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Parent Series Index: Commonwealth Bank Departments
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Description of Series
Records created by departments of the Commonwealth Bank of Australia. This parent series covers the period from the establishment of the Commonwealth Bank in 1911 until the Reserve Bank Act 1959 separated the Commonwealth Bank’s central banking functions from its commercial banking activities. The Commonwealth Bank was renamed the Reserve Bank of Australia, which acted as the nation’s central bank and was constituted separately from the newly created Commonwealth Banking Corporation, which operated as a trading bank. The Reserve Bank of Australia commenced operations on 14 January 1960 marking the end of this parent series.
Each series within the Commonwealth Bank Departments parent series identifies a group of records that were created by a specific department of the Bank during the course of their work. The sub-series within each series indicate the range of functions performed by each department as well as the types of topics that can be found in that series.
Some departments continued to exist after separation. Any series created by departments which continued after 14 January 1960 are listed in Parent Series Index: Reserve Bank Departments.
Series
Accounting Department
Sub-Series
- Accounting Department - Account Balances
- Accounting Department - Account Summaries
- Accounting Department - Amalgamation of Banks
- Accounting Department - Analysis of Expenditure
- Accounting Department - Audit Section
- Accounting Department - Balance Sheet
- Accounting Department - Branches
- Accounting Department - Chief Accountant's Authorities
- Accounting Department - Classification of Advances
- Accounting Department - Commonwealth Bank - Darwin Branch
- Accounting Department - Commonwealth Bank - Lae Branch
- Accounting Department - Commonwealth Bank - Rabaul Branch
- Accounting Department - Commonwealth Public Account
- Accounting Department - Cost Committee
- Accounting Department - Depositors Balances
- Accounting Department - Expenditure Account
- Accounting Department - Forms and Statements
- Accounting Department - Government Accounts
- Accounting Department - Half Yearly Summaries
- Accounting Department - Head Office
- Accounting Department - Internal Accounts - General Correspondence 1943 to 1956
- Accounting Department - Internal Accounts - General Correspondence 1957 to 1967
- Accounting Department - Internal Accounts - Index Cards
- Accounting Department - Ledger
- Accounting Department - Memorandum
- Accounting Department - Organisation & Methods - Adelaide
- Accounting Department - Organisation & Methods - Brisbane
- Accounting Department - Organisation & Methods - Conferences
- Accounting Department - Organisation & Methods - Hobart
- Accounting Department - Organisation & Methods - London
- Accounting Department - Organisation & Methods - Melbourne
- Accounting Department - Organisation & Methods - Perth
- Accounting Department - Organisation & Methods - Separation Advices
- Accounting Department - Organisation & Methods - Sydney
- Accounting Department - Profit & Loss
- Accounting Department - Quarterly and Half Yearly Statements
- Accounting Department - Quarterly Average Statistics Returns
- Accounting Department - Quarterly Averages Register
- Accounting Department - Quarterly Averages Statistical Returns
- Accounting Department - Register
- Accounting Department - Returns
- Accounting Department - Savings Bank Department Deposits
- Accounting Department - Savings Bank Statistics
- Accounting Department - Statements of Accounts
- Accounting Department - Statements of Balances
- Accounting Department - Statistics
- Accounting Department - Stores, Stationery and Cheque Books Committee
- Accounting Department - Summaries of Deposits
- Accounting Department - Summary of Approved Advances
