Graham Burt, Executive Manager Operations of Unity Bank reached out to us recently to offer the transfer of historical documents to us for preservation and use by researchers. Much of the material consists of documents pertaining to significant transfers of business to Unity Bank between 2008 and 2010 when they were known as Maritime, Mining and Power Credit Union. It also includes board and financial documents of Power Credit Union which became a part of the Unity Bank fold in 2008.
Part of Unity Bank's history wall at their Clarence St, Sydney office
Mergers can be a catalyst to receiving offers to donate records especially as they often come with an office move. It therefore becomes an opportune time to donate important heritage material to us.
In the 1970s and 1980s there were hundreds of credit unions operating in Australia and now there are 60 financial mutuals, mostly due to mergers. Australian Mutuals History holds records of many of those mutuals and it would be impossible to map all that history without referencing our archives.
Unity Bank Timeline
04/05/1970 - Registered - Waterside Workers of Australia Credit Union Limited - NSW
21/07/1975 - Accepted engagements of The ASOA Credit Union Limited (NSW)
08/11/1978 - Name changed to Waterside Workers of Australian Credit Union Limited
01/04/1994 - Name changed to Maritime Workers of Australia Credit Union Limited
01/07/2008 - Merged with Power Credit Union Limited to become Maritime, Mining and Power Credit Union Limited
01/07/2010 - Merged with Gosford City Credit Union Limited
01/10/2010 - Merged with Australian Country Credit Union Limited (trading as Reliance Member Banking) which became Reliance Credit Union Limited, a division of Maritime, Mining and Power Credit Union Limited
1/3/2016 - Maritime, Mining and Power Credit Union became Unity Bank
10/2016 - Announced merger with Bankstown City Credit Union, to take place early in 2017
1/6/2017 - Bankstown City Credit Union merged with Unity Bank (it became a division of Unity Bank and changed its name to Bankstown City Unity Bank (BCUB)
01/12/2018 - Accepted engagements of Central Coast Credit Union (CCCU rebranded as Central Coast Unity Bank)
