The Bank of North Queensland was formed in 1887 in Townsville with branches in Sydney and London.
In 1893 there were branches in: Ayr, Cairns, Charters Towers, Cooktown, Herberton, Normanton, Rockhampton and Thursday Island and agencies at Mareeba, Limestone, and Muldiva. London agents, the London and Westminster Bank.[1] In 1910 it had branches in Northern, Central, and Southern Queensland, including Atherton,[2] Childers[3] and Warwick.[4] There were also branches in the New England area of New South Wales and the vicinity of Sydney, and Agencies throughout Australasia, Great Britain, America, and the East,[5]
In 1917 the Bank of North Queensland merged with The Royal Bank of Queensland to form the Bank of Queensland
References
edit- ^ The Queenslander 20 May 1898, page 946
- ^ "Town and Country". Cairns Post. Vol. XXIV, no. 691. Queensland, Australia. 1 April 1910. p. 3. Retrieved 21 April 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "CHILDERS". The Bundaberg Mail And Burnett Advertiser. Vol. 45, no. 5, 654. Queensland, Australia. 22 May 1915. p. 4. Retrieved 21 April 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "ENTIRELY BETWEEN OURSELVES". Queensland Figaro. Vol. XII. Queensland, Australia. 28 July 1910. p. 17. Retrieved 21 April 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Advertising". The Telegraph. No. 11, 589. Queensland, Australia. 8 January 1910. p. 4. Retrieved 21 April 2021 – via National Library of Australia.