- Accounting Department - Unclaimed Balances Returns
- Accounting Department - Vouchers
- Accounting Department - Weekly Summary
- Accounting Department - Yearly Balance
- Accounting Department - Yearly Comparisons Return
- Accounting Department - Yearly Summary of Business
Actuary’s Department
Sub-Series
- Actuary's Department - Diary Market Operations
- Actuary's Department - General Correspondence
- Actuary's Department - Investment Journals
- Actuary's Department - Investment Ledgers
- Actuary's Department - Investment Registers
- Actuary's Department - Officers' Superannuation Fund
- Actuary's Department - Press Cuttings
- Actuary's Department - Summaries of Business
Actuary's Department - Staff Section
Sub-Series
- Actuary's Department - Officers' Superannuation Fund (OSF) - Rules
Advertising Department
Sub-Series
- Advertising Department - Advertising Books / Binders
- Advertising Department - Advertising Posters
- Staff Magazines
Bank Premises Department
Sub-Series
- Bank Premises - Adelaide
- Bank Premises - Architects
- Bank Premises - Brisbane
- Bank Premises - Canberra
- Bank Premises - Hobart
- Bank Premises - Launceston
- Bank Premises - London
- Bank Premises - Melbourne
- Bank Premises - New York
- Bank Premises - New Zealand
- Bank Premises - Note Issue Department - Fitzroy
- Bank Premises - Perth
- Bank Premises - Port Moresby
- Bank Premises - Specifications
- Bank Premises - Sydney
- Bank Premises - Townsville
- Facilities Management - Projects - Major
Banking & Finance Department
Sub-Series
- Banking & Finance - Audit Reports
- Banking & Finance - Banking Division - Credit Policy
- Banking & Finance - Banking Division - Credit Policy Section
- Banking & Finance - Banking Division - Credit Policy Section - Banks
- Banking & Finance - Banking Division - Statutory Reserve Deposits (Special Accounts) - General Policy
- Banking & Finance - Investment Department
- Banking & Finance - Pastoral & Pastoral Finance Companies
- Banking & Finance - Pastoral & Pastoral Finance Companies
- Banking & Finance - Registers, Books
Banking Department
Sub-Series
- Banking Department - Exchange Control
Branch Procedures and Research Department
Sub-Series
- Branch Procedures and Research - Conferences and Meetings
- Branch Procedures and Research - General Correspondence
Commonwealth Bank of Australia - Sydney Head Office
Sub-Series
- Commonwealth Bank of Australia - Sydney - Staff List
Currency & Banking Operations Department
Sub-Series
- Currency & Banking Operations - Banking Operations Section - Instruction Books
Currency & Banking Operations Department - Rural Credit Section
Sub-Series
- Rural Credits - General Correspondence
- Rural Credits - History Sheets
- Rural Credits - Registers
Development Department
Sub-Series
- Development - General Correspondence
Exchange Control Department
Sub-Series
- Exchange Control Department - Export Control - Applicants
- Exchange Control Department - Monetary & Exports Control - Applicants
- Exchange Control Department - Monetary Control Policy - Policy Files
Foreign Division
Sub-Series
- Foreign Division - Authorised Signatures
Industrial Finance Department
Sub-Series
- Industrial Finance - Circulars
- Industrial Finance - General Correspondence
- Industrial Finance - Hire Purchase Manual
- Industrial Finance - Minutes of Hire Purchase Conferences
- Industrial Finance - Press Cuttings
- Industrial Finance - Specimen Forms
Inspector's Department
Sub-Series
- Inspector's Department - Documents Executed Registers
- Inspector's Department - General Correspondence
- Inspector's Department - Instruction Books / Manuals / Handbooks
International Department
Sub-Series
- International Department - Arrangements with Overseas Correspondents - Banks
- International Department - Exchange Operations - Dealings
- International Department - Exchange Operations - Forward Dealings
- International Department - Exchange Operations - Registers, Books, etc.
