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H. C. Coombs is the only governor to have headed both the Commonwealth Bank and the Reserve Bank of Australia. The longest-serving governor, if his periods of service to both the Commonwealth Bank and the Reserve Bank of Australia are included, is H. C. Coombs, who served nineteen years and six months combined. [9]
Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers (RBA), or simply Ritchie Bros., [1] is a publicly traded company legally domiciled in Canada with headquarters in Westchester, Illinois. Its common shares are traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange and the New York Stock Exchange .
Lord Howe Island, a small oceanic island in the Tasman Sea, 600 kilometres (370 mi) east of the Australian mainland; it is the most remote island of Australia to not fall under external territory status Ball's Pyramid; Admiralty Group; Manning River estuary: Cabbage Tree Island; Dumaresq Island; Mitchell's Island; Oxley Island; Merriman Island ...
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) is Australia's central bank and banknote issuing authority. It has had this role since 14 January 1960, when the Reserve Bank Act 1959 removed the central banking functions from the Commonwealth Bank. [3]
The islands, together 419,061 km 2 (161,800 sq mi) [2] in area, were renamed as a group after Elizabeth II on her coronation as Queen of Canada in 1953. The islands cover an area approximately the shape of a right triangle, bounded by the Nares Strait on the east, Parry Channel on the south and the Arctic Ocean to the north and west.
It was created in December 1897, by Order in Council, as the Geographic Board of Canada. [1] It consisted of one Board member from each of four Government of Canada departments, as well as the Surveyor General of Dominion Lands , while a secretariat was provided by the then-extant Department of the Interior . [ 1 ]
Land is owned in Canada by governments, Indigenous groups, corporations, and individuals. Canada is the second-largest country in the world by area; with 9,093,507 km 2 (3,511,023 sq mi) of land. [ citation needed ]
Michele Bullock (born 1962/1963) is an Australian economist who is currently governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA). She commenced as governor on 18 September 2023, and is the first woman to hold the role.