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Series Guide: Bank Governors & Senior Personnel

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Collection summaryBank 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 some members of the Bank’s senior staff and executive. The records begin with Sir Denison Miller, who was the Bank’s first Governor and was appointed to that role in 1912.

As the early records were created at a time when there was no official Bank archives or formal records system, the series represents those records that have survived and been accessioned into the archives. Many of the early records were retained by the incumbent or their family on retirement. Some have made their way back to the Bank through the gifting of records by family members.

The Bank Governors & Senior Personnel records are generally maintained outside of the Bank’s central records systems until the staff member’s retirement, after which they are transferred to the Bank’s archives for accessioning. While the series originally included the records of all significant staff members, such as Sir Leslie Melville, who was the Bank’s first economist, and Sir Robert Gibson, the Chairman of the Commonwealth Bank Board, the series is now generally used for the papers of the Bank’s governors only.

Description of series

Scope

Records in this series commence with the appointment of Denison Miller as the first Governor of the Commonwealth Bank of Australia in 1912. The records span the Commonwealth Bank of Australia and the Reserve Bank of Australia as a continuous series. Some records pre or postdate an individual’s service with the Bank but were captured as part of their personal papers. For example, Denison Miller’s papers date from 1876, with these earlier records donated to the Bank by Miller’s family.

Records captured include biographical information, appointment books, index cards, speeches and addresses, personal papers and letters, official and semi-official correspondence and appointment diaries.

Of particular interest are records relating to the depression of the 1930s, the war time history of the Commonwealth Bank of Australia, records relating to the Australian Financial System Review (Martin Report) and the Committee of Inquiry into the Australian Financial System (Campbell Committee). In addition, other Bank-related material includes records regarding overseas visits, conferences and meetings with Bank staff and government, correspondence with artists and designers regarding work for the Head Office building and liaison with departments and branches of the Bank, including the Bank’s London Office.

On a more personal note, the records contain invitations from organisations and community groups to functions and fundraising events, congratulatory messages relating to appointments and honours, and chronological and alphabetical files of personal correspondence with friends, family, the public and other acquaintances.

Biographical/historical notes

The series includes the papers of all the Bank’s governors from 1912, the records of some of the Bank’s deputy governors (many of whom went on to become Bank governor), the records of some of the Bank’s senior personnel who held various roles at the Bank, and the papers of individuals who held positions on the Bank’s Board (for example Sir Robert Gibson) and includes the records of the following individuals:

Hugh Traill Armitage; Donald Badger; Thomas Bartley; Jack Breden; Stan Bryson; Des Cleary; Herbert (HC) Coombs: Allan Elvery; Bernie Fraser; John Garland; Lyndhurst Giblin; Robert Gibson; Robert (Bob) Johnston; Austin Holmes; Grahame Keep; James Kell; Harold Knight; Harvey Longmuir; Athol Lewis; Ian Macfarlane; James Mallyon; Albert McPherson; Lance McWatters; Leslie Melville; Denison Miller; Charles Mobbs; Don Parr; John Phillips; Mervyn John Phillips; Claude Reading; Ernest Richardson; Ernest Riddle; Leonard Rusden; Donald Sanders; John Scott; Harry Sheehan; Glenn Stevens; William Wilcock; John Wright.

The following Bank Governors & Senior Personnel records were released in September 2021:

Sir Denison Samuel King Miller, KCMG
James Kell
Sir Ernest Cooper Riddle
Sir Henry (Harry) Sheehan, KBE
Hugh Traill Armitage, CMG
Sir Leslie Melville
Sir Robert Gibson

Sir Denison Miller, James Kell, Sir Ernest Riddle, Sir Harry Sheehan and Hugh Traill Armitage were all governors of the Commonwealth Bank. Sir Leslie Melville was the Commonwealth Bank’s first economist and a Board member, and held various senior roles in Australia and overseas. Sir Robert Gibson was a Chairman of the Commonwealth Bank Board.

Arrangement description

The majority of records are arranged using an alpha/numeric numbering system, with the alpha prefix being the initials of the individual (for example, Denison Miller has been accessioned as GDM (with the “G” standing for “Governors & Senior Personnel”, and the “DM” for Denison Miller). The letter “G” is used as a prefix for all records in the series.

The system then generally follows a year and running number system (for example GDM-23-10 is the 10th file in the year 1923), with other variations used from time to time (for example an alpha code, indicating the type of records captured (e.g., DS for Daily Sheets, in place of the year).

The records were managed using a manual process until total conversion to the Bank’s electronic records system in the 2000s, after which the numbering system changed to a yearly prefix with a system generated running number.

The records do not always cover the whole date range of an individual’s service at the Bank. For example, James Kell was employed at the Bank from 1912 until his retirement in 1927, but the records in this series only cover the years 1922–1923. Further correspondence can often be found in other records, for example the London Letters series.

