Meet Steven, one of CommBank’s Archivists responsible for obtaining, cataloguing, and caring for CommBank memorabilia from the last 110 years. We asked him what his favourite piece of CommBank memorabilia is. “It’d have to be the very first passbook that was issued by the bank on opening day in 1912. It was issued to the Prime Minister at the time, Andrew Fisher, who was responsible for forming the Commonwealth Bank in Parliament. You can still see the very first transaction recorded, which was for 1 pound on July 15th, 1912.”
Such a great thing to preserve and maintain for the future generation to know how everything started.
David O'Mahony
3mo
I wonder, do you have a museum where some of this is displayed?
Paul Skuse
3mo
I remember the Commonwealth Bank plastic toy safes, memories huh 😃
Andrew Cohen
3mo
Love this
Joyce K.
3mo
How interesting!! Would love to come and spend a day with Steven at his "office"!
Sarah Di Santo
3mo
What would 1 pound be in todays money
Shweta Sharma
2mo
Been lucky to visit the vault in person, marvellously preserved tokens and narration by Steven was so immaculate as if we were watching national geographic LIVE!
I love it!
BUSINESS ACADEMY
3mo
Great news !
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3moIs an archivist a role that commbank created? Or hired for? What a strange and cool thing to do.