Lot 4475

Description

Bank of Australasia, Adelaide, first bank ledger for the period 14 January 1839 to 12 August 1841, with over five hundred pages of individual customer accounts including those of later explorers Captain Charles Sturt and Edward John Eyre, Government accounts, many prominent Adelaide citizens who had city streets named after them and the Northern Expedition 2 June 1840 and Western Australian Overland Expedition, 10 April 1840. Ledger measures 44cms x 31cms x 9cms and weighs 8 kgs. Cover stained, damage to corners, spine has been repaired in part with black cloth tape, otherwise fair condition and rare.

The Adelaide branch of the Bank of Australasia opened on 14 January 1839.