The Dictionary of Sydney was archived in 2021.
The Dictionary of Sydney was archived in 2021.
Australia's oldest bank, established in Sydney in 1817, and still trading as Westpac.
Milestone
Formed
1817
{"name":"Formed","target":"","target_text":null,"date":{"#markup":"<span class='date'>1817<\/span>"},"date_start":"1817","date_end":"1817"}
Incorporated
1931
{"name":"Merged into","target":"Australian Joint Stock Bank","target_text":null,"date":{"#markup":"<span class='date'>1931<\/span>"},"date_start":"1931","date_end":"1931"}
Merged into
1982
{"name":"Merged into","target":"Westpac Banking Corporation","target_text":null,"date":{"#markup":"<span class='date'>1982<\/span>"},"date_start":"1982","date_end":"1982"}
Position
{"name":"Clerk","target":"Spofforth, Fred","target_text":null,"date":{"#markup":"<span class='date'><\/span>"},"date_start":null,"date_end":null}
1817
{"name":"Founder","target":"Moore, Thomas","target_text":null,"date":{"#markup":"<span class='date'>1817<\/span>"},"date_start":"1817","date_end":"1817"}
1817
{"name":"Founder","target":"Wentworth, D'Arcy","target_text":null,"date":{"#markup":"<span class='date'>1817<\/span>"},"date_start":"1817","date_end":"1817"}
1817 - 1818
{"name":"Employee","target":"Hall, Edward Smith","target_text":null,"date":{"#markup":"<span class='date'>1817<\/span><span class='separator'> - <\/span><span class='date'>1818<\/span>"},"date_start":"1817","date_end":"1818"}
1817 - 1821
{"name":"President","target":"Campbell, John Thomas","target_text":null,"date":{"#markup":"<span class='date'>1817<\/span><span class='separator'> - <\/span><span class='date'>1821<\/span>"},"date_start":"1817","date_end":"1821"}
1817 - 1838
{"name":"Company director","target":"Harris, John 1754-1838","target_text":null,"date":{"#markup":"<span class='date'>1817<\/span><span class='separator'> - <\/span><span class='date'>1838<\/span>"},"date_start":"1817","date_end":"1838"}
1817 - 1841
{"name":"Employee","target":"Potts, Joseph Hyde","target_text":null,"date":{"#markup":"<span class='date'>1817<\/span><span class='separator'> - <\/span><span class='date'>1841<\/span>"},"date_start":"1817","date_end":"1841"}
1828 - 1831
{"name":"Director","target":"Cooper, Daniel","target_text":null,"date":{"#markup":"<span class='date'>1828<\/span><span class='separator'> - <\/span><span class='date'>1831<\/span>"},"date_start":"1828","date_end":"1831"}
1829 - 1846
{"name":"Company director","target":"Hutchinson, William","target_text":null,"date":{"#markup":"<span class='date'>1829<\/span><span class='separator'> - <\/span><span class='date'>1846<\/span>"},"date_start":"1829","date_end":"1846"}
1846 - 1851
{"name":"Vice-president","target":"Holden, John Rose","target_text":null,"date":{"#markup":"<span class='date'>1846<\/span><span class='separator'> - <\/span><span class='date'>1851<\/span>"},"date_start":"1846","date_end":"1851"}
1850 - 1855
{"name":"Director","target":"Towns, Robert","target_text":null,"date":{"#markup":"<span class='date'>1850<\/span><span class='separator'> - <\/span><span class='date'>1855<\/span>"},"date_start":"1850","date_end":"1855"}
1851 - 1852
{"name":"President","target":"Holden, John Rose","target_text":null,"date":{"#markup":"<span class='date'>1851<\/span><span class='separator'> - <\/span><span class='date'>1852<\/span>"},"date_start":"1851","date_end":"1852"}
1854 - 1859
{"name":"Manager","target":"Eagar, Geoffrey","target_text":null,"date":{"#markup":"<span class='date'>1854<\/span><span class='separator'> - <\/span><span class='date'>1859<\/span>"},"date_start":"1854","date_end":"1859"}
1855 - 1861
{"name":"President","target":"Cooper, Daniel jnr","target_text":null,"date":{"#markup":"<span class='date'>1855<\/span><span class='separator'> - <\/span><span class='date'>1861<\/span>"},"date_start":"1855","date_end":"1861"}
1861 - 1867
{"name":"Director","target":"Towns, Robert","target_text":null,"date":{"#markup":"<span class='date'>1861<\/span><span class='separator'> - <\/span><span class='date'>1867<\/span>"},"date_start":"1861","date_end":"1867"}
1862 - 1863
{"name":"President","target":"Tooth, Robert","target_text":null,"date":{"#markup":"<span class='date'>1862<\/span><span class='separator'> - <\/span><span class='date'>1863<\/span>"},"date_start":"1862","date_end":"1863"}
1866 - 1867
{"name":"President","target":"Towns, Robert","target_text":null,"date":{"#markup":"<span class='date'>1866<\/span><span class='separator'> - <\/span><span class='date'>1867<\/span>"},"date_start":"1866","date_end":"1867"}
1869 - 1886
{"name":"President","target":"Walker, Thomas","target_text":null,"date":{"#markup":"<span class='date'>1869<\/span><span class='separator'> - <\/span><span class='date'>1886<\/span>"},"date_start":"1869","date_end":"1886"}
1881 - 1890
{"name":"Company director","target":"Lucas-Tooth, Robert Lucas","target_text":null,"date":{"#markup":"<span class='date'>1881<\/span><span class='separator'> - <\/span><span class='date'>1890<\/span>"},"date_start":"1881","date_end":"1890"}
1900 - 1914
{"name":"Director","target":"MacLaurin, Henry Normand","target_text":null,"date":{"#markup":"<span class='date'>1900<\/span><span class='separator'> - <\/span><span class='date'>1914<\/span>"},"date_start":"1900","date_end":"1914"}
1929 - 1940
{"name":"Company director","target":"King, Kelso","target_text":null,"date":{"#markup":"<span class='date'>1929<\/span><span class='separator'> - <\/span><span class='date'>1940<\/span>"},"date_start":"1929","date_end":"1940"}
Property
Occupied
1930 - 1982
{"name":"Occupied","target":"Westpac Bank Building","target_text":null,"date":{"#markup":"<span class='date'>1930<\/span><span class='separator'> - <\/span><span class='date'>1982<\/span>"},"date_start":"1930","date_end":"1982"}
Occupied
1938 - 1990
{"name":"Occupied","target":"City Bank House","target_text":null,"date":{"#markup":"<span class='date'>1938<\/span><span class='separator'> - <\/span><span class='date'>1990<\/span>"},"date_start":"1938","date_end":"1990"}
Owner of
1954 - 1982
{"name":"Owner of","target":"64-66 Pitt Street, Sydney","target_text":null,"date":{"#markup":"<span class='date'>1954<\/span><span class='separator'> - <\/span><span class='date'>1982<\/span>"},"date_start":"1954-01-01","date_end":"1982-01-01"}
Type
{"name":"Commercial organisation","target":"","target_text":null,"date":{"#markup":"<span class='date'><\/span>"},"date_start":null,"date_end":null}
{"name":"Bank","target":"","target_text":null,"date":{"#markup":"<span class='date'><\/span>"},"date_start":null,"date_end":null}