- International Department - Foreign Exchange Policy - Australian Loans to New Zealand
- International Department - Foreign Exchange Policy - Australian Notes Encashment Overseas
- International Department - Foreign Exchange Policy - British Notes and Coin
- International Department - Foreign Exchange Policy - Commonwealth Government Dollar Balance
- International Department - Foreign Exchange Policy - Countries
- International Department - Foreign Exchange Policy - Exchange Rates - London
- International Department - Foreign Exchange Policy - Exchange Rates - Overseas
- International Department - Foreign Exchange Policy - Foreign Exchange System in Australia
- International Department - Foreign Exchange Policy - Forward Exchange Rates
- International Department - Foreign Exchange Policy - Government Finance
- International Department - Foreign Exchange Policy - Overseas Banks' Accounts in Australia
- International Department - Foreign Exchange Policy - Sterling Working Balances of Trading Banks
- International Department - Forward Exchange - Policy
- International Department - Gold - Bank's Holdings
- International Department - International Institutions - International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD)
- International Department - International Institutions - International Monetary Fund
- International Department - Investment Operations - IMF (International Monetary Fund)
- International Department - Investment Operations - United Kingdom
- International Department - Investment Operations - United States of America
- International Department - London Funds - Bank of Australasia
- International Department - London Funds - Bank of New South Wales
- International Department - London Funds - Bank of New Zealand
- International Department - London Funds - Banque Nationale de Paris
- International Department - London Funds - English, Scottish and Australia Bank Limited
- International Department - London Funds - Mobilization Powers
- International Department - London Funds - National Bank of Australasia Limited
- International Department - London Funds - Union Bank of Australia Limited
Migrant Information Service
Sub-Series
- Migrant Information Service - General Correspondence
Mortgage Bank Department
Sub-Series
- Mortgage Bank - Application Register
- Mortgage Bank - General Correspondence
- Mortgage Bank - Ledgers
- Mortgage Bank - Press Cuttings
- Mortgage Bank - Specimen Forms
Personnel Department
Sub-Series
- Personnel Department - Acts
- Personnel Department - Branch & Department Files
- Personnel Department - Employment
- Personnel Department - Industrial Section
- Personnel Department - Insurance
- Personnel Department - International Monetary Fund
- Personnel Department - OSF Section - Officers Superannuation Fund
- Personnel Department - Recruitment Section
- Personnel Department - Salaries
- Personnel Department - Saturday Morning Work
- Personnel Department - SEANZA
Research Department
Sub-Series
- Research Department - Balance of Payments - Committees and Conferences
- Research Department - Balance of Payments - Commonwealth Statistician
- Research Department - Balance of Payments - Exchange Transactions
- Research Department - Balance of Payments - Export
- Research Department - Balance of Payments - Export Price Index
- Research Department - Balance of Payments - Global
- Research Department - Balance of Payments - Import Price Index
- Research Department - Balance of Payments - Imports
- Research Department - Balance of Payments - Individual Areas and Countries
- Research Department - Balance of Payments - International Reserves
- Research Department - Balance of Payments - International, Monetary, Commercial and Exchange Arrangements
- Research Department - Balance of Payments - Obsolete Files
- Research Department - Balance of Payments Section
- Research Department - Banking Section - Administrative Machinery
- Research Department - Banking Section - Audit Reports
- Research Department - Banking Section - C.A. General
- Research Department - Banking Section - Central Bank Loans
- Research Department - Banking Section - Commonwealth Bank and NID Balance Sheet
- Research Department - Banking Section - Conference with Central Bank Governors
- Research Department - Banking Section - Conference with Private Banks
- Research Department - Banking Section - Credit Policy
- Research Department - Banking Section - General
- Research Department - Banking Section - Interest Rates
- Research Department - Banking Section - Lending Commitments
- Research Department - Banking Section - Meetings of University Economists
- Research Department - Banking Section - Miscellaneous
- Research Department - Banking Section - Savings Bank
- Research Department - Banking Section - Savings Bank Returns Forms D
- Research Department - Banking Section - Savings Bank Returns Forms E (SB)
- Research Department - Banking Section - Special Account Powers
- Research Department - Banking Section - Statistics