The records released in September 2021 are as follows:

Denison Miller

Denison Miller - General Correspondence

Accession Number	Description	Date Range
GDM-12-1	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Denison Miller - Pre-Commonwealth Bank Papers	1895–1912
GDM-12-2	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Denison Miller - Appointment as Governor	1912
GDM-13-1	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Denison Miller - Applications for Employment in the Bank's Service	1912–1913
GDM-14-1	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Denison Miller - Staff Appointments	1912–1914
GDM-18-1	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Denison Miller - Visit Overseas - General	1916–1918
GDM-18-2	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Denison Miller - Visit Overseas - Invitations - June - July 1918	1918
GDM-18-3	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Denison Miller - Visit Overseas - Invitations - July - September 1918	1918
GDM-18-4	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Denison Miller - Visit Overseas - Reports of Visits and Interviews	1918
GDM-18-5	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Denison Miller - Visit Overseas - Governor to Deputy Governor - Letters	1918
GDM-18-6	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Denison Miller - Visit Overseas - Deputy Governor to Governor - Letters	1918
GDM-18-7	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Denison Miller - Visit Overseas - Illuminated Address	1918
GDM-19-1	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Denison Miller - Head Office Premises - Inspections - 1915 to 1919	1915–1919
GDM-20-1	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Denison Miller - Knighthood - Congratulatory Messages - 3 May to 3 June 1920	1920
GDM-20-2	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Denison Miller - Knighthood - Congratulatory Messages - 3 June 1920	1920
GDM-20-3	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Denison Miller - Knighthood - Congratulatory Messages - 4 to 7 June 1920	1920
GDM-20-4	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Denison Miller - Knighthood - Congratulatory Messages - Replies	1920
GDM-20-5	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Denison Miller - Invitations to Functions and Replies - 1917 to 1920	1917–1920
GDM-21-1	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Denison Miller - General Matters - 1912 - 1921	1912–1921
GDM-21-2	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Denison Miller - War Service Homes, Soldier Settlement, Repatriation	1916–1921
GDM-21-3	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Denison Miller - Reappointment as Governor	1918–1921
GDM-21-4	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Denison Miller - Invitations to Functions and Replies - 1921	1921
GDM-21-5	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Denison Miller - Donations to Charities, etc. and Memberships - 1914 to 1921	1914–1921
GDM-22-1	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Denison Miller - Knighthood - Congratulatory Messages - 1920 to 1922	1920–1922
GDM-22-2	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Denison Miller - Invitations to Functions and Replies - November 1921 to March 1922	1921–1922
GDM-22-3	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Denison Miller - Invitations to Functions and Replies - April to August 1922	1922
GDM-23-1	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Denison Miller - General Matters - 1921 - 1923	1921–1923
GDM-23-2	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Denison Miller - Bankers and Businessmen Overseas	1915–1923
GDM-23-3	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Denison Miller - Biographical Notes, Club Membership, Family Matters	1909–1923
GDM-23-4	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Denison Miller - Governor General and State Governors	1913–1923
GDM-23-5	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Denison Miller - Prime Minister and Treasury	1916–1923
GDM-23-6	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Denison Miller - Donations to Charities, etc. and Membership - 1922 to 1923	1922–1923
GDM-23-7	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Denison Miller - Invitations to Functions and Replies - September 1922 to June 1923	1922–1923
GDM-23-8	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Denison Miller - Invitations to Functions and Replies - February to June 1923	1923
GDM-23-9	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Denison Miller - Head Office Premises - Inspections - 1919 to 1923	1919–1923
GDM-23-10	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Denison Miller - Death	1923
SA-70-57	RI 5-2 Commonwealth / Reserve Bank History - Personalities - Miller, Denison (Sir)	1969

Denison Miller - Commissions

Accession Number	Description	Date Range
GDM-C-1	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Denison Miller - Commissions - Appointment - Governor Commonwealth Bank of Australia - dated 29/05/1912 - Appointment commenced 1 June 1912	1912
GDM-C-2	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Denison Miller - Commissions - Re-appointment - Governor Commonwealth Bank of Australia - dated 30/05/1919 - Appointment commenced 1 June 1919	1919

Denison Miller - Diaries

Accession Number	Description	Date Range
GDM-D	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Denison Miller - Diaries - Accountant, Bank of New South Wales	1876–1908

Denison Miller - Private Press Cutting Book - Index

Accession Number	Description	Date Range
GDM-P	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Denison Miller - Private Press Cutting Book - Index	1911–1924

James Kell

James Kell - General Correspondence

Accession Number	Description	Date Range
GJK-22-1	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - James Kell - Correspondence with Solicitor - General - Duties and Responsibilities of Deputy Governor	1922
GJK-23-1	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - James Kell - Correspondence with Treasurer	1923

Ernest Riddle

Ernest Riddle - General Correspondence

Accession Number	Description	Date Range
GER-23-1	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Ernest Riddle - Memorandum - The Scope of the Bank's Business - 1923	1923
GER-31-1	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Ernest Riddle - Semi-Official Correspondence	1927–1931

Harry Sheehan

Harry Sheehan - General Correspondence

Accession Number	Description	Date Range
GHS-39-1	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Harry Sheehan - National Debt Commission - Minutes and Agenda - 1938 - 1939	1938–1939
GHS-40-1	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Harry Sheehan - National Debt Commission - Minutes and Agenda - 1940	1940
GHS-41-1	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Harry Sheehan - Death	1941

