National Australia Bank Archives, Melbourne

National Australia Bank Archives, Melbourne

• Business

Records of the National Australia Bank and its predecessors but excluding records of customers' accounts.

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.

Access to the Archives is via appointment only on weekdays, excluding public holidays.

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.

General reference assistance available.

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.

Revised 10 January 2022

• Industry, Manufacturing and Commerce (Thematic area)
• Social Organisations and Activities (Thematic area)