https://mallala.nowandthen.org.au/w/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=Amanda1Mallala - User contributions [en]2026-07-03T22:09:01ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.24.2https://mallala.nowandthen.org.au/w/index.php?title=Commercial_Bank_of_Australia&diff=1748Commercial Bank of Australia2010-02-11T07:00:33Z<p>Amanda1: </p>
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|StreetNumber=2<br />
|StreetName=Redbanks<br />
|StreetSuffix=Road<br />
|Locality=Mallala<br />
|Geocoordinates=34.438516° S, 138.510554° E<br />
|DateEstablished=1910<br />
|CeasedOperation=1982<br />
|BusinessPurpose=Banking services<br />
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The Mallala branch of the Commercial Bank of Australia was opened on 17 January 1910 at 2 Redbanks Road, and operated until 9 June 1978 from a building consisting of one main room with a small room attached at the rear. <br />
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The local traders, farmers and residents regarded the bank as a much needed asset which assisted with the financial management of their personal and working lives. As customers they were able to withdraw money to pay wages and bills. It was a convenient facility for people to make savings and transact loans for purchasing houses, farmland and machinery. <br />
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Demolition of the old building commenced on Saturday 10 June 1978. The Manager Mr Don Hassam was overseer of the work in progress which was the building site for the new bank, the demolition of the first bank and then later the merger. Adjacent to the old premises a new building had been erected and on 13 June 1978 it was officially opened by the State Manager, Mr M. Mephan. Mr O. Pitt, who had been the first customer in 1910, was given the honour of cutting the ribbon. Mrs Lorraine Earl was the first customer to make a transaction in the new building. <br />
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On 1 October 1982, the Bank of New South Wales and the Commercial Bank of Australia merged to become Westpac Savings Bank <br />
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Westpac Bank closed for business at Mallala on 26 September 1997. <br />
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{{Memories|Marcus says: Lucia Vanzini recalls old hitching post in front of the Commercial Bank where has it been relocated?}}<br />
{{Memories|The person in the photograph, featuring the inside of the bank, is Alex who received the [[Teddy Bear]] as a first birthday present.<br />
Thanks to his mother Mrs Boril that the Mallala Museum has these memories.<br />
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{{Memories|The Teller's desk from the Mallala Branch of the CBA Bank is now a valued exhibit at the Mallala Museum. GJG}}<br />
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|Date made or found=1950<br />
|Place used=Mallala, South Australia<br />
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Mrs Christiane Boril, her husband and their two small sons left Germany in 1949 to settle in Australia arriving at Port Melbourne . <br />
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The family was sent to the Bonegilla Migrant Hostel in Victoria and later transferred to Mildura. While in Mildura, Mrs Boril purchased a teddy bear, a pair of boots and a birthday cake for her son Alex's first birthday. His birthday was celebrated on 28 April 1950 in Mildura.<br />
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She had purchased these gifts with her Child Endowment Allowance of three pounds. In September 1950 the family moved to the Mallala Migrant Hostel situated at the Mallala Air Force Base. <br />
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When accommodation and employment became available in the town of Mallala the Boril family moved out of the Hostel to take up residence and begin a new life in Australia. <br />
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The articulated bear measures 450mm in length. It is a golden plush fabric bear with bound stitched nose glass brown eyes and padded paws. <br />
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*[[Commercial_Bank_of_Australia|Commercial Bank of Australia]]<br />
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