Bank of New South Wales

Commercial organisation

Australia's oldest bank, established in Sydney in 1817, and still trading as Westpac.

Milestones
Formed
1817
Incorporated
1931

Bank of New South Wales

by Dictionary of Sydney staff writer, 2008

 

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From the gold rush of the 1850s to the depression of the 1930s, Australia's oldest bank, now known as Westpac, has ridden the tide of the economy to serve Sydneysiders since the colony's infancy.
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