Australian Mutuals History's audio visual collection consists of over 600 films in various incarnations covering conferences and board meetings, marketing material and more. Some of the footage has intriguing titles, such as, “Combat Strategies for Financial Institutions – Jungle Greens or Business Suits”, “Till Debt Do Us Part” and “A Penny Saved”. Another fascinating thing about our AV collection is the amount of it that has been produced by credit unions themselves. Some of it was produced by professional agencies such as, “Pro-Image” and “John Singleton Advertising”, but most of it was made in house.
There certainly is an array of formats in the collection – from Betacam, VHS, CD-Rom, digital video (DVCAM), U-matic DVD to 16mm film. We began a project to digitise these films in 2019 and this work is ongoing. Below is a selection of these films we have digitised so far as well as a compilation we created of some of the films
Thanks to Great Southern Bank we’re able to show you these excellent photos of Dandenong Credit Union and Berwick Credit Union offices from the 1970s and 1980s.Great Southern Bank has merged with many
a Starr on the Horizon - Starr Bowkett Building Societies.I was at a birthday party recently and as happens at parties a new acquaintance asked me about my work. After hearing about Australian Mutuals
Orange Credit Union will celebrate its 60th anniversary in December. It was registered as Email (Orange) Employees Credit Union after forming during a special meeting of Email (Orange) employees in
