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local government heritage register. The building is described as a national symbol, "the first and very substantial physical manifestation of the powers that the Commonwealth Government acquired in the area of banking after the federation of the Australian colonies." The building is also regarded as
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issued by the Commonwealth Bank to children starting from 1922. The money boxes were rectangular shape, roughly reflecting the dimensions of the bank building, and printed with the building's exterior. As a result, it is referred to as the "money box building". (The
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From 2012 the building was extensively refurbished. The 1960s extension was rebuilt, while much of the 1916 building and 1930s extension was stripped out and refurbished. The building now houses retail space in the old banking hall.
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The image of the building itself became familiar to many people across Australia during the 20th century through its use on
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at 48 Martin Place was also featured on some later money boxes, and is also sometimes called the "money box building").
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of Australia, which for a significant part of the 20th century functioned as Australia's
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between 1978 until the register's abolition in 2007, and it is now listed on the
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Commonwealth Trading Bank building viewed from the corner of
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The Commonwealth Bank was created in 1911 under order of
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Martin Place
Pitt Street
Commonwealth Trading Bank Building is located in Sydney
Sydney central business district
State Savings Bank Building
Grecian
Doric
Art Deco
Pitt Street
Sydney CBD
New South Wales
Coordinates
33°52′4.46″S 151°12′31.87″E / 33.8679056°S 151.2088528°E / -33.8679056; 151.2088528
Commonwealth Bank
Cbus
Local government
Sydney central business district
New South Wales
Pitt Street
Martin Place
Commonwealth Bank
central bank
Prime Minister
Andrew Fisher
architect
John Kirkpatrick
Register of the National Estate
City of Sydney
Grecian

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