Corporate entry: Archives - Sydney Bank. Commercial Banking Company of Sydney Archives, 13A Union Street, Pyrmont, Sydney, 2009
Summary
Queensland regional branch records:
ARCHIVE LOCATION:
ATHERTON, (branch operated 1910-1922), outward letters, 1910-1911, loose, NO. 30B
EMERALD, branch operated 1898-1905, inward letters, 1899-1905, 1 folder, NO. 30E
outward letters, 1900-1905, 2 vols., NO. 30E
security book, 1901-1905, 1 vol., SEE RECORDS REGISTER
INGHAM, (branch opened 1897), in and out letters, 1925-1936, 15 vols., NO. N16 D,E.
applications for advances, 1926-1941, 6 vols., NO. N126 D
premesis records, 1949-1958, 1 vol. NO. 36D
LONGREACH, branch operated 1898-1976, inward letters, 1937-1942, 1 vol., NO. 35D
outward letters, 1897-1932, 11 vols., NO. 30C,D
in and out letters, 1938-1942, 2 vols., NO. 72F
miscellaneous records, 1972-1976, 1 box, NO. 125F
applications for advances, 1925-1941, 3 vols., NO. 34G
security books, 1898-1929, 2 vols., SEE RECORDS REGISTER
Brisbane circulars, 1920-1946, 1 vol., NO. 35D
MACKAY, branch opened 1872, inward letters, 1901-1922, 2 boxes, NO. 25G
inward letters, 1927, loose, NO. 25G NO. 25G
outward letters, 1907-1908, 1 vol., NO. 30E
outward letters, 1910-1923, 1 vol., NO. 30E
in and out letters, 1921-1928, 1 bundle, NO. 32G
security book, 1900-1919, 1 vol., SEE RECORDS REGISTER
correspondence (staff matters), 1913-1932, NO. 35C
discount progressive ledger, 1872-1913, SEE RECORDS REGISTER
half yearly books, 1935, 1 vol., NO. 37B
unclaimed security packets, 1873-1879, 2 boxes, NO. 8D
ROCKHAMPTON, (branch opened 1874), outward letters, 1875-1925, 10 vols., NO. 31B
in and out letters, 1931-1946, 2 vols., 1 bundle, NO. 118D
applications for advances, 1902-1925, 4 vols., NOS. 34D, 35B
applications for advances, 1906-1916, 1 vol., SEE RECORDS REGISTER
TOWNSVILLE, (branch opened 1890), some circulars and reports, from 1890.
WINTON, (branch operated 1925-1931), outward letters, 1926-1931, 1 vol., NO. 30G
Also general information files on each branch with details of management, historical information and photographs are held; these are filed by state, then alphabetically by branch. An additional photograph collection includes portraits of executives, and head office staff and photographs of sporting, social and business activities relating to the bank. Architectural plans for many branch buildings are held. Researchers intending to use the Bank Archives in Sydney should apply in advance to the archivist, at the above address.
REGIONAL BRANCHES Nine regional branches of the Commercial Banking Company of Sydney were contacted by circular letter; no details of historical holdings in these branch banks were forthcoming.