Bank of North Queensland

Bank of North Queensland Cooktown branch 2010

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

1. The Queenslander 20 May 1898, page 946
2. "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.
3. "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.
4. "ENTIRELY BETWEEN OURSELVES". Queensland Figaro. Vol. XII. Queensland, Australia. 28 July 1910. p. 17. Retrieved 21 April 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
5. "Advertising". The Telegraph. No. 11, 589. Queensland, Australia. 8 January 1910. p. 4. Retrieved 21 April 2021 – via National Library of Australia.