The English, Scottish & Australian Bank Limited was an Australian bank founded in 1852 by
Royal Charter in
London and named English, Scottish and Australian Chartered Bank.[1] Following a financial reconstruction in 1893 its business was renamed English, Scottish and Australian Bank Limited.[2]
ES&A opened its first Australian branch in
Sydney in 1853.[3] Australian banknotes were printed by the bank and issued at branches in Sydney,
Adelaide,
Hobart and
Melbourne. In 1893 its business was renamed the English, Scottish & Australian Bank Limited following a financial upheaval.[4]
It was one of 16 banks which supplied blank note forms to the Australian Government in 1911 which were superscribed as redeemable in gold and issued as the first Commonwealth notes.
On 1 October 1970 ES&A merged with the Australia and New Zealand Bank to form the
Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited.[6] At the time of the merger ES&A had a network of about 570 branches across Australia.
Esanda
Esanda was a consumer finance division of ES&A which began separate operations in 1955.[7] Its name is an
acronym of ES&A. In 2015 ANZ sold Esanda to
Macquarie Group.
Charles Wren became the accountant and branch inspector for South Australia in 1881. He moved to Melbourne in 1888 as inspector's accountant. He was appointed resident inspector in New South Wales in 1901, and became the bank's Australasian general manager in July 1909.[27]
^"The Australasian Trade with Great Britain". Northern Territory Times And Gazette. Northern Territory, Australia. 3 October 1885. p. 3. Retrieved 2 January 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
^"CABLEGRAMS". The Sydney Morning Herald. New South Wales, Australia. 10 April 1889. p. 7. Retrieved 2 January 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
^"OBITUARY MR. ANDREW WILLIAMSON". The Mercury. Tasmania, Australia. 27 October 1937. p. 5. Retrieved 2 January 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
^"NEW CHAIRMAN OF E.S. AND A. BANK BOARD". The Telegraph. Queensland, Australia. 19 November 1937. p. 4 (CITY FINAL LAST MINUTE NEWS). Retrieved 2 January 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
^"E.S. AND A. BANK". Tweed Daily. New South Wales, Australia. 26 November 1937. p. 7. Retrieved 2 January 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
^"ES & A Bank Chairman Retires". The Mercury. Tasmania, Australia. 2 September 1946. p. 16. Retrieved 2 January 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
^"E.S. AND A. BANK". The West Australian. Western Australia. 31 August 1946. p. 16. Retrieved 2 January 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
^"Death Of Sir Frederick Young". Chronicle. South Australia. 2 September 1948. p. 8. Retrieved 2 January 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
^"ESA Bank Chairman". The Herald. Victoria, Australia. 30 September 1948. p. 6. Retrieved 2 January 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
^"ES & A bank chairman". Barrier Miner. Broken Hill, New South Wales. 9 March 1953. p. 2. Retrieved 2 January 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
^"ES & A Bank chairman in Canberra". The Canberra Times. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 9 March 1968. p. 15. Retrieved 2 January 2023 – via National Library of Australia.