A Financial Tale of Two Cities: Sydney and Melbourne's Remarkable Contest for Commercial Supremacy (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780868409634)

Describes the intense commercial rivalry between Sydney and Melbourne over a period of 150 years. While Sydney was established nearly 50 years before Melbourne, the great wealth generated by the Victorian goldfields soon gave Melbourne an unassailable position as the continent's richest center of commerce. The story of this contest for commercial supremacy is based on Jim Bain's own long experience in the Australian financial-services industry, and particularly his exposure to the competition and fierce rivalry that existed between the leading Melbourne- and Sydney-based banks, merchant banks, fund managers and stockbrokers. Bain focuses on the roles played by several financial institutions--and key personalities--over many decades.

Author: Jim Bain
ISBN-10: 0868409634
ISBN-13: 9780868409634
Publisher: University of New South Wales Press
Language: English
Published: 04/01/2007
Pages: 336
Format: Paperback
Weight: 2.18lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.67w x 0.71d