Harry Sheehan - Press Cuttings

Accession Number	Description	Date Range
GHS-P	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Harry Sheehan - Press Cuttings	1938–1941

Hugh Traill Armitage

Hugh Traill Armitage - General Correspondence

Accession Number	Description	Date Range
GHA-23-1	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Hugh Traill Armitage - Memorandum – Scope of Functions of the Commonwealth Bank of Australia.	1923
GHA-41-1	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Hugh Traill Armitage - National Debt Commission - Minutes & Agenda – 36th meeting held 3/3/1941 & 37th meeting held 18/8/1941	1941
GHA-48-1	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Hugh Traill Armitage - Semi-Official Correspondence – Senior Bank Officials	1945–1948
ST-PR-2	Staff Department - Officers' Personnel Records - Armitage, H.T. - 1912-1963	1912–1963

Hugh Traill Armitage - Draft Biography

Accession Number	Description	Date Range
GHA-A-1	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Hugh Traill Armitage - Draft Biography - Notations	1963

Hugh Traill Armitage - Passports

Accession Number	Description	Date Range
GHA-P	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Hugh Traill Armitage - Passport – Issued 31 January 1922	1922

Leslie Melville

Leslie Melville - General Correspondence

Accession Number	Description	Date Range
GGM-33-1	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Leslie Melville - Senator H. Colebatch	1933
GGM-35-1	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Leslie Melville - "Monetary Policy and the Depression" - Notes and Memoranda - C. 1935	1935
GGM-35-2	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Leslie Melville - Professor E.O.G. Shann	1932–1935
GGM-37-1	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Leslie Melville - Royal Commission on Banking - Correspondence with J.G. Phillips	1936–1937
GGM-55-1-A	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Leslie Melville - "The Unstable State"	1955
GGM-55-1-B	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Leslie Melville - "The Unstable State"	1955
GGM-65-1	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Leslie Galfreid Melville - Commissions - Re-appointment - Member Board of the Reserve Bank of Australia - dated 06/07/1965 - Appointment commenced 23 August 1965	1965

Robert Gibson

Robert Gibson - General Correspondence

Accession Number	Description	Date Range
GRG-26-1	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Robert Gibson - Rural Credits Department - Establishment	1925–1926
GRG-31-1	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Robert Gibson - Redemption of Government Securities held by State Savings Banks	1931
GRG-31-2	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Robert Gibson - Savings Banks - Suggested Amalgamation of all Australian Savings Banks	1931
GRG-31-3	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Robert Gibson - Staff - Reduction in Status - Appeal of Thomas Henry Slatyer	1928–1931
GRG-33-1	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Robert Gibson - Board Members Correspondence	1927–1933
GRG-33-2	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Robert Gibson - Executive Committee Meetings	1926–1933
GRG-33-3	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Robert Gibson - General	1925–1933
GRG-33-4	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Robert Gibson - Government Savings Bank of New South Wales - Amalgamation	1931–1933
GRG-33-5	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Robert Gibson - Governor / Chairman - Correspondence	1925–1933
GRG-33-6	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Robert Gibson - Western Australian Government Savings Bank - Amalgamation	1930–1933
GRG-34-1	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Robert Gibson - Bronze Busts	1934–1935
GRG-35-1	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Robert Gibson - Biography Proposed	1934–1935
GRG-47-1	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Robert Gibson - Private Papers	1924–1979
SA-70-56	RI 5-2 Commonwealth / Reserve Bank History - Personalities - Gibson, Sir Robert	1969

