Series Guide: State Savings Bank of Tasmania
Description of series
Scope
The records in this series relate to the various functions of the State Savings Bank of Tasmania and include account ledgers, pass books, registers of deposits, declarations, forms and legislation. The earliest records are registers of deposits from the Avoca and Fingal branches dating from 1896. The majority of the records cover the period from 1906 to 1912 ending when the business of the State Savings Bank was transferred to the Commonwealth Bank as a result of its amalgamation.
Types of Material
The main types of material in this series are:
Depositors’ ledgers: information about account holders such as the name of the account holder, their occupation and details of transactions.
Declarations: forms and letters to officially notify the Bank of events effecting accounts including the first deposit made, the closure of a deceased depositors accounts and the loss of a pass book.
Pass books: information including the name, signature and address of the account holder and a list of all the transactions for the account.
Forms: specimen and completed forms relating to everyday banking business such as telegraphic withdrawals, joint accounts, deposits, payments and withdrawals.
Biographical/historical notes
Background
The earliest facilities for savings banking in Tasmania were set up in 1828 by the directors of the Derwent Bank to receive the compulsory savings deposits of convicts. The first Tasmanian private savings bank, the General Savings Bank, was established in 1931 to meet the needs of emancipists and free settlers with other savings banks being established in the 1830s and 1840s. By the time the Post Office Savings Bank was established in the second half of the century, savings banking was well represented in Tasmania.
Establishment
The first Post Office Savings Banks were opened in Tasmania in 1882 following the passing of Act 45 Victoria No. 13 in 1881 which provided for their establishment. The Post Office Savings Banks operated until 1901 when an Act to regulate the State Savings Bank of Tasmania repealed the relevant sections of the 1881 Act. The State Savings Bank of Tasmania commenced business on 1 July 1902. The Bank was successful and over the next decade attracted 26,000 depositors.
Amalgamation
In 1912 the State Savings Bank Transfer Act was passed, authorising the transfer of the business of the State Savings Bank to the Commonwealth Bank of Australia. The amalgamation became effective from 1 January 1913. On 2 January 1913 the Savings Bank Department of the Commonwealth Bank opened for business at Hobart and at 14 Post Office agencies throughout the State.
Arrangement description
The series is arranged by a numeric system. All depositors’ ledgers were maintained at Hobart, the Chief Office, and were accessioned as such.
Hobart (Chief Office) - Depositors Ledgers - Hobart
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Accession Number |
Description |
Date Range |
|---|---|---|
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1-1-1-1 |
State Savings Bank of Tasmania - Hobart (Chief Office) - Depositors Ledgers - Hobart - Accounts 1 - 1281 (Continuation ledger) - 1909-1912 |
1909–1912 |
|
1-1-1-2 |
State Savings Bank of Tasmania - Hobart (Chief Office) - Depositors Ledgers - Hobart - Accounts 1461-2964, 5168 (Continuation ledger) - 1909-1912 |
1909–1912 |
|
1-1-1-3 |
State Savings Bank of Tasmania - Hobart (Chief Office) - Depositors Ledgers - Hobart - Accounts 4001-6000 - 1908-1912 |
1908–1912 |
|
1-1-1-4 |
State Savings Bank of Tasmania - Hobart (Chief Office) - Depositors Ledgers - Hobart - Accounts - 6001-8022 - 1910-1912 |
1910–1912 |
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1-1-1-5 |
State Savings Bank of Tasmania - Hobart (Chief Office) - Depositors Ledgers - Hobart - Accounts - S1 - S1000 -1908-1912 |
1908–1912 |
Hobart (Chief Office) - Depositors Ledgers - Agency
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Accession Number |
Description |
Date Range |
|---|---|---|
|
1-1-1-6 |
