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}