- Research Department - Banking Section - Trading Bank Returns
- Research Department - Central Bank - Bankers' Administrative Staff College
- Research Department - Central Bank - General
- Research Department - Economic Research - External
- Research Department - Economic Research - Financial
- Research Department - Economic Research - General Projects
- Research Department - Economic Research - Internal Activity
- Research Department - Finance Section
- Research Department - General Economic Conditions - Letters to the Reserve Banks
- Research Department - General Economic Conditions - Meetings of the University Economists
- Research Department - General Economic Conditions - National Income
- Research Department - General Economic Conditions - National Security Resource Board
- Research Department - General Economic Conditions - Overseas Countries
- Research Department - General Economic Conditions - Review (Bank Economists)
- Research Department - General Economic Conditions - State Conditions Letters
- Research Department - Governance Finance - Australian Public Debt
- Research Department - Governance Finance - Commonwealth Government
- Research Department - Governance Finance - Loan Council
- Research Department - Governance Finance - Other Countries (including information on War Savings Bonds)
- Research Department - Governance Finance - Public Authorities
- Research Department - Governance Finance - State Government
- Research Department - Governance Finance - Statements of Revenue and Expenditure
- Research Department - Industrial Production - Electricity Statistics
- Research Department - Industrial Production - Rationing
- Research Department - Industrial Production - Secondary Production
- Research Department - International Section - Commonwealth Finance Minister's Conference
- Research Department - International Section - Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East
- Research Department - International Section - European Co-operation
- Research Department - International Section - Export Import Bank
- Research Department - International Section - General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)
- Research Department - International Section - International Monetary Fund (IMF)
- Research Department - International Section - International Monetary Fund, Bank for Reconstruction & Development and International Finance Corporation
- Research Department - International Section - International Trade Organisation
- Research Department - Investments - Miscellaneous
- Research Department - Legislation - Banking Act 1945
- Research Department - Legislation - Banking Act 1947
- Research Department - Legislation - Banking Legislation 1953 and 1957
- Research Department - Legislation - National Security (War Time Banking Control) Regulations
- Research Department - Liaison Section
- Research Department - Miscellaneous Correspondence - General
- Research Department - Miscellaneous Correspondence - Memoranda
- Research Department - Planning & Economic Development - Economic Development in Australia
- Research Department - Planning & Economic Development - The Activities of the Far Eastern Commission
- Research Department - Planning & Economic Development - The Colombo Plan
- Research Department - Planning & Economic Development - The Depression & Recovery in Australia
- Research Department - Population, Employment and Social Conditions - Building Activity
- Research Department - Population, Employment and Social Conditions - Building Industry
- Research Department - Population, Employment and Social Conditions - Employment
- Research Department - Population, Employment and Social Conditions - Housing Finance
- Research Department - Population, Employment and Social Conditions - Immigration and Planning Council
- Research Department - Population, Employment and Social Conditions - Population & Immigration
- Research Department - Population, Employment and Social Conditions - Wages & Labour Conditions
- Research Department - Prices & Statistics - General
- Research Department - Prices & Statistics - Indexes
- Research Department - Prices & Statistics - Investment and Miscellaneous
- Research Department - Research Library
- Research Department - Rural & Extractive Industries - Post-Joint Organisation
- Research Department - Rural & Extractive Industries - Rural Credit
- Research Department - Staff - Miscellaneous
- Research Department - Staff Services Section
Secretary's Department
Sub-Series
- Bank Management
- Bank Management - Commonwealth Bank of Australia - Administrative Committee
- Bank Management - Reserve Bank of Australia - Administrative Advisory Committee (ADAC)
- Bank Management - Conference of Reserve Bank Branch Managers
- Bank Management - Central Banking Advisory Committee (CBAC)
- Bank Management - Economic Policy Advisory Committee (EPAC)
- Bank Management - Education & Liaison Committee (ELC)
- Bank Management - International Committee (INC)
- Bank Management - Meetings
