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Colonial Bank of Australasia

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In 1893, the bank had 69 branches across the state of Victoria, and was represented interstate and overseas through agencies with a number of other banks. It was one of the banks to suspend payments during the banking crisis of 1893 later that year.
66:, which had alleged that the new bank had infringed upon its rights. It described itself as having been established on the "Scottish principle", with limited liability for shareholders related to having been incorporated by Parliament. 103:, first as the entry to their School of Physiology and then in 1973 as an entrance to a car park. Many other buildings constructed by the bank for their branches remain today, with the former Bendigo branch listed on the 81:. It was replaced with a grand new headquarters on the same site in 1880–82 to a design of the architectural firm Smith and Johnson, the new building opening in April 1882. 519: 514: 96: 504: 499: 509: 19: 494: 95:
The bank's former headquarters was demolished in 1932. The building's ornate doorway was saved during demolition after calls from the
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Colonial Bank of Australasia at the corner of Elizabeth and Little Collins Street, Melbourne, ca. 1875
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The bank's first headquarters were located in the former Imperial Hotel on the corner of
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the next year. The new bank had already won a lawsuit filed against it by the
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It commenced operation on 14 April 1856, following its incorporation by the
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was a bank operating primarily in the Australian colony and then state of
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Preserved main entrance from the bank's former headquarters
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A City Lost and Found: Whelan the Wrecker's Melbourne
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Colonial Bank of Australasia Incorporation Act 1856
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Victoria
Parliament of Victoria
John O'Shanassy
Premier of Victoria
Bank of Australasia
Elizabeth
Little Collins
Melbourne
National Bank of Australasia
Royal Victorian Institute of Architects
University of Melbourne
Victorian Heritage Register
"Opening of the New Bank"
The Age
"MELBOURNE"
Sydney Morning Herald
"Advertising"
The Age
"LOCAL INTELLIGENCE"
The Hobarton Mercury
"THE TWO NEW BANKS"
Geelong Advertiser and Intelligencer


Colonial Bank of Australasia at the corner of Elizabeth and Little Collins Street, Melbourne, ca. 1875
"NEW COLONIAL BANK OF AUSTRALASIA"
The Argus (Melbourne)
"Facts and Scraps"

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