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Sydney-1992, prepared by Siobhan Lavelle and Dana Mider for the Sydney City Council.

Artworks, apart from fixed wall murals and sculptures, and numismatics collections are not addressed specifically in this Heritage Management Plan.

     2.7                Authorship
     The following members of NBRSARCHITECTURE participated in the production of this report:
                  Samantha Polkinghorne, Director -Heritage.
                  Pamela Jeffery, Senior Heritage Consultant/Architect.
                  Sophie Bock, Senior Heritage Consultant.

     The history contained in this report was originally researched and written in 2001 by Ms Michelle Richmond, Historian formerly of NBRSARCHITECTURE, for an earlier version of this Heritage Management Plan.  That history has been edited, and additional information inserted by Pamela Jeffery.  Photographs and illustrations throughout this report were taken or prepared by NBRSARCHITECTURE unless otherwise noted.

     2.8                Sources
     The main documentary sources consulted in the research for this report are listed below. A complete Bibliography is contained in Section 10.0 of this report.
                  Reserve Bank of Australia Archives.
                  National Archives of Australia.
                  State Archives.
                  State Library of New South Wales.
                  NSW Land Registry Services.
                  Sydney Water Archives.
                  Sydney City Archives.

     2.9                Acknowledgments
     The Author gratefully acknowledges the assistance of the following people in the preparation of this report:
                  Ms Rebecca Dowell, Workspace Lead, RBA Workspace Services, RBA Workplace Department (Sydney).
                  Mr Bruce Harries, Department Head, RBA Workplace Department (Sydney).
                  The Manager and Archives Staff; Regulatory, Framework and Heritage Section.
                  The Bank's Curators, Public Access & Education Section, Information Department.

3.0              Historical Context

3.1                Introduction
The following section provides a historical context to examine the development of the site of the Reserve Bank of Australia, and determine the heritage significance of the place.  Refer to Section 11.3.1 for an outline history of the development of the site prior to the construction of the Reserve Bank of Australia Head office building.

Text in both Section 3.0 and Section 11.3 was taken from an earlier Conservation Management Plan prepared by NBRSARCHITECTURE (2001).  It was researched and written, including the transfer of all citations, by Ms Michelle Richmond, Historian, formerly of NBRSARCHITECTURE.  Pam Jeffery of NBRSARCHITECTURE has reviewed and expanded that history to include changes to the site that have occurred since 2001.

3.2                A Central Banking System and the Reserve Bank of Australia
An Australian central banking function was established in 1911 as one of the functions of the Commonwealth Bank of Australia.[1]  By the 1950s the Federal Government had decided to remove the central banking section from the control of the Commonwealth Bank and to establish a separate agency similar to economic structures in other countries.

Initial briefing by the Commonwealth Bank of Australia of their intention to proceed with the design of a Reserve Bank