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Parent Series Index: Commonwealth Bank Departments

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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

Papua New Guinea Department

Sub-Series

Papua New Guinea - General Correspondence

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 - Central Banking Advisory Committee (CBAC) Meetings - Private Discussion Notes
Bank Management - Central Banking Advisory Committee (CBAC) Papers
Bank Management - Commonwealth Bank Administrative Committee Minutes
Bank Management - Commonwealth Bank Advisory Council Minutes
Bank Management - Commonwealth Bank Advisory Council Papers
Bank Management - Commonwealth Bank Board Information Papers
Bank Management - Commonwealth Bank Board Minutes
Bank Management - Commonwealth Bank Board Papers
Bank Management - Commonwealth Bank Executive Committee Papers
Bank Management - Commonwealth Savings Bank Board Minutes
Bank Management - Commonwealth Savings Bank Board Papers
Bank Management - General Correspondence - Administrative Committee
Bank Management - General Correspondence - Advisory Council Members Correspondence
Bank Management - General Correspondence - Board
Bank Management - General Correspondence - Board Members Correspondence
Bank Management - General Correspondence - Executive Committee Meetings
Bank Management - General Correspondence - London Board of Advice and Financial Adviser, London
Bank Management - Savings Bank - Trading Bank Policy Co-ordination Committee Minutes & Papers
Board Management - Committees & Meetings
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

Series Guides

Series Guide: Advertising Department

Series Guide: Secretary's Department

Series Guide: Bank Premises Department

Series Guide: Research Department

Parent Series Index: Commonwealth Bank Departments

Information

Series NumberC5730Series TitleCommonwealth Bank Departments Creator1912–14 Jan 1960 Commonwealth Bank of AustraliaLocation of Physical ItemsReserve Bank of Australia, 65 Martin Place, SydneyAccessTo access material not currently available on Unreserved, please contact the Reserve Bank Archivists.