Summary

Published by Hargreen Publishing Company in 1992, 'A Bank for the People' provides a comprehensive history of the State Savings Bank of Victoria (SSB). The authors, Robert Murray and Kate White, were initially commissioned by the SSB to write the book to commemorate the bank's 150th anniversary, but the collapse of the SSB's subsidiary bank Tricontinental and the subsequent sale of SSB to the Commonwealth Bank in 1990, meant this great achievement was not realised. The book was completed nevertheless, and published in what would have been the SSB's sesqui-centenary year.

This edition belonged to (Harold) Keith Morter, who started working for the bank in 1942 at the age of 15, and apart from a two year posting with the RAAF during World War II (1944-1946) was employed by the bank until his retirement in the late 1980s.

Description of Content

Three rows of men, all wearing business suits. The front row is seated on a bench, the second row standing on the ground, and the third row standing on a bench. They are outdoors and there are trees in the background.

Physical Description

Hardback book with paper fly leaf. Book is bound in black with gold lettering on spine. Paper fly leaf illustrated with a 1934 photograph of the SSB head office on Elizabeth & Bourke streets, Melbourne.

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