- Bank Management - Papers
- Bank Management - Committee on Policy & Administration (PAC)
- Bank Management - Rural Committee (RCOM)
- Bank Management - Savings Bank-Trading Bank Policy Co-ordination Committee
- Bank Management - Registers of Memoranda and Papers
- Bank Management - General Correspondence
- Code Books
- Commonwealth Bank of Australia - Memorandum of Understandings
- Press Cuttings - Overseas
- Private Telegraphic Keys
- Rural Credits Development Fund Registers
- Secretary's Department - Agency Arrangements Records
- Secretary's Department - Annual Reports & Balance Sheets - Commonwealth Bank of Australia
- Secretary's Department - Archives - General Correspondence
- Secretary's Department - Authority Registers
- Secretary's Department - Bankers to Banks
- Secretary's Department - Banking Legislation
- Secretary's Department - Capital Issues Control and Advance Policy
- Secretary's Department - Capital Issues Control and Advance Policy - "Aide-Memoire" Book
- Secretary's Department - Capital Issues Control and Advance Policy - Applications
- Secretary's Department - Capital Issues Control and Advance Policy - Board/Committee Meetings
- Secretary's Department - Capital Issues Control and Advance Policy - Capital Issues Submissions
- Secretary's Department - Central Banks Filing System
- Secretary's Department - Chairman's Filing System - 1926 to 1951
- Secretary's Department - Code Books
- Secretary's Department - Commonwealth / Reserve Bank - Atomic Energy Committee
- Secretary's Department - Commonwealth Bank Board Meetings - Private Discussion Notes
- Secretary's Department - Commonwealth Treasury Bills Ledger (Loose-leaf)
- Secretary's Department - Commonwealth Treasury Bills Registers
- Secretary's Department - Communications Section
- Secretary's Department - Documents Executed Registers
- Secretary's Department - Emergency Supply Scheme Records
- Secretary's Department - Foreign Exchange Records
- Secretary's Department - General Correspondence - 1937 to 1939
- Secretary's Department - General Correspondence 1912 to 1945
- Secretary's Department - Governor's Filing System - 1921 to 1936
- Secretary's Department - Indexes - Filing Systems
- Secretary's Department - Powers of Attorney
- Secretary's Department - Press Cuttings - Australian
- Secretary's Department - Private Filing System - 1912 to 1966
- Secretary's Department - Private Filing System - 1946 to 1968
- Secretary's Department - Research Section Filing System
- Secretary's Department - Rural Credits Development Filing System - 1925 to 1967
- Telegrams / Telex Messages - International - From London Office
- Telegrams / Telex Messages - International - From Bank of England
- Telegrams / Telex Messages - International - International
- Telegrams / Telex Messages - International - To Bank of England
- Telegrams / Telex Messages - International - To London Office
Securities Markets Department
Sub-Series
- Securities Markets - Acts
- Securities Markets - Banking Agreements
- Securities Markets - Banks
- Securities Markets - Bonds & Stock - Certificate of Merit
- Securities Markets - Bonds & Stock - Circulars to Branches
- Securities Markets - Bonds & Stock - Commonwealth Government Loan Forms
- Securities Markets - Bonds & Stock - General Correspondence 1915 to 1976
- Securities Markets - Bonds & Stock - History Binders
- Securities Markets - Bonds & Stock - Instruction Books
- Securities Markets - Bonds & Stock - Investment Registers
- Securities Markets - Bonds & Stock - Loan Prospectus
- Securities Markets - Bonds & Stock - Outstanding Applications
- Securities Markets - Bonds & Stock - Press Cuttings
- Securities Markets - Bonds & Stock - Procedural Instructions
- Securities Markets - Bonds & Stock - Specimen Bonds
- Securities Markets - Bonds & Stock - Specimen Forms
- Securities Markets - Bonds & Stock - Statistical Registers
- Securities Markets - Bonds & Stock - Statistical Registers - Loans
- Securities Markets - Commonwealth Government Securities
- Securities Markets - Public Finance
- Securities Markets - Short Term Money Market
- Securities Markets - Short Term Money Market Ledgers
- Securities Markets - Treasury Bills
- Securities Markets - Yield Schedules
Staff Department
Sub-Series
- Staff Department - General Correspondence
- Staff Department - Staff Training
- Staff Department - Training Section
Stock and Share Administration Department
Sub-Series
- Stock and Share Administration - General Correspondence - 1951 to 1963
Information
Series NumberC5730Series TitleCommonwealth Bank Departments Creator1912–14 Jan 1960 Commonwealth Bank of AustraliaLocation of Physical ItemsReserve Bank of Australia, SydneyAccessTo access material not currently available on Unreserved, please contact the Reserve Bank Archivists.
1912–14 Jan 1960 Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Parent Series Index: Commonwealth Bank Departments. Reserve Bank of Australia Unreserved, accessed 31/08/2026, https://unreserved.rba.gov.au/nodes/view/83373
