Story: Banking and finance

‘The Bank, Wellington’ (2nd of 3)

‘The Bank, Wellington’

This S. C. Brees drawing of the Wellington waterfront, around 1847, shows bank premises in the foreground.

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Alexander Turnbull Library
Reference: A-109-034
Hand-coloured engraving by Samuel Charles Brees

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David Tripe, 'Banking and finance - Banking and finance to 1984', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/artwork/24623/the-bank-wellington (accessed 14 May 2024)

Story by David Tripe, published 11 Mar 2010