Summary

Established in 1962 under the Victorian Rural Finance and Settlment Act 1961.

In 1977 the Commission's name was changed to the Rural Finance Commission.

Related entries

Timeline

 1946 - 1962 Soldier Settlement Commission
 1950 - 1962 Rural Finance Corporation (I)
       1962 - 1977 Rural Finance & Settlement Commission
             1977 - 1988 Rural Finance Commission
                   1988 - 2016 Rural Finance Corporation (II)
                         2007 - Bendigo and Adelaide Bank Limited

Archival resources

Public Record Office Victoria

• Records of Rural Finance function, c. 1950 - 2016; Public Record Office Victoria. Details

Published resources

Books

• Fisher, Hec, Heytesbury. Once in a Lifetime, Spectrum Publications Pty Ltd, Melbourne, Victoria, 1997, 228 pp. Details
• McNicol, Adam and Chapman, Andrew, Just Like Family. A history of Victoria's Rural Finance Corporation, Ten Bag Press, Ballarat East, Victoria, 2015, 198 pp. Details
• Smallwood, Rosalind, Hard to go Bung. World War II Soldier Settlement in Victoria 1945-1962, Hyland House Publishing Pty Ltd, South Yarra, Victoria, 1992, 254 pp. Details