Banking, 1950-1966

Component identifier:

Series 18

Content Summary:

There are two boxes of material relating to the review and reform of the banking system of Australia, in the wake of the threatened nationalisation of the banks by the Labor Government in 1947. There was pressure, especially from the Private Banks, on Menzies to introduce legislation, as promised in his 1949 Election Campaign, to ensure that this would never happen again.

The documents in this series include Cabinet submission, letters from interested government and banking groups, a review of Australian Financial Affairs 1921 and reports of the Finance Ministers' Conference 1954.

Subjects:

Politics and government

Contents

Access and use