Australia & New Zealand Bank. The Bank of Australasia Ltd and the Union Bank of Australia Ltd, 1828-1951

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Early scholarly history by a leading Australian academic. Deals equally with the Bank of Australasia and the Union Bank of Australia Ltd from their establishment to their merger in 1951 but with the strong focus on the pre-1914 period. No financial appendices but many tables within text. Includes much about other Australian banks and the Australian banking system. Has chapters: 'The entry of the British banks'; 'The precursors - Cornwall and Tamar Banks'; 'The Bank of Australasia'; 'Building the foundations'; 'The Union Bank of Australia'; 'Years of consolidation, 1838-41'; 'The slump of the forties'; 'Golden decade'; 'The first bank in New Zealand'; 'Early years of the long boom, 1860-75'; 'The dangerous years'; 'Riding the whirlwind'; Government intrusion - the twentieth century'; 'The doldrums'; 'Prisoners of circumstance'; 'Journey's end - and beginning'. Also has some coverage of Bank of South Australia; Commercial Bank of Sydney; National Bank of Australia; Commonwealth Bank of Australia; English, Scottish and Australian Bank