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Bank for International Settlements (BIS) meeting, Basel, Switzerland, 18 June 1973

International Department staff Ken Wiblin, Dennis Kelleher, George Childs, Carolynne Hales, Marc Diamond and Eric Apted discussing policy matters, February 1971

International Relations staff sifting through the latest information on economic and financial conditions overseas, March 1972

Bank for International Settlements (BIS) 43rd Annual General Meeting, Basel, Switzerland, 18 June 1973

Ray Strong passes details of £2 million purchased to Examiner Bob Walker and Lyn Hansford for processing, International Department, March 1972

Bank 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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Research Guide: Finding Records about International Organisations

Research Guide: Finding Records about International Organisations

Series Guide: International Department

The International Department series consists of records relating to the Bank’s and early Commonwealth Bank of Australia’s (‘Commonwealth Bank’) international activities, correspondences a...

Series Guide: International Department

Series Guide: Secretary's Department - Bank Management

The Bank Management series is a group of records that were maintained by Secretary’s Department and relate principally to activities carried out in the course of managing the Bank from its orig...

Series Guide: Secretary's Department - Bank Management

Series Guide: The Coombs Collection of Australian Paintings

The Coombs Collection of Australian Paintings represents a cultural legacy that documents the Reserve Bank’s support and promotion of Australian art. Acquired chiefly from the 1950s to the mid-...

Series Guide: The Coombs Collection of Australian Paintings

Series Guide: Bank Governors & Senior Personnel

Bank Governors & Senior Personnel is a continuous (open ended) series of personal letters, diaries, speeches and other forms of correspondence created or received by the Bank’s governors and by...

Series Guide: Bank Governors & Senior Personnel

Series Guide: Research Department

The Research Department series consists of files and bound volumes relating to the work of the Bank’s Research Department from its creation in 1931 as Economist’s Department to its restructur...

Series Guide: Research Department

Series Guide: London Letters

The London Letters series consists of files and bound volumes containing the correspondence to and from the Bank’s Head Office in Sydney and its London Office during the period 1912–75. The l...

Series Guide: London Letters

Research Guide: Float of the Australian Dollar

Research Guide: Float of the Australian Dollar

Research Guide: Colonial Australian Bank Accounts

Research Guide: Colonial Australian Bank Accounts

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Coombs, HC - International Monetary Fund (IMF) and International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) meetings - 1956

Coombs, HC - International Monetary Fund (IMF) and International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) meetings - 1956

Bank's Functions Etc - Overseas Travel, Dr Coombs with Mr Yamagiwa, Governor, Bank of Japan - September 1962

Bank's Functions Etc - Overseas Travel, Dr Coombs with Mr Yamagiwa, Governor, Bank of Japan - September 1962

Savings Bank of New South Wales - Sydney (Head Office) - Mortgage (Investment) Department - Legal Documents - Mortgage and Surrender, Samuel Augustus Perry to the Savings Bank of New South Wales

Savings Bank of New South Wales - Sydney (Head Office) - Mortgage (Investment) Department - Legal Documents - Mortgage and Surrender, Samuel Augustus Perry to the Savings Bank of New South WalesSize: 9.0MB Series: Savings Bank of New South Wales

JG Phillips at Annual Meeting of Board of Governors of IBRD and IMF Nairobi - 24 September 1973

JG Phillips at Annual Meeting of Board of Governors of IBRD and IMF Nairobi - 24 September 1973

Coombs, HC with Treasury officials, entering Parliament House for talks on the Australian dollar, after devaluation of sterling in November 1967

Coombs, HC with Treasury officials, entering Parliament House for talks on the Australian dollar, after devaluation of sterling in November 1967

The Bank at work - Head Office 65 Martin Place - International Department - Wendy Randall (left) and Kim Vu do the figure work associated with processing the Bank's returns - March 1972

The Bank at work - Head Office 65 Martin Place - International Department - Wendy Randall (left) and Kim Vu do the figure work associated with processing the Bank's returns - March 1972

Booklet - 'Reserve Bank of Australia Our New Head Office' - January 1965

Booklet - 'Reserve Bank of Australia Our New Head Office' - January 1965Size: 19.7MB

Bank's Functions etc - Board - Groups - RA Johnston, Paul Keating (Federal Treasurer) & Bernie Fraser (Secretary to Treasury) - July 1987

Bank's Functions etc - Board - Groups - RA Johnston, Paul Keating (Federal Treasurer) & Bernie Fraser (Secretary to Treasury) - July 1987

Savings Bank of New South Wales - Sydney (Head Office) - Indexes of Depositors Accounts - Indexes of operative accounts as at 1906. (Includes accounts opened by G.S.B. of N.S.W. 1914-1931) - "R-S" - 1906-1931

Savings Bank of New South Wales - Sydney (Head Office) - Indexes of Depositors Accounts - Indexes of operative accounts as at 1906. (Includes accounts opened by G.S.B. of N.S.W. 1914-1931) - "R-S" - 1906-1931Series: Savings Bank of New South Wales

The Bank at Work - Head Office - Staff Recreation Area - 20th floor Observation Lounge - June 1971 (copy b)

The Bank at Work - Head Office - Staff Recreation Area - 20th floor Observation Lounge - June 1971 (copy b)

Reserve Bank of Australia - New Head Office - Watercolour Sketch of 3rd floor Lounge - c.1964

Reserve Bank of Australia - New Head Office - Watercolour Sketch of 3rd floor Lounge - c.1964Type: Object

Savings Bank of New South Wales - Sydney (Head Office) - Mortgage (Investment) Department - Mortgage Ledgers - Country Property (Indexed) - 1869-1884

Savings Bank of New South Wales - Sydney (Head Office) - Mortgage (Investment) Department - Mortgage Ledgers - Country Property (Indexed) - 1869-1884Series: Savings Bank of New South Wales

Japan Visit - June 1962. Luncheon at Official Residence of Governor Yamagiwa (Bank of Japan) and Mr and Mrs Yamamato, Mr Hijikata, Mr Natajima - 5 June 1962

Japan Visit - June 1962. Luncheon at Official Residence of Governor Yamagiwa (Bank of Japan) and Mr and Mrs Yamamato, Mr Hijikata, Mr Natajima - 5 June 1962

The Bank at Work - Head Office - 65 Martin Place - Research Department - Jane Shaw, Expenditure Section, prepares graphs of economic data for presentation to the Bank Board - April 1973

The Bank at Work - Head Office - 65 Martin Place - Research Department - Jane Shaw, Expenditure Section, prepares graphs of economic data for presentation to the Bank Board - April 1973

Staff - Individual officers - Board members - Mr B.W. (Bernie) Fraser and Mr M.J. (John) Phillips - 1990 Annual Report

Staff - Individual officers - Board members - Mr B.W. (Bernie) Fraser and Mr M.J. (John) Phillips - 1990 Annual Report

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