Perth Building Society

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 G.F. 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 Bank, but Bendigo customers and shareholders opposed the move[5].

Bryce Moore’s history of the Perth Building Society was published in 1989 [6]

References

  1. ^ http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A110367b.htm
  2. ^ http://www.gabr.net.au/biogs/ABE0548b.htm
  3. ^ http://www.gabr.net.au/biogs/ABE0548b.htm
  4. ^ http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A110367b.htm
  5. ^ http://www.bendigobank.com.au/public/about_us/pdf/150th_birthday_supplement/10.pdf
  6. ^ 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 0731652924 (pbk.).

See also