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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...
Derwent Banking Company
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The Derwent Bank, established in 1828, was financed by English and Indian capitalists and became famous as a land mortgage bank under the management of Charles Swanston. It became insolvent in 1849 and finally closed in 1854. From the description of Records. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225756830 The Derwent Bank Company was established in Tasmania in 1828. The Melbourne agency was opened by William Rucker, a Melbourne storekeeper in Feb. 1838 and was closed in...
Rucker, William Frederick Augustus, c.1806-1882.
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Wine merchant in Hobart. Went to Melbourne in 1838 to open an agency of the Derwent Bank of Van Diemen's Land, and became well-known as a merchant. He was a pioneer of the oversea shipping trade and was connected with the first Fire and Marine Insurance Company. From the description of Papers [manuscript]. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225758516 ...
