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]

  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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  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.).