State Savings Bank of Tasmania - Hobart (Chief Office) - Depositors Ledgers - Agency - Accounts - H1 - H1000 - 1908-1912 |
1908–1912 |
|
1-1-1-7 |
State Savings Bank of Tasmania - Hobart (Chief Office) - Depositors Ledgers - Agency - Accounts - 01-02300 - 1908-1912 |
1908–1912 |
|
1-1-1-8 |
State Savings Bank of Tasmania - Hobart (Chief Office) - Depositors Ledgers - Agency - Accounts - 02301 - 05000 - 1908-1912 |
1908–1912 |
|
1-1-1-9 |
State Savings Bank of Tasmania - Hobart (Chief Office) - Depositors Ledgers - Agency - Accounts - 05001 - 07550 - 1908-1912 |
1908–1912 |
|
1-1-1-10 |
State Savings Bank of Tasmania - Hobart (Chief Office) - Depositors Ledgers - Agency - Accounts - 07551 - 010000 (Accounts 07552-09621 only opened) - 1908-1912 |
1908–1912 |
|
1-1-1-11 |
State Savings Bank of Tasmania - Hobart (Chief Office) - Depositors Ledgers - Agency - Accounts - 010001 - 014000 (Accounts 010001A-13475 only opened) - 1909-1912 |
1909–1912 |
|
1-1-1-12 |
State Savings Bank of Tasmania - Hobart (Chief Office) - Depositors Ledgers - Agency - Accounts - 014001 - 015600 - 1908-1912 |
1908–1912 |
|
1-1-1-13 |
State Savings Bank of Tasmania - Hobart (Chief Office) - Depositors Ledgers - Agency - Accounts - 015601-017300 (Accounts 015601-017261 only opened) - 1908-1912 |
1908–1912 |
|
1-1-1-14 |
State Savings Bank of Tasmania - Hobart (Chief Office) - Depositors Ledgers - Agency - Accounts - 018001-020000 - 1908-1912 |
1908–1912 |
|
1-1-1-15 |
State Savings Bank of Tasmania - Hobart (Chief Office) - Depositors Ledgers - Agency - Accounts - 020001-022000 - 1908-1912 |
1908–1912 |
|
1-1-1-16 |
State Savings Bank of Tasmania - Hobart (Chief Office) - Depositors Ledgers - Agency - Accounts - 022001 - 024000 - 1909-1912 |
1909–1912 |
|
1-1-1-17 |
State Savings Bank of Tasmania - Hobart (Chief Office) - Depositors Ledgers - Agency - Accounts - 024001-026000 - 1909-1912 |
1909–1912 |
|
1-1-1-18 |
State Savings Bank of Tasmania - Hobart (Chief Office) - Depositors Ledgers - Agency - Accounts - 026001-028000 - 1910-1912 |
1910–1912 |
|
1-1-1-19 |
State Savings Bank of Tasmania - Hobart (Chief Office) - Depositors Ledgers - Agency - Accounts - 028001-030000 - 1910-1912 |
1910–1912 |
|
1-1-1-20 |
State Savings Bank of Tasmania - Hobart (Chief Office) - Depositors Ledgers - Agency - Accounts - 030001-032000 - 1911-1912 |
1911–1912 |
|
1-1-1-21 |
State Savings Bank of Tasmania - Hobart (Chief Office) - Depositors Ledgers - Agency - Accounts - 032001-034000 - 1911-1912 |
1911–1912 |
Hobart (Chief Office) - Paid Withdrawal Forms
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Accession Number |
Description |
Date Range |
|---|---|---|
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1-1-2-1 |
State Savings Bank of Tasmania - Hobart (Chief Office) - Paid Withdrawal Forms - 1909 |
1909 |
Hobart (Chief Office) - Office Advice of Agency Remittances
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Accession Number |
Description |
Date Range |
|---|---|---|
|
1-1-3-1 |
State Savings Bank of Tasmania - Hobart (Chief Office) - Office Advice of Agency Remittances (Form No's 406-430) - 1909 |
1909 |
Hobart (Chief Office) - Receipt and Issue of Depositor's Passbooks
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Accession Number |
Description |
Date Range |
|---|---|---|
|
1-1-4-1 |
State Savings Bank of Tasmania - Hobart (Chief Office) - Receipt and Issue of Depositor's Passbooks; Railton - Swansea - 1906-1907 |
1906–1907 |
Hobart (Chief Office) - Account of Payments made at Agencies of the Bank where Depositor's Accounts are conducted at other Agencies
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Accession Number |
Description |
Date Range |
|---|---|---|
|
1-1-5-1 |
State Savings Bank of Tasmania - Hobart (Chief Office) - Account of Payments made at Agencies of the Bank where Depositor's Accounts are conducted at other Agencies; Avoca - Launceston - 1908 |
1908 |
Hobart (Chief Office) - Branch Daily Cash Accounts
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Accession Number |
Description |