Dr H.C. Coombs

Dr H.C. Coombs - General Correspondence

Accession Number	Description	Date Range
GHC-37-1	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Correspondence, Diaries and Speeches - Address - “Swedish Monetary Policy” - Economic Society of Australia and New Zealand (NSW Branch) - 13 August 1937	1937–1938
GHC-37-2	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Correspondence - Smithies, Dr A. - 1936 - 1937	1936–1937
GHC-39-1	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Lecture - “Australia 1928 / 1938”	1939
GHC-43-4	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Correspondence, Diaries and Speeches - Broadcast - “People & Planning” (Director-General of Post-War Reconstruction)	1943
GHC-48-2	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Appointment - Governor of Commonwealth Bank - Congratulatory Messages - Personal Friends, Family and Associates in Government Departments, Universities, etc.	1948
GHC-48-10	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Devaluation - London Newsletter Report - "Devaluation Again"	1948
GHC-48-21	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Visit Overseas - Prime Minister - England	1948
GHC-48-3	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Appointment - Governor of Commonwealth Bank - Congratulatory Messages - Australian and Overseas Banks	1948–1949
GHC-48-4	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Appointment - Governor of Commonwealth Bank - Congratulatory Messages - Commonwealth Bank Personnel	1948
GHC-48-5	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Appointment - Governor of Commonwealth Bank - Press Cuttings	1948
GHC-49-1	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Correspondence, Diaries and Speeches - Address - Luncheon - “The New Governor of the Commonwealth Bank” – Directors Association of Co-operative Building Societies - 29 June 1949	1949
GHC-49-2	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Correspondence, Diaries and Speeches - Address - Meeting of Commonwealth Bank Managers - Sydney - 22 November 1949	1949
GHC-49-3	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Australian Investment Overseas - New Zealand	1949
GHC-49-7	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Financial Conference - London - 1949	1949
GHC-49-8	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - G.B.D. - Schedule of Advances with Aggregate Limits	1949
GHC-49-9	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Interdepartmental Committee on Housing and Building Industry - Canberra	1949
GHC-49-11	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Long Term Dollar Problem	1949
GHC-49-15	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Visit Overseas - England - 1949	1949
GHC-50-1	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Economic Policy - 1937 - 1950	1937–1950
GHC-52-1	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Correspondence, Diaries and Speeches - Address - “Structure and Administration of the Commonwealth Bank” - Institute of Public Administration, Sydney - 6 November 1952	1952
GHC-53-1	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Correspondence, Diaries and Speeches - Address - Senior Staff Commonwealth Bank - 30 March 1953	1953
GHC-53-2	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Correspondence, Diaries and Speeches - Address - Visit Overseas - Senior Staff Commonwealth Bank - 18 June 1953	1953
GHC-53-3	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Correspondence, Diaries and Speeches - Address - “The Role of a Regional University” - 5th Albert Joseph Memorial Lecture, New England University College, Armidale - Ceremony of Commemoration of Benefactors - 17 October 1953	1953
GHC-53-4	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Correspondence, Diaries and Speeches - Address - “Full Employment in Retrospect” - Economic Society, Canberra Branch - 26 October 1953	1944–1953
GHC-53-5	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Correspondence, Diaries and Speeches - Address - “Selection and Training of Executives in Commonwealth Bank” - Illawarra Institute of Industrial Management, Wollongong - 3 November 1953	1953
GHC-53-6	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Correspondence, Diaries and Speeches - Broadcast - U.N. Series - “The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development” - Federation of Commercial Broadcasters (2GB) - 29 November 1953	1953
GHC-54-5	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Correspondence, Diaries and Speeches - Address - “The Development of Monetary Policy in Australia” - E.S.& A. Research Lecture, University of Queensland - 15 September 1954	1954–1955
GHC-54-6	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Correspondence, Diaries and Speeches - Address - Official Opening of the Commonwealth Bank Building, Hobart - 4 October 1954	1954
GHC-54-7	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Correspondence, Diaries and Speeches - Address - “The Role of the Central Bank in Australia” - Bankers’ Institute of Australasia, Melbourne - 29 November 1954	1954
GHC-54-8	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Correspondence, Diaries and Speeches - Address - “The Central Bank Business” - Business Management Series, Sydney University Extension Board - 1954	1954
GHC-55-1	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Correspondence, Diaries and Speeches - Address - “Problems of Australian Development” - Guest of Honour, All Nations Club, Sydney - 28 January 1955	1955
GHC-55-2	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Correspondence, Diaries and Speeches - Address - “Economic Development and Financial Stability” - Section G. Presidential Address, ANZAAS Congress, Melbourne - 17 August 1955	1954–1956
GHC-55-3	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Correspondence, Diaries and Speeches - Address - “The Role of the Central Bank in the Economy” - Institute of Management, Sydney Division - 8 November 1955	1955
GHC-56-1	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Correspondence, Diaries and Speeches - Address - “The University in Contemporary Australia” - Annual Commencement and Conferring of Degrees Ceremony, Canberra University College - 27 March 1956	1955–1956
GHC-56-2	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Correspondence, Diaries and Speeches - Address - “Tests of Industrial Maturity” - Conferring of Degrees Ceremony, NSW University of Technology - 14 April 1956	1956
GHC-56-3	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Correspondence, Diaries and Speeches - Address - Annual General Function for Swedish Chamber of Commerce - Hotel Australia - 24 May 1956	1956
GHC-56-4	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Correspondence, Diaries and Speeches - Address - “The Present Economic Situation - A Challenge to Australia” - Australian Society of Accountants, Newcastle Branch - 19 July 1956	1956
GHC-56-5	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Correspondence, Diaries and Speeches - Ceramic Window Boxes - Artist - Head Office Building, Pitt Street and Martin Place and London Office	1953–1956
GHC-56-6	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Economic Advisory Committee	1956
GHC-56-7	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - International Banking School - Proposed	1956
GHC-56-8	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - London Accounts	1956
