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Bank for International Settlements (BIS) meeting, Basel, Switzerland, 18 June 1973International Department staff Ken Wiblin, Dennis Kelleher, George Childs, Carolynne Hales, Marc Diamond and Eric Apted discussing policy matters, February 1971International Relations staff sifting through the latest information on economic and financial conditions overseas, March 1972Bank for International Settlements (BIS) 43rd Annual General Meeting, Basel, Switzerland, 18 June 1973Ray Strong passes details of £2 million purchased to Examiner Bob Walker and Lyn Hansford for processing, International Department, March 1972Bank for International Settlements (BIS) 59th Annual General Meeting, 12 June 1989

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Unreserved is the online platform to access the Reserve Bank of Australia Archives. Unreserved allows you to directly access digitised copies of selected archival records as well as information about our entire archival collection.

The Reserve Bank is custodian of a rich and varied archive of records that spans nearly 200 years of Australia’s economic, financial and social history – from the convict era through to more recent times. This is because the Reserve Bank descended from the original Commonwealth Bank of Australia which had a central banking function and had absorbed other banks with a colonial history.

In addition to directly searching the Archives, there are Research and Series Guides for each Collection. Not all items in our Archives have yet been digitised. As our digitisation program progresses, new content will be uploaded to Unreserved and some will be showcased in Explore our Records. You can subscribe to receive updates.

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