Date Range |
|---|---|---|
|
1-1-6-1 |
State Savings Bank of Tasmania - Hobart (Chief Office) - Branch Daily Cash Accounts; Swansea - Zeehan East - 1908 |
1908 |
Hobart (Chief Office) - Lost Passbook - Declarations & Correspondence
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Accession Number |
Description |
Date Range |
|---|---|---|
|
1-1-7-1 |
State Savings Bank of Tasmania - Hobart (Chief Office) - Lost Passbook - Declarations & Correspondence - Cahill, Ellen - 1911-1912 |
1911–1912 |
|
1-1-7-2 |
State Savings Bank of Tasmania - Hobart (Chief Office) - Lost Passbook - Declarations & Correspondence - Cantrell, Harry - 1912 |
1912 |
|
1-1-7-3 |
State Savings Bank of Tasmania - Hobart (Chief Office) - Lost Passbook - Declarations & Correspondence - Cantrell, Mary Ellen - 1912 |
1912 |
|
1-1-7-4 |
State Savings Bank of Tasmania - Hobart (Chief Office) - Lost Passbook - Declarations & Correspondence - Cawthen, Bertie M. - 1912 |
1912 |
|
1-1-7-5 |
State Savings Bank of Tasmania - Hobart (Chief Office) - Lost Passbook - Declarations & Correspondence - Champion, Louis - 1911 |
1911 |
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1-1-7-6 |
State Savings Bank of Tasmania - Hobart (Chief Office) - Lost Passbook - Declarations & Correspondence - Clarke, Edward George - 1911 |
1911 |
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1-1-7-7 |
State Savings Bank of Tasmania - Hobart (Chief Office) - Lost Passbook - Declarations & Correspondence - Clarkson, Elizabeth - 1911 |
1911 |
|
1-1-7-8 |
State Savings Bank of Tasmania - Hobart (Chief Office) - Lost Passbook - Declarations & Correspondence - Clarkson, Elizabeth - 1912 |
1912 |
Hobart (Chief Office) - Deceased Depositors - Declarations & Correspondence
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Accession Number |
Description |
Date Range |
|---|---|---|
|
1-1-8-1 |
State Savings Bank of Tasmania - Hobart (Chief Office) - Deceased Depositors - Declarations & Correspondence - Allen, Ada Florence - 1908 |
1908 |
|
1-1-8-2 |
State Savings Bank of Tasmania - Hobart (Chief Office) - Deceased Depositors - Declarations & Correspondence - Alexander, Honora - 1908 |
1908 |
|
1-1-8-3 |
State Savings Bank of Tasmania - Hobart (Chief Office) - Deceased Depositors - Declarations & Correspondence - Batchelor, Edith Jane - 1907-1908 |
1907–1908 |
|
1-1-8-4 |
State Savings Bank of Tasmania - Hobart (Chief Office) - Deceased Depositors - Declarations & Correspondence - Daily, Herbert Edward - 1908 |
1908 |
Hobart (Chief Office) - Specimen Forms
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Accession Number |
Description |
Date Range |
|---|---|---|
|
1-1-9-1 |
State Savings Bank of Tasmania - Hobart (Chief Office) - Specimen Forms - Form No. 1 - Receipt forms for initial deposits with duplicates to be forwarded to Chief Office showing details of new Accounts. No's 601-700 - 1900-1909 |
1900–1909 |
|
1-1-9-2 |
State Savings Bank of Tasmania - Hobart (Chief Office) - Specimen Forms - Form No. 5 - Authority Forms - Joint Accounts - 1900-1909 |
1900–1909 |
|
1-1-9-3 |
State Savings Bank of Tasmania - Hobart (Chief Office) - Specimen Forms - Form No. 20 - Telegram forms for withdrawal of money - 1900-1909 |
1900–1909 |
|
1-1-9-4 |
State Savings Bank of Tasmania - Hobart (Chief Office) - Specimen Forms - Form No. 20 - Telegram forms for withdrawal of money - 1911 |
1911 |
|
1-1-9-5 |
State Savings Bank of Tasmania - Hobart (Chief Office) - Specimen Forms - Form No. 29 - Notice of Loss of Pass Book - 1900-1909 |
1900–1909 |
|
1-1-9-6 |
State Savings Bank of Tasmania - Hobart (Chief Office) - Specimen Forms - Form No. 37 - Statement of Deposits. No's 36051-36100 - 1900 |
1900 |
|
1-1-9-7 |
State Savings Bank of Tasmania - Hobart (Chief Office) - Specimen Forms - Form No. 38 - Statement of Payments. No's 651-700 - 1900 |
1900 |
|
1-1-9-8 |
State Savings Bank of Tasmania - Hobart (Chief Office) - Specimen Forms - Form No. 39 - Daily Cash Statements. No's 29051-29100 - 1911 |
1911 |
|
1-1-9-9 |
