Commonwealth Bank of Australia (central banking functions)

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The Commonwealth Bank of Australia (central banking functions) was the government-owned institution that performed Australia’s central banking and monetary policy roles before these responsibilities were transferred to the Reserve Bank of Australia in 1960.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf central bank ⓘ
government-owned financial institution ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Commonwealth Bank of Australia (central banking functions) ⓘ
surface form: Commonwealth Bank (central banking functions)
centralBankingPowersConferredBy Commonwealth Bank Act 1924 ⓘ
centralBankOf Australia ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
dateOfTransferOfFunctions 1960 ⓘ
distinctFrom Commonwealth Bank of Australia ⓘ
surface form: Commonwealth Bank of Australia (commercial banking operations)
endTime 1960 ⓘ
establishedBy Commonwealth Bank Act 1911 ⓘ
functionTransferredTo Reserve Bank of Australia ⓘ
governedBy Commonwealth Bank Board ⓘ
hadRoleDuring Great Depression ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
surface form: Second World War
headquartersLocation Australia ⓘ
New South Wales ⓘ
Sydney ⓘ
historicalStatus defunct central banking authority ⓘ
issuerOf Australian pound ⓘ
surface form: Australian pound banknotes

Australian pound ⓘ
surface form: Australian pound currency
legalForm statutory authority ⓘ
monetaryAuthorityOf Australia ⓘ
operatedInJurisdiction Commonwealth of Australia ⓘ
ownedBy Commonwealth of Australia ⓘ
Australian government ⓘ
surface form: Government of Australia
partOf Commonwealth Bank of Australia ⓘ
performedFunction banker to other banks ⓘ
banker to the government ⓘ
central banking ⓘ
exchange rate operations ⓘ
financial system oversight ⓘ
management of foreign reserves ⓘ
monetary policy implementation ⓘ
note issue ⓘ
public debt management ⓘ
predecessor Australian Notes Board ⓘ
reasonForCessation creation of a separate Reserve Bank of Australia ⓘ
regulatorOf Australian banking system ⓘ
replacedBy Reserve Bank of Australia ⓘ
sector public sector ⓘ
startTime 1924 ⓘ
supersededBy Reserve Bank Act 1959 ⓘ
supervisedBy Treasurer of Australia ⓘ
timePeriod interwar period ⓘ
post-war period up to 1960 ⓘ
typeOfMonetaryRegime managed currency system ⓘ

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Reserve Bank of Australia → predecessor → Commonwealth Bank of Australia (central banking functions) ⓘ
Commonwealth Bank of Australia (central banking functions) → alsoKnownAs → Commonwealth Bank of Australia (central banking functions) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Commonwealth Bank (central banking functions)
Commonwealth Bank Board → governed → Commonwealth Bank of Australia (central banking functions) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Commonwealth Bank of Australia during its role as Australia’s central bank