Primary contact
122 Lewis Road, Wantirna South
Melbourne, Victoria 3152
Identity area
Identifier
daa/360
Authorized form of name
National Australia Bank Archives, Melbourne
Parallel form(s) of name
Other form(s) of name
Type
- Business
Contact area
Historical Services Curator
Type
Address
Street address
122 Lewis Road, Wantirna South
Locality
Melbourne
Region
Victoria
Country name
Postal code
3152
Telephone
03 7037 5798
Fax
archives@nab.com.au
URL
Note
Description area
History
Geographical and cultural context
Mandates/Sources of authority
Administrative structure
Records management and collecting policies
Records of the National Australia Bank and its predecessors but excluding records of customers' accounts.
Buildings
Holdings
National Australia Bank (1983- present), and its ten progenitors, ie:
- Bank of Queensland, 1917-1922
- Bank of North Queensland, 1888-1917
- Royal Bank of Queensland, 1886-1917
- Queensland National, 1872-1948
- Ballarat Banking Company, 1865-1955
- National Bank of Australasia, 1858-1983
- Colonial of Australasia, 1856-1918
- Bank of Victoria, 1853-1927
- Bendigo Bank, 1853-1854
- Commercial Banking Company of Sydney, 1834-1983.
Records include: - Board minutes and annual reports
- Diaries and letter books
- Procedures and circulars
- Balance books and registers
- Files and photographs.
Quantity: 3,000m.
References:
- Blainey, Geoffrey, Bibliography - Archives of the National Bank, Gold and Paper. The National Bank of Australasia Limited, 1958: 416-418.
- Nunn, H W, Bibliography, Select Documents of the Nineteenth Century Volume 2. National Australia Bank Limited, 1988: 748.
Finding aids, guides and publications
Access area
Opening times
Access to the Archives is via appointment only on weekdays, excluding public holidays.
Access conditions and requirements
Advance notice of visit required including proof of identity.
Application for access assessed and approved by Historical Services Curator.
Access is restricted to some materials.
Accessibility
Services area
Research services
General reference assistance available.
Reproduction services
Scans, photographs or photocopies of archival records can be made subject to the Copyright Act 1968 (Cth) and provided the records are not too fragile to be copied.
Public areas
Control area
Description identifier
Institution identifier
Rules and/or conventions used
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation, revision and deletion
Revised 10 January 2022
Language(s)
Script(s)
Sources
Maintenance notes
Access points
Access Points
- Industry, Manufacturing and Commerce (Thematic area)
- Social Organisations and Activities (Thematic area)