Australian and New Zealand retail bank which merged into the Bank of New South Wales in 1982, to form Westpac.
Auckland branch - Situated in Shortland Street in 1914 and in Queen Street in 1918 (NZ Post Office directories, 1914 & 1918)
Hastings branch - Corner of Queen Street East and Russell Street North, Hastings. Constructed between 1932 and 1933.
Wellington branch - Building at 328-330 Lambton Quay, where Featherston Street joins it, built 1936.
Date: 1960 - 1970
By: Eiby, George Allison, 1918-1992
Reference: G-224
Description: View includes parking meters, cars, the Central Post Office on the left, with clock, and the Commercial Bank of Australia building (built 1936) in Lambton Quay. The building just beyond the Post Office is the Joseph Nathan Building. Dating of work based on dates inscribed on the artist's other oil paintings, as well as appearance of buildings, cars, etc. Quantity: 1 oil(s). Physical Description: Oil on canvas 511 x 666 mm
Date: 1967
From: Eiby, George Allison, 1918-1992 :[Wellington sketchbook]. March-April 1967.
Reference: E-469-f-007
Description: View of Featherston Street looking towards the Commercial Bank of Australia (CBA) on Lambton Quay. There is building under construction on the right. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour and ink, 275 x 375 mm
Date: [Circa 1924]
From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand
Reference: Pan-2132-F
Description: Split image with two scenes in Hamilton taken by Robert Percy Moore in 1924. A: On the left a two-storeyed building with the offices of T. Mandeno Jackson upstairs, and the Commercial Bank of Australia downstairs. The next building is a single-storeyed wooden building, Almadale Private Hotel behind a hedge. Two men and a small girl are standing in the gateway to the hotel. On the right is the Livingstone Chambers two-storeyed building, which includes the Strand Picture Theatre, Hunter's Crown Clothing and the Goodrich Service Station. B: On the right the three-storeyed Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Company Ltd (established in 1907 and built in 1918) with shops and businesses on the ground floor, including J.N. Irvine, dentist. Several cars and bicycles are parked outside the shops. Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - 2 2 2 [in list formation] Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 103.2 cm
Date: 1935
From: Gooch, Mitchell and MacDiarmid Ltd :[Architectural plans. 1906-1995].
By: Clere & Clere (Firm)
Reference: Plans-2002-058-D-07-195/197
Description: Two sheets of floor plans and one sheet of elevations and sections. Quantity: 3 plan(s). Physical Description: Photocopies, 590 x 880 mm.
Date: 1937
By: Raine, William Hall, 1892-1955; Yaldwyn, John Cameron, 1929-2005
Reference: PAColl-0438
Description: Two copies (one damaged) of the farewell dinner held for Mr Yaldwin (or Yaldwyn as it is spelt on the reverse of the photograph) on the banking floor of the Commercial Bank of Australia, Lambton Quay, Wellington. The tellers can be seen on the left and other departments such as Accountants at the rear. A full list of those attending is given on the reverse of the photograph. The photographer was William Hall Raine. Quantity: 2 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Mounted photographic prints
Date: [ca 1924-1951]
From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives
By: Kent, Thelma Rene, 1899-1946; Collins, Tudor Washington, 1898-1970; Roberts, Jack Debnam Stewart, 1891-1980; Raine, William Hall, 1892-1955; Bierre, Eric W, 1899-; Green & Hahn (Firm)
Reference: PAColl-0785-1-201
Description: Photographs taken for publication in the New Zealand Free Lance, ca 1924-1951. North Island scenes - Aerial view of Hokianga Harbour, 1949 (Whites 5115); road through Waitakere Ranges, 1938; Waipoua Forest; mustering sheep on East Coast; Humphries Castle (well-known rock formation on slopes of Mount Taranaki); Wanganui River (at meeting place of three provinces); Lake Taupo; Wellington Railway Station taken a night; mustering sheep in Wairoa Valley; Maori village at Waihi near Tokaanu, 1930; cattle crossing river in Waiotahi Gorge, 1946; Treaty House and grounds at Waitangi; Kohokohu in Hokianga Harbour, 1931; Whitianga, 1932 & Whitianga beach and camping grounds, 1951; Jersey calves, Taranaki; elevated view of Seatoun, Wellington looking north-east; Featherston Street looking towards Lambton Quay (Prudential Assurance Co & Commercial Bank of Australia buildings), 1938. South Island scenes - Spring time blossom along banks of Avon River; Greymouth Borough Council office (in house formerly owned by Dennhy family), 1950; Mt Zora and Landsborough River; women artists painting autumn colours near Bridge of Remembrance, Christchurch, 1940s; Christchchurch Airport, 1953 (Whites 32581); Lyttelton School (taken 1874); Patearoa & Minaret Station Central Otago, 1939 & 1942; leisure craft at Diamond Harbour, 1937; Mr Oldfield and sheepdogs on Lewis Pass Road; erosion at Middle Dome, north of Lumsden, 1949; camp at Bruce Bay, Westland, 1939; convoy of battleships at Greymouth during vice-regal visit, 1925; Westport coal industry; Buller Gorge; Mount Cook from Red Lake; aerial view of Waiou River, North Canterbury, 1934; Waimakariri River in flood (taken from just above Rakaia Gorge Bridge), Nov 1928; Waipiata Sanatorium, 1924; municipal chambers at Westport, 1947; bridge over Karamea River (Thelma Kent); Lake Ohau, 1951; Tasman Glacier from Ball Hutt, 1949; members of Hutt Valley Tramping Club on Olivine ice plateau; public works camp at Weheka (near Fox Glacier), 1936.. Photographers include: E C Lackland, Auckland; W Hall Raine; Thelma Kent; T W Collins; Whites Aviation; W G Weigel; A V Bowden; A Inkster; J D S Roberts; D V Apperley; Eric W Bierre; L Wallace; Green & Hahn; etc Quantity: 65 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints
Date: 1883
From: Hunter, Norman Mitchell b 1859 :[Sketches of New Zealand. 1882-1883]
Reference: E-328-f-130-2
Description: A view of Macquarie Street Hobart showing the Commercial Bank Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Macquarie Str. Hobart (from Supreme Court) - Commercial Bank Quantity: 1 photograph(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 93 x 155 mm
Date: 1900-1950
Reference: Eph-A-BANK-CBA-1900s
Description: Includes: Undated: Blank cheque for an amount in sterling currency Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Sizes varying up to around 240 mm.