GHC-56-9	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Re-appointment - Governor Commonwealth Bank - Congratulatory Messages	1955–1956
GHC-56-10	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Visit Overseas - Conferences - Central Bank Governors, Bank of England and Commonwealth Finance Ministers, Washington	1956
GHC-57-1	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Correspondence, Diaries and Speeches - Address - Australian Institute of Management, Brisbane Division - Top Management Conference, Mt. Tambourine - 17-19 May 1957	1957
GHC-57-2	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Correspondence, Diaries and Speeches - Address - “The Future of the Australian National University” - Students Association, Canberra - 13 June 1957	1957
GHC-57-3	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Correspondence, Diaries and Speeches - Address - “The Central Bank and Industry” - Rotary Club, Melbourne - 31 July 1957	1957
GHC-58-1	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Correspondence, Diaries and Speeches - Address - “Conditions of Monetary Policy in Australia” - R.C. Mills Memorial Lecture, University of Sydney - 29 April 1958	1958
GHC-58-2	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Correspondence, Diaries and Speeches - Address - “Look at your Money” - Rotary Club, Sydney - 3 June 1958	1957–1960
GHC-58-4	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Correspondence, Diaries and Speeches - Address - “Accountability, Delegation and Control in a Statutory Corporation” - Australian Administrative Staff College, Mt. Eliza - 24 August 1958	1958
GHC-58-5	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Correspondence, Diaries and Speeches - Address - Commonwealth Bank (NSW) - Managers’ Club Social Evening - 23 October 1958	1958
GHC-58-6	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Correspondence, Diaries and Speeches - Address - Symposium on “Design in Australian Industry” - University of NSW - 2 December 1958	1958
GHC-58-7	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Separation - Commonwealth Bank - Working Papers	1956–1958
GHC-59-1	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Correspondence, Diaries and Speeches - Article - "The Problems of Indian Development - The Impressions of a Visitor" - January 1959	1958
GHC-59-3	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Correspondence, Diaries and Speeches - Address - “Rural Credits Developments in Australia” - Annual Conference of Australian Agricultural Economics Society - 26 February 1959	1959
GHC-59-5	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Correspondence, Diaries and Speeches - Address - “Bankers, Mountebanks and Scholars ” - Sydney University Union, Visitors Annual Dinner - 28 July 1959	1959
GHC-59-6	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Correspondence, Diaries and Speeches - Address - “Money and Metals” - Annual Dinner of Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, Menzies Hotel, Melbourne - 10 August 1959	1959
GHC-59-7	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Correspondence, Diaries and Speeches - Address - “A Matter of Prices” - 34th Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science (ANZAAS) Congress, Perth - 26th August 1959	1959–1960
GHC-59-8	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Staff Papers	1949–1959
GHC-59-9	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Address - “The Development of Monetary Policy in Australia” – England, Scotland and Australia Bank (ES & A) Research Lecture, University of Queensland - 15 September 1954 - Re-Print	1959
GHC-59-10	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Correspondence, Diaries and Speeches - Board Members - c.1959	1959
GHC-60-1	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Correspondence, Diaries and Speeches - Address - “Monetary Policy and the Businessman” - Summer School of Business Administration, Adelaide University - 17 February 1960	1958–1960
GHC-60-2	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Correspondence, Diaries and Speeches - Address - “The University in Contemporary Society” - Graduation Ceremony, University of Western Australia - 27 April 1960	1960
GHC-60-3	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Correspondence, Diaries and Speeches - Address - “Bankers, Mountebanks and Scholars” - Rotary Club, Perth - 29 April 1960	1960
GHC-60-4	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Correspondence, Diaries and Speeches - Address - Visit Overseas May / June 1960 - Senior Staff - 1 July 1960	1960
GHC-60-5	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Correspondence, Diaries and Speeches - Address - Senior Staff, Reserve Bank Australia - 22 August 1960	1960
GHC-60-6	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Correspondence, Diaries and Speeches - Address - Royal Institute of Public Administration, Port Moresby - 29 August 1960	1960
GHC-60-7	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Correspondence, Diaries and Speeches - Address - "The Banking System and New Guinea: The Next Phase" - Members New Guinea Society, University House, Canberra - 13 October 1960	1960
GHC-60-8	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Reserve Bank of Australia Annual Reports and Financial Statements - Personal Copy - 1960	1960
GHC-61-1	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Correspondence, Diaries and Speeches - Address - “The Problems of External Balance” - Australian Administration Staff College, Mt. Eliza - 4 June 1961	1961
GHC-61-2	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Correspondence, Diaries and Speeches - Address - “Balance of Payments Problem - Old and New Style” - 75th Anniversary of Bankers’ Institute of Australasia, Melbourne - 11 July 1961	1961
GHC-61-3	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Correspondence, Diaries and Speeches - Discussion - "The Problems of Staffing" - Australian Universities Conference - 17-18 August 1961	1961
GHC-61-4	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Correspondence, Speeches and Diaries - Response - Opening of New Building - State Bank of Pakistan - 4 November 1961	1961
GHC-61-5	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Correspondence, Diaries and Speeches - Address - “Development for Northern Australia” - Symposium, University of NSW - 5 December 1961	1961
GHC-61-6	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Discussions - Banker's Administrative Staff College (BASC) and Melbourne University Summer School of Business Administration - 1955-1961	1955–1961
GHC-61-7	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Reserve Bank of Australia Annual Reports and Financial Statements - Personal Copy - 1961	1960–1961
GHC-62-1	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Correspondence, Diaries and Speeches - Address - Delfin Club, Sydney - Correspondence only - 21 February 1962	1962
GHC-62-3	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Correspondence, Diaries and Speeches - Address - “Other People's Money” - John Morris Memorial Lecture, Hobart - 5 April 1962	1962
GHC-62-4	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Correspondence, Diaries and Speeches - Address to Senior Staff, Reserve Bank - Re-Visit Overseas - May 1962	1962
GHC-62-6	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Correspondence, Diaries and Speeches - Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science (ANZAAS) - Chairman - Giblin Lecture - 13 August 1962	1962
