Letters and Grant [manuscript]. 1858-1866.

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Letters and Grant [manuscript]. 1858-1866.

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Two letters from the Bank of Australasia to Augustus Tulk, Librarian of the Melbourne Public Library. The first is dated 26 July 1864 and is an acknowledgement for receipt for safe custody of a deed of Grant to the Trustees of the Melbourne Public Library. The second is dated 18 September 1866 and is an acknowledgement for receipt of two Grants to the Trustees of the Melbourne Public Library, which are to be held by the Bank. Also enclosed ia a Grant for a site or a building for a Public Library, addressed to Sir William Foster Stawell. It is signed by Sir Henry Barkly and dated 17 February 18[58]?

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Bank of Australasia

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Incorporated by Royal Charter in 1835, the Bank of Australasia merged with the Union Bank of Australia in Oct. 1951 to form Australia and New Zealand Bank Limited. From the description of Cheque, 1845 [manuscript]. 1845. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 762850401 The Bank of Australasia commenced full banking operations in Sydney in December 1837, having its directors in London. In 1951 the Bank of Australasia and the Union Bank of Australia Limited formed the Aust...

State library of Victoria

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Tulk, Augustus, 1810-1873.

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