Date: 1891-1943, 1950
By: New Zealand Bankers' Association
Reference: MS-Group-0304
Description: Contains minutes of meetings of representatives of the Associated Banks, 1891-1943 and `Matters on which the Associated Banks of New Zealand are in agreement', 1934, 1950. Also Chairman's correspondence files, 1898-1932, comprising mainly inward correspondence and Chairman's letter books, 1905-1927, containing carbon copies of outward correspondence. Minutes and reports of the New Zealand Coinage Committee (1933); extracts from reports, memos, correspondence, extracts from the `Accountants' journal' report of the Decimal Currency Committee, clippings and other notes Also minutes of meetings of representatives of member banks, 15 Oct 1903-21 Dec 1934 and chairman's letters, 1892-1944. The volume containing Chairman's letters, 1939-1942 was listed as `missing' at the time of the transfer of Chairman's letters, 1892-1944 Quantity: 64 volume(s). 4 folder(s). 6 box(es) (38 folders). 5.50 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss,typescripts and printed matter Provenance: Chairman's letters, 1892-1944 (51 vols) were previously held by the Union Bank of Australia before being transferred to N Z Banker's Association
Date: 1959, 1962-1965, 1967-1968
From: New Zealand Truth : Files of the Financial Editor
Reference: MS-Papers-1188-064
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Date: 1979 - 1981
From: ANZ Banking Group (New Zealand) :[Posters about banking and investment with the ANZ Banking Group. 1970-1980s]
By: ANZ Banking Group (New Zealand)
Reference: Eph-D-BANK-ANZ-1979-01
Description: Shows a photograph of a white toy rabbit holding a gift labelled Brer Fox and proferring his Bankcard to pay for it. Other Titles - Bank of New South Wales ; Commercial Bank of Australia Card depicted was issued October 1979, and expired Feb 1981. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Coloured photolithograph 597 x 420 mm.
Date: [ca 1910]
From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives
Reference: 1/2-001951-G
Description: View of the facade of the Commercial Bank of Australia (CBA) in the Masonic Hall building. Photograph taken by William A Price in early 1900s. William Archer Price lived and practised in Queen Street, Northcote, 1909-1910. Source: New Zealand Post Office directories Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.5 x 6.5 inches
Date: [ca 1933]
From: Whitehead, Henry Norford, 1870-1965 :Negatives of Napier, Hastings and district
Reference: 1/2-049405-G
Description: View of Queen Street East, Hastings, taken ca 1933 by Henry Norford Whitehead. Shows the Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd on the corner of Queen Street and Russell Street. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative
Date: [ca 1933]
From: Whitehead, Henry Norford, 1870-1965 :Negatives of Napier, Hastings and district
Reference: 1/2-049408-G
Description: Exterior view of the Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd building under construction on the corner of Queen Street East and Russell Street North, Hastings, taken ca 1933 by Henry Norford Whitehead. Ladders are leaning against the building and construction workers are standing outside. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative
Date: Circa early 1930s
From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives
Reference: APG-2087-1/2-G
Description: View along Featherston Street, Wellington. The Panama Street sign is on the left, with the General Post Office just beyond. The view looks along to Lambton Quay with the Commercial Bank of Australia in the distance. On the right the firm of Peter Jackson Ltd is in the Stock Exchange building. Photograph taken by A P Godber. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches
Date: 1950-2000
From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers
Reference: PAColl-7327-1-054
Description: Photographs relating to naval defence, banking, and business, taken and collected by the Evening Post. Images taken in New Zealand and abroad, by a range of photographers, between 1950 and 2000. Includes warships 'Pukaki', 'USS Texas', 'Waikato' and 'Wellington' Images relating to the navy are arranged alphabetically from V to W Quantity: 1 box(es) of prints, grouped in folders.