GHC-62-7	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Correspondence, Diaries and Speeches - Address to Senior Staff, Reserve Bank - Re-Visit Overseas - October 1962	1962
GHC-62-8	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Institute of Applied Economic Research - Proposed - 1955-1962	1955–1962
GHC-62-9	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Reserve Bank of Australia Annual Reports and Financial Statements - Personal Copy - 1962	1961–1962
GHC-63-1	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Correspondence, Diaries and Speeches - Address - “Science and Economic Growth” - Sydney Fellows of the Academy of Science, Staff Club, University of Sydney - 8 March 1963	1963
GHC-63-2	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Correspondence, Diaries and Speeches - Address - “Some Ingredients For Growth” - The Edward Shann Memorial Lecture, University of Western Australia - 31 May 1963	1963
GHC-63-3	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Reserve Bank of Australia Annual Reports and Financial Statements - Personal Copy - 1963	1962–1963
GHC-64-1	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Correspondence, Diaries and Speeches - Address - “Problems of Monetary Policy in Under–Developed Countries” - Economics Students, Karachi University - 3 March 1964	1964
GHC-64-2	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Correspondence, Diaries and Speeches - Address - “Relationship of the Central Bank with the Government – Policy Formulation and Co-ordination of Monetary and Fiscal Policies” - SEANZA Karachi - 4 March 1964	1964
GHC-64-3	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Correspondence, Diaries and Speeches - Address - Council of Institute of Public Affairs, Melbourne - 17 March 1964	1964
GHC-64-5	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Correspondence, Diaries and Speeches - Address - Annual Dinner Australian Academy of Science, Canberra - 1 May 1964	1964
GHC-64-6	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Correspondence, Diaries and Speeches - Address - First National Instalment Credit Conference - University of NSW - 18 May 1964	1964
GHC-64-7	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Reserve Bank of Australia Annual Reports and Financial Statements - Personal Copy - 1963	1963–1964
GHC-65-1	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Correspondence, Diaries and Speeches - Address to Senior Staff, Reserve Bank - Re-Visit Overseas - January 1965	1965
GHC-65-3	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Correspondence, Diaries and Speeches - Address - “Maintaining Stability in a Rapidly Developing Economy” - 18th International Banking Summer School, Ormond College, Melbourne - 17 February 1965	1965
GHC-65-6	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Correspondence, Diaries and Speeches - Address - “The Reserve Bank in Papua New Guinea” - Council on New Guinea Affairs, World Bank Report, Seminar, Goroka - 14 April 1965	1965
GHC-65-8	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Correspondence, Diaries and Speeches - Address - “International Liquidity and its Significance for World Trade” - Georgetown University, Bankers' Forum - “Gold and the Monetary Unit” - 2 October 1965	1965
GHC-65-9	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Reserve Bank of Australia Annual Reports and Financial Statements - Personal Copy - 1965	1964–1965
GHC-66-3	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Prime Minister, Treasurer and Treasury - Correspondence and Memoranda - 1949-1966	1949–1966
GHC-66-4	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Reserve Bank of Australia Annual Reports and Financial Statements - Personal Copy - 1966	1965–1966
GHC-67-3	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Correspondence, Diaries and Speeches - Address to Senior Staff, Reserve Bank - Re-Visit North and West Australia - 24 August 1967	1967
GHC-67-4	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Correspondence, Diaries and Speeches - Address - “Capital, Growth and International Payments” - Australian Industries Development Association Dinner, Hotel Windsor, Melbourne - 26 September 1967	1967
GHC-67-6	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - List of Addresses and Articles Delivered and Written by H.C. Coombs - 1936-1967	1937–1967
GHC-67-7	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Miscellaneous Correspondence "A-Z" - 1948-1967 - “A”	1958–1967
GHC-67-8	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Miscellaneous Correspondence "A-Z" - 1948-1967 - “B”	1949–1967
GHC-67-9	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Miscellaneous Correspondence "A-Z" - 1948-1967 - “C”	1949–1967
GHC-67-10	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Miscellaneous Correspondence "A-Z" - 1948-1967 - “D”	1948–1966
GHC-67-12	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Miscellaneous Correspondence "A-Z" - 1948-1967 - “F”	1961–1967
GHC-67-13	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Miscellaneous Correspondence "A-Z" - 1948-1967 - “G”	1950–1965
GHC-67-14	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Miscellaneous Correspondence "A-Z" - 1948-1967 - “H”	1955–1964
GHC-67-15	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Miscellaneous Correspondence "A-Z" - 1948-1967 - “I”	1949–1964
GHC-67-16	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Miscellaneous Correspondence "A-Z" - 1948-1967 - “J”	1949–1950
GHC-67-17	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Miscellaneous Correspondence "A-Z" - 1948-1967 - “K”	1949–1967
GHC-67-18	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Miscellaneous Correspondence "A-Z" - 1948-1967 - “L”	1950–1967
GHC-67-19	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Miscellaneous Correspondence "A-Z" - 1948-1967 - “M”	1949–1966
GHC-67-20	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Miscellaneous Correspondence "A-Z" - 1948-1967 - “N”	1953–1966
GHC-67-21	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Miscellaneous Correspondence "A-Z" - 1948-1967 - “O”	1952–1966
GHC-67-22	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Miscellaneous Correspondence "A-Z" - 1948-1967 - “P”	1953–1967
GHC-67-23	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Miscellaneous Correspondence "A-Z" - 1948-1967 - “R”	1949–1966
GHC-67-24	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Miscellaneous Correspondence "A-Z" - 1948-1967 - “S”	1948–1966
GHC-67-25	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Miscellaneous Correspondence "A-Z" - 1948-1967 - “T”	1948–1948
GHC-67-26	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Miscellaneous Correspondence "A-Z" - 1948-1967 - “U”	1949–1967
GHC-67-27	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Miscellaneous Correspondence "A-Z" - 1948-1967 - “V”	1962
GHC-67-28	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Miscellaneous Correspondence "A-Z" - 1948-1967 - “W”	1948–1967
GHC-67-29	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Miscellaneous Correspondence "A-Z" - 1948-1967 - “Y and Z”	1959–1966
GHC-67-30	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Press Cuttings - Miscellaneous	1935–1967
GHC-67-31	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Correspondence, Diaries and Speeches - Staff - Personal Letters	1949–1967
GHC-67-32	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Reserve Bank of Australia Annual Reports and Financial Statements - Personal Copy - 1967	1966–1967