State Savings Bank of Tasmania - Hobart (Chief Office) - Specimen Forms - Form No. 55 - Cheque Forms drawn on the Commercial Bank of Tasmania Ltd. No's 1301-1400 - 1900 |
1900 |
|
1-1-9-10 |
State Savings Bank of Tasmania - Hobart (Chief Office) - Specimen Forms - Form. No.64 - Receipt forms for Deposits made when Passbooks forwarded to Chief Office - 1900 |
1900 |
|
1-1-9-11 |
State Savings Bank of Tasmania - Hobart (Chief Office) - Specimen Forms - Cheques drawn by Collector of Government Moneys. No.s 1-100 - 1900-1909 |
1900–1909 |
Hobart (Chief Office) - Legislation
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Accession Number |
Description |
Date Range |
|---|---|---|
|
1-1-16-1 |
State Savings Bank of Tasmania - Hobart (Chief Office) - Legislation - State Savings Bank Transfer Act - 1912 |
1912 |
Hobart (Chief Office) - Telegraph Withdrawals Code
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Accession Number |
Description |
Date Range |
|---|---|---|
|
1-1-17-1 |
State Savings Bank of Tasmania - Hobart (Chief Office) - Telegraph Withdrawals Code - 1912 |
1912 |
Branch - Avoca Branch
|
Accession Number |
Description |
Date Range |
|---|---|---|
|
1-2-10-1 |
State Savings Bank of Tasmania - Avoca - Register of Deposits - 1896-1908 |
1896–1908 |
Branch - Bracknell Branch
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Accession Number |
Description |
Date Range |
|---|---|---|
|
1-3-11-1 |
State Savings Bank of Tasmania - Bracknell - Telegraphic Withdrawal Forms - 1910 |
1910 |
|
1-3-12-1 |
State Savings Bank of Tasmania - Bracknell - Stationery Advice - 1908 |
1908 |
Branch - Branxholm Branch
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Accession Number |
Description |
Date Range |
|---|---|---|
|
1-4-13-1 |
State Savings Bank of Tasmania - Branxholm - Declaration by Depositor on making First Deposit - Davis, Annie - 1907 |
1907 |
|
1-4-14-1 |
State Savings Bank of Tasmania - Branxholm - Pass Book - No. 333 Davis, Annie - 1907 |
1907 |
Branch - Burnie Branch
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Accession Number |
Description |
Date Range |
|---|---|---|
|
1-5-13-1 |
State Savings Bank of Tasmania - Burnie - Declarations by Depositors on making First Deposit - Ellis, Spencer Charles - No. 712 - 1901 |
1901 |
|
1-5-13-2 |
State Savings Bank of Tasmania - Burnie - Declarations by Depositors on making First Deposit - Ellis, Spencer Charles - No. 712 - 1906 |
1906 |
|
1-5-13-3 |
State Savings Bank of Tasmania - Burnie - Declarations by Depositors on making First Deposit - Matthews, James Robert - No. 1275 - 1905 |
1905 |
|
1-5-13-4 |
State Savings Bank of Tasmania - Burnie - Declarations by Depositors on making First Deposit - Hayes, John - No. 1473 - 1906 |
1906 |
|
1-5-13-5 |
State Savings Bank of Tasmania - Burnie - Declarations by Depositors on making First Deposit - Kilburn, Cecil Mervyn Henry - No. 1493 - 1906 |
1906 |
|
1-5-13-6 |
State Savings Bank of Tasmania - Burnie - Declarations by Depositors on making First Deposit - Wainright, Eveline - No. 1550 - 1907 |
1907 |
|
1-5-14-1 |
State Savings Bank of Tasmania - Burnie - Pass Books - No. 712 - Ellis, Spencer Charles - 1901-1907 |
1901–1907 |
|
1-5-14-2 |
State Savings Bank of Tasmania - Burnie - Pass Books - No. 1275 Matthews, James Robert - 1905 |
1905 |
|
1-5-14-3 |
State Savings Bank of Tasmania - Burnie - Pass Books - No. 1473 Hayes, John - 1906-1907 |
1906–1907 |
|
1-5-14-4 |
State Savings Bank of Tasmania - Burnie - Pass Books - No. 1493 Kilburn, Cecil Mervyn Henry - 1906 |
1906 |
|
1-5-14-5 |
State Savings Bank of Tasmania - Burnie - Pass Books - No. 1550 Wainwright, Eveline - 1907 |
1907 |
Branch - Fingal Branch
|
Accession Number |
Description |
Date Range |
|---|---|---|
|
1-6-10-1 |
State Savings Bank of Tasmania - Fingal - Register of Deposits - 1896-1908 |
1896–1908 |
Branch - Lovett Branch
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Accession Number |
Description |
Date Range |
|---|---|---|
|
1-7-15-1 |
State Savings Bank of Tasmania - Lovett - Receipt Forms for Passbooks handed to Agencies for transmission to Chief Office - 1912 |
1912 |
