UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): ~~October~~ 8May 19, ~~2003~~2004

GREAT WESTERN BANCORPORATION, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Iowa	001-15215	42-0867112
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
10834 Old Mill Road, Suite One
Omaha, NE 68154-2648
(Address of principal executive offices)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (402) 333-8330
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

~~Item~~10834 1.Old ~~Changes~~Mill inRoad, Suite ~~Control~~One ~~of Registrant~~

~~On October 8~~Omaha, ~~2003,~~ ~~Deryl~~NE F.68154-2648 Hamann resigned as trustee of four family trusts which hold control of Great Western Bancorporation, Inc. (Great Western); and through exercise and acceptance of Special Power of Appointment and Appointment of Successor Trustees, Daniel A. Hamann, Esther Hamann Brabec, and Julie Hamann Hodgson will serve as trustees of the four family trusts. The change in trustees has resulted in a change of control of Great Western, with Daniel A. Hamann beneficially owning directly or indirectly 43.54% of the voting stock, Esther Hamann Brabec beneficially owning directly or indirectly 45.32% of the voting stock, and Julie Hamann Hodgson beneficially owning directly or indirectly 47.58% of the voting stock. After the change in control, Deryl F. Hamann owns 22.91% of the voting stock of Great Western.

~~Item~~(Address 5.principal ~~Other~~executive ~~Events~~offices)

OnRegistrant’s ~~October~~telephone 8number, ~~2003,~~ ~~Great~~including ~~Western~~area ~~Bancorporation,~~code: ~~Inc.~~(402) and all of the holders of Common or Preferred Stock of the Company, excluding the current holder of Series 3 Preferred Stock, entered into a Stock Purchase Agreement. This Agreement supersedes in its entirety the Common Stock Purchase Agreement dated December 31, 1992. A copy of the agreement, dated October 8, 2003 is filed as Exhibit 10.10 to this Form 8333-K.8330

~~Item~~No 7.Change ~~Financial statements and exhibits~~

(bFormer name or former address, if changed since last report.) ~~Exhibits~~

10Item 5.~~10 Stock~~ ~~Purchase~~Other ~~Agreement dated October 8, 2003~~Events.

2Great Western Bancorporation, Inc. (the “Company”) has notified Wilmington Trust Company it intends to initiate an early redemption of all of its Junior Subordinated Debentures under the Subordinated Indenture dated August 18, 1999. The Company received approval from the Federal Reserve on May 19, 2004 to initiate the early redemption.

~~SIGNATURES~~On each Debenture Redemption Date of the Junior Subordinated Debentures, GWB Capital Trust I is required to redeem a Like Amount of Trust Securities at the Redemption Price (which is the stated amount of $10 per Trust Security, plus accumulated and unpaid Distributions to the Redemption Date). GWB Capital Trust I intends to redeem all Preferred Securities (2,040,000 Preferred Securities) on August 18, 2004.

~~Pursuant~~SIGNATURES ~~to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.~~

	GREAT WESTERN BANCORPORATION, INC.
	By:	/s/ DANIEL A. HAMANN
		Daniel A. Hamann, President
Date: October 14, 2003

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

3GREAT WESTERN BANCORPORATION, INC. By: /s/ Daniel A. Hamann, President Daniel A. Hamann, President

Date: May 24, 2004

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