[3] In addition to Gideon Lang, the first directors were John Mackenzie, Thomas Mitchell and L. J.

[4] A provisional committee was made up of the four directors plus Mars Buckley, W. A. Broadribb, Thomas Cherry, James Copeland, Lowe Kong Meng, Matthew McCaw, Louis Ah Mouy, Sir Francis Murphy, Adam Stacpoole, Sylvester O'Sullivan, T. J. Thomas, David E. Wilkie and Benjamin Williams.

Murphy, Wilkie and Williams were members of the Victorian Legislative Council.

[4] Lake and Reynolds write that Lowe Kong Meng and Louis Ah Mouy were "founding director(s) and major shareholder(s) of the Commercial Bank of Australia.

The Commercial Bank of Australia was headquartered for its entire existence at what is now 327-343 Collins Street, Melbourne.