Perth Building Society was Western Australia’s first building society.[1] It operated from 1862 to 1987, when it amalgamated with the Hotham Permanent Building Society to form Challenge Bank.[2]
PBS was founded by WA Attorney General George Frederick Stone, Lt. Col. J. Bruce, Adjutant General W. Knight, Rev. G.P. Pownall, Magistrate H. Wakefield[3] and Joseph Thomas Reilly.[4]
It proposed an earlier merger in 1981 with Bendigo Building Society, but Bendigo customers and shareholders opposed the move.[5]
Bryce Moore's history of the Perth Building Society was published in 1989.[6]
See also
- Timeline of banking in Western Australia
References
- Australian Dictionary of Biography National Centre of Biography, Australian National University^
- Perth Building Society - Corporate entry - Guide to Australian Business Records^
- Perth Building Society - Corporate entry - Guide to Australian Business Records^
- Australian Dictionary of Biography National Centre of Biography, Australian National University^
- Archived copy www.bendigobank.com.au, retrieved 30 June 2022^
- Moore, Bryce, (1989) A superior kind of savings bank : Perth Building Society 1862-1987. Perth, W.A : Challenge Bank in association with Centre for Western Australian History, University of Western Australia. ISBN 0-7316-5292-4 (pbk.).^