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 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]

References

1. "Reilly, Joseph Thomas (1836–1915)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University.
2. "Perth Building Society - Corporate entry - Guide to Australian Business Records".
3. "Perth Building Society - Corporate entry - Guide to Australian Business Records".
4. "Reilly, Joseph Thomas (1836–1915)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University.
5. "Archived copy" (PDF). www.bendigobank.com.au. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 August 2008. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
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 0-7316-5292-4 (pbk.).

See also

• Timeline of banking in Western Australia