Various PartiesReference, Research, InformationArranged by Secondary Values (value of records to users)The Westpac Bank in Kew resides at Kew Junction along High Street, and has done in different forms for many years. The first variation of Westpac began in a branch of The Commercial Bank of Australia opening in 1938, then almost immediately being closed and duties handled by the branch in Hawthorn for the duration of World War 2. In 1948, another branch of the Bank of New South Wales opened on Cotham Road, before moving in 1959. Eventually in 1982, both these separate branches would be amalgamated into the new Westpac, which maintains a branch to the present. The file includes: Two copies of a brief history of the Westpac Bank in Kew, and multiple copies of a Westpac marketing material.westpac bank – kew (vic.), banks – kew (vic.)westpac bank – kew (vic.), banks – kew (vic.)

Various PartiesReference, Research, InformationKHS OrderSmall subject file including notes and newspaper/newsletter articles on banks in Kew, including the National Bank of Australasia (High Street, Kew), ES&A Bank (High Street, Kew), Bank of New South Wales / Westpac Bank (Cotham Road, then 150 High Street, Kew), Commonwealth Savings Bank/Commonwealth Trading Bank (193 High Street, Kew). An Eastern Suburbs Standard article records the donation to KHS of the National Bank of Australasia Signatory books (1885-1922). A photocopy of an email (2015) from Adrian Rigg refers to the donation of buttons and badges belonging to his grandfather Francis H Rigg (manager of the ES&A Bank, High Street), to the Society.banks - kew (vic)banks - kew (vic)