The BuildingsCOLLINS STREET
Former Bank of Australasia
The building
On the corner of Collins and Queen Streets stands the former head office of the Bank of Australasia. The architecture firm Reed & Barnes built the original two-storey bank in 1876, its façade cut from Oamaru stone shipped over from New Zealand. In 1929–31 the firm A & K Henderson raised it to a five-storey frontage and rebuilt the interior around a domed banking chamber. The bank occupied it until 1974; today it holds apartments, known as Treasury on Collins.
In brief
- 1858The Bank of Australasia buys the corner site at Collins and Queen Streets for its head office.
- 1876The two-storey bank is built to the design of the architecture firm Reed & Barnes.
- 1931The firm A & K Henderson completes a three-storey addition and a full reconstruction of the interior, finishing a rebuild begun just over two years earlier.
- 1951The Bank of Australasia merges with the Union Bank of Australia to form ANZ.
- 1974The bank sells the building, ending 98 years of banking on the site.
The record
What has sold at Former Bank of Australasia.
Sales recorded
One
Sold at
$617,000
The doorstep
Three places within a short walk.
What each one is, and how far it is from the front door. Select a place to see it on the map.
1
Nature810 m · 10 min walk
Flagstaff Gardens
Melbourne's oldest public park, on the hill that was the colony's first burial ground and signal station.
2
Dining440 m · 6 min walk
Patricia Coffee Brewers
A standing-room espresso bar at the rear of Little Bourke Street, single-minded about coffee since 2011 — no seats, no fuss.
3
Character586 m · 7 min walk
The Melbourne Athenaeum
Founded in 1839, it housed the city's first library and gallery and still runs a subscription library above Collins St.
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