"[3] The NSW association was formed in 1946, byRoyal Navy sailors, visiting from the British Pacific Fleet, who brought their skills to the six existing towers around Sydney.

[5] Aside from regular religious services, ringing is often conducted for special occasions such as state funerals, anniversaries, memorials and other locally or nationally significant events.

[7] ANZAB is affiliated with the Central Council of Church Bell Ringers, founded in 1891 and based in the United Kingdom.

[12] ANZAB members also ring changes on handbells, a practice which was popularised in the United Kingdom during the Second World War when church bells were not allowed to be rung.

Some towers have extra bells, indicated by the + sign, which are used to allow different subsets of the full number to be rung, still to a diatonic scale.