Dr H.C. Coombs - Appointment Books

Accession Number	Description	Date Range
GHC-A	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Nine Yearly Appointment Books - 1959	1959
GHC-A/2	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Nine Yearly Appointment Books - 1960	1960
GHC-A/3	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Nine Yearly Appointment Books - 1961	1961
GHC-A/4	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Nine Yearly Appointment Books - 1962	1962
GHC-A/5	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Nine Yearly Appointment Books - 1963	1963
GHC-A/6	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Nine Yearly Appointment Books - 1964	1964
GHC-A/7	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Nine Yearly Appointment Books - 1965	1965
GHC-A/8	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Nine Yearly Appointment Books - 1966	1966
GHC-A/9	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Nine Yearly Appointment Books - 1967	1967

Dr H.C. Coombs - Commissions

Accession Number	Description	Date Range
GHC-C-1	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Commissions - Re-appointment - Governor Commonwealth Bank of Australia - Dated 10/02/1956 - Appointment commenced 1 January 1956	1956
GHC-C-2	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Commissions - Re-appointment - Governor Reserve Bank of Australia - Dated 14/12/1962 - Appointment commenced 1 January 1963	1962–1963

Dr H.C. Coombs - Diaries - Overseas Visits

Accession Number	Description	Date Range
GHC-D	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Diaries - Overseas Visits - Seven Diaries - 1961	1961
GHC-D/2	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Diaries - Overseas Visits - Seven Diaries - 1962	1962
GHC-D/3	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Diaries - Overseas Visits - Seven Diaries - 1963	1963
GHC-D/4	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Diaries - Overseas Visits - Seven Diaries - 1964	1964
GHC-D/5	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Diaries - Overseas Visits - Seven Diaries - 1965	1965
GHC-D/6	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Diaries - Overseas Visits - Seven Diaries - 196	1966
GHC-D/7	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Diaries - Overseas Visits - Seven Diaries - 1967	1967

Dr H.C. Coombs - Function Book - Maintained by Governor's Messenger

Accession Number	Description	Date Range
GHC-F-1	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Function Book - Maintained by Governor’s Messenger - 1957 to 1959	1957–1959
GHC-F-2	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Function Book - Maintained by Governor’s Messenger - 1960 to 1962	1960–1962

Dr H.C. Coombs - List of Collected Speeches and Essays

Accession Number	Description	Date Range
GHC-S-1	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Lists of Collected Speeches and Essays by Dr Coombs	1954–1970

Dr H.C. Coombs - Thesis

Accession Number	Description	Date Range
GHC-T	GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Thesis - “The Development of the Commonwealth Bank as a Central Bank” – Thesis Accepted for M.A. Degree, University of Western Australia	1931

In addition to the records above, there are also a number of collection items associated with each person. See each individual Research Guide for a listing of these items.

Files & Documents

GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Mervyn John Phillips - Papers - The Reasons for the Float and Experience to Date - The Deregulation of the Australian Dollar - Implications for the Finance Section and Australian Industry - 1984

GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Mervyn John Phillips - Papers - The Float and its Aftermath - Bankers' Overseas Trade Course - Staff Training College, Kirribilli - 1984

GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Thesis - “The Development of the Commonwealth Bank as a Central Bank” – Thesis Accepted for M.A. Degree, University of Western Australia

GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Lists of Collected Speeches and Essays by Dr Coombs

GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - List of Addresses and Articles Delivered and Written by H.C. Coombs - 1936-1967

GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Correspondence, Diaries and Speeches - Address - “Capital, Growth and International Payments” - Australian Industries Development Association Dinner, Hotel Windsor, Melbourne - 26 September 1967

GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Correspondence, Diaries and Speeches - Address to Senior Staff, Reserve Bank - Re-Visit North and West Australia - 24 August 1967

GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Correspondence, Diaries and Speeches - Address - “International Liquidity and its Significance for World Trade” - Georgetown University, Bankers' Forum - “Gold and the Monetary Unit” - 2 October 1965

GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Correspondence, Diaries and Speeches - Address to Senior Staff, Reserve Bank - Re-Visit Overseas - January 1965

GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Correspondence, Diaries and Speeches - Address - First National Instalment Credit Conference - University of NSW - 18 May 1964

GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Correspondence, Diaries and Speeches - Address - “Relationship of the Central Bank with the Government – Policy Formulation and Co-ordination of Monetary and Fiscal Policies” - SEANZA Karachi - 4 March 1964

GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Correspondence, Diaries and Speeches - Address - “Problems of Monetary Policy in Under–Developed Countries” - Economics Students, Karachi University - 3 March 1964

GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Correspondence, Diaries and Speeches - Address - “Some Ingredients For Growth” - The Edward Shann Memorial Lecture, University of Western Australia - 31 May 1963

GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Correspondence, Diaries and Speeches - Address to Senior Staff, Reserve Bank - Re-Visit Overseas - October 1962

GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Correspondence, Diaries and Speeches - Address to Senior Staff, Reserve Bank - Re-Visit Overseas - May 1962

GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Correspondence, Diaries and Speeches - Address - “Other People's Money” - John Morris Memorial Lecture, Hobart - 5 April 1962

GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Correspondence, Diaries and Speeches - Address - Royal Institute of Public Administration, Port Moresby - 29 August 1960

GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Correspondence, Diaries and Speeches - Address - Senior Staff, Reserve Bank Australia - 22 August 1960

GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Correspondence, Diaries and Speeches - Address - Visit Overseas May / June 1960 - Senior Staff - 1 July 1960

GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Correspondence, Diaries and Speeches - Board Members - c.1959

GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Correspondence, Diaries and Speeches - Article - "The Problems of Indian Development - The Impressions of a Visitor" - January 1959

GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Correspondence, Diaries and Speeches - Address - Commonwealth Bank (NSW) - Managers’ Club Social Evening - 23 October 1958

GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - London Accounts

Handwritten

GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Function Book - Maintained by Governor’s Messenger - 1960 to 1962

GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Function Book - Maintained by Governor’s Messenger - 1957 to 1959

GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Diaries - Overseas Visits - Seven Diaries - 1967

GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Diaries - Overseas Visits - Seven Diaries - 1966

GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Diaries - Overseas Visits - Seven Diaries - 1965

GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Diaries - Overseas Visits - Seven Diaries - 1964

GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Diaries - Overseas Visits - Seven Diaries - 1963

GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Diaries - Overseas Visits - Seven Diaries - 1962

GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Diaries - Overseas Visits - Seven Diaries - 1961

GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Nine Yearly Appointment Books - 1967

GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Nine Yearly Appointment Books - 1966

GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Nine Yearly Appointment Books - 1965

GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Nine Yearly Appointment Books - 1964

GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Nine Yearly Appointment Books - 1963

GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Nine Yearly Appointment Books - 1962

GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Nine Yearly Appointment Books - 1961

GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Nine Yearly Appointment Books - 1960

GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Nine Yearly Appointment Books - 1959

GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Denison Miller - Diaries - Accountant, Bank of New South Wales

Research Guides

Research Guide: Separation – the Commonwealth Bank and the creation of the RBA

Research Guide: Dr Herbert Cole Coombs

Research Guide: Sir Denison Samuel King Miller KCMG

Research Guide: James Kell

Research Guide: Sir Ernest Cooper Riddle KBE

Research Guide: Sir Henry John (Harry) Sheehan KBE

Research Guide: Hugh Traill Armitage CMG

Research Guide: Sir Leslie Melville KBE

Research Guide: Sir Robert Gibson GBE

Research Guide: First World War

Bound

GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Reserve Bank of Australia Annual Reports and Financial Statements - Personal Copy - 1967

GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Reserve Bank of Australia Annual Reports and Financial Statements - Personal Copy - 1966

GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Reserve Bank of Australia Annual Reports and Financial Statements - Personal Copy - 1965

GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Reserve Bank of Australia Annual Reports and Financial Statements - Personal Copy - 1963

GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Reserve Bank of Australia Annual Reports and Financial Statements - Personal Copy - 1962

GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Reserve Bank of Australia Annual Reports and Financial Statements - Personal Copy - 1961

GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Dr H.C. Coombs - Reserve Bank of Australia Annual Reports and Financial Statements - Personal Copy - 1960

GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Denison Miller - Private Press Cutting Book - Index

Booklets & Pamphlets

GOVERNORS & SENIOR PERSONNEL - Denison Miller - Visit Overseas - Illuminated Address

Series Guides

Series Guide: London Letters

Governor Bernie Fraser, Former Deputy Governor Don Sanders and former Governors Dr HC Coombs, Sir Harold Knight and Bob Johnston with Deputy Governor Mervyn John Phillips at his final Board meeting, 7 April 1992, RBA Archives, PN-014032

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