980 the bank was known as the State Bank of Victoria.

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Timeline

 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: 13 March 2004, Last modified: 12 September 2005