Branches Qld

Contents:-
Branches:-
NT
WA
London
TOKYO
Qld
Darwin:-
see branches NSW
1200 miles by road NW of Mt Isa
1968 RHS Cavan went on trip from Perth to Darwin
1968 CBC negotiating purchase of land in CBD Darwin
19710809 branch opened 19720101CA Pg 57
Population
Darwin 40,000 1990 expected to be 200,000
NT 85,000 including 22,000 aborigines

WA
PERTH
CAGA new premises in heart of financial disdtrict 19780101 CA Pg 17

LONDON:-
19570701 CA Pg 9 "Memories of Birchin Lane"
19570426 Friday London Office 27-32 Old Jewry opened by Sir Edward Knox
London Office staff included E D Martin CM, RR Clark, J T Isbel, R A Horton, G H Rheinberger
19720101 CA Pg 53-54
West End branch London
19720101 CA Pg 56:-
Mgr E M Garrard went to Asst CM London Office
Mgr West End A J Holmes

TOKYO
1977 Feb CBC Tokyo Rep Office opened
Lex Webb Represntative
N G Rose Asst Rep19770701 CA Pg 1
BRISBANE:-
City:-
BO:-
18621202 CBCofS BO opened Queen & Edward St where Tattersalls Club is
1st Manager R W McKellar
1869 Jan CBCofS bought Queen & Creek Sts & built
Architects who designed 343 George St Haymarket Newcastle designed new building
1938 rebuilt same site Queen & Creek Sts
retained until CBC unified to NBA then
1985 demolished by new owners to erect skyscraper

CAIRNS
Managers:-
1964 Cyril W Coxon (19650101 CA Pg 28)
1971 Bain A I (19720101 CA Pg 45) to Course # 18 Bankers Admin Staff College
(BASC) held at Rural Bank Staff Training College Manly
Acct:-
1964 Howard Hall (Relieving) (19650101 CA Pg 28)
19780101 CA Pg 65 staff photo incl
John Thomas Malone Mgr
Nev Lehfeldt Acct
Graham Pyne

GERALDTON
1881 founded as "Junction Point"
1883 renamed "Geraldton"
1906 renamed "Innisfail"

INGHAM
over 1,000 miles north of Brisbane
1845 1st settled then known as Aligo then Lower Herbert 1882 changed to Ingham
1897 A J Cobcroft was appointed Mgr of branch to be opened at Ingham
with staff arriving by ship to Dungeness at mouth of Herbert River then horse
1897 INGHAM branch opened
19711018 moved into new air conditioned building 19720101 CA Pg 1

INNISFAIL:-
19620701 Pg 6-7 Photo staff including NN Bernasconi sport
19650701 CA Pg 14:-
1881 Innisfail founded as "Junction Point"
1883 renamed "Geralton"
1906 renamed "Innisfail"
1897 CBCofS opened
1907 branch moved from old wooden building
to brick building known as Mellicks Building
19620305 CBC occupied new premises built by CBC

JUNCTION POINT
1881 founded
1883 renamed GERALDTON
1906 renamed INNISFAIL

KILLARNEY Q:-
11 Willow St
Cnr of Ailanthus & Willow Streets
Two story timber structure with the Manager’s residence at the rear of the branch and on the upper floor
1906 CBC Killarney branch opened at 11 Willow St on corner of Ailanthus & Willow Streets
19430123 branch closed
1968 a tornado destroyed the top floor of the building and it was removed, leaving the building as it is today
From an image of the original building, it can clearly be seen that the present building is what was the ground floor of the original building

Since closure the building has been used on occasion as a private residence and has also housed several businesses
20111217 The building today is occupied by Killarney Real Estate

The above information, together with a image of the original building was provided by Killarney & District Historical Society

Above information, together with a image of the original building was provided by Killarney & District Historical Society

LONGREACH:-
19650701 CA Pg 10-11:-
625 miles NW of Bribane as the crow flies
215 miles by air north of Quilpie
1897 CBCofS opened
1943 closed
new premises erected on corner opposite NBA on corner
1963 reopened
1965 staff M E Gall Mgr
Miss D A Bingham Junior
B F Jocumsen 2ic
1976 closed business to Rockhampton

MACKAY
1860 Captain John Mackay was original settler at Mackay from NSW
AJS Bank was the only bank for years
1872 CBCofS opened E P Ashdown Mgr till 1889
QNB opened
UBA opened
1889-1894 Mgr R F Borton
1894-1901 Mgr W A McCredie
1901-1921 Mgr H R L Zillman when branch was built retiring as Manager Newcastle
1921-25 Mgr C Darvill later GM
1925-28 Mgr E W T Douglass (later Mgr SO)
1928-1935 Mgr H E Bryen who retired Mgr Eliz St
1935- Mgr E V Watts who retired 1957 as sub inspector
1942-48 L W Dixon (19600101 SM Q)
1948-53 Mgr S R Coombe joined BOV (19600101 Inspector MO)
1953- Mgr J W Cummings joined BOV
19600101 CA Pg 24 staff photo incl J H Butt E A Rich R C Robertson

MALANDA
1910 approx opened by Manager who opened Narromine
1963 1st branch managership for John Walters from Acct Fort Valley

Mount Isa:-
see Branches NSW

QUILPIE
Railway arrived
1916 Quilpie declared a town
29 Brolga St
Quilpie is on the Buller River in Channel country
980Km west of Brisbane;
208Km west of Charleville.
Council of Fuller
1934 CBCofS Quilpie listed in Century of Banking;
1953 Second Officer was Alan Campbell Middleton
(later Auditor then Sub Inspector then
after marrying Betty Stein from Personnel HO
to Manager Blacktown then
Manager Lending before retiring to Forster).
Officers quarters were at the rear of the bank
until CBC bought a residential house.
Other who worked at Qilpie included:-
Ray Bennett
(also was Manager
Woodenbong &
University of New England).

George Kenrick
(also Relieving Officer within BO,
m Heather Johnston officer of BO b/o Des Jonhston d Mgr Wee Waa
Mgr Longreach Q
1976 Manager Southport).

Bernie Locke
Nev Hillenberg
(also
Teller Qurindi,
Manager Brewarrina,
Manager Tamworth,
retired to Coffs Harbour.

1973 Don Scott
(?Auditing? Don was Audit Clerk from about 1967
later Auditor,
EDP Audit St Leonards Centre,
Manager Internal Audit).

1975 Listed in Annual Report

2007 June; Kevin Nicol advises:
I've just been speaking with Geoff Chapman
who asked whether I could confirm that the
small building to the right of the
attached picture was our old Quilpie Branch.

Photo from State Library of Queensland
- 2nd version cropped to show CBC on right.

It certainly is.
I lost much sweat there as Second Officer
from 1957 to 1959 when
C.B . (Bernie) King was manager.

The building was owned by the Corones
who also owned the Imperial Hotel,
the building on the extreme right,
and almost everything else in Quilpie.

2007 The NAB branch at 29 Brolga Street
(Corones Building) appears to have closed,
as NAB locations search reveals
no NAB services in Quilpie
(John Beer) Photo Quilpie Shire.

2008 photo by Frank Maundrell
of the old CBC building in Quilpie
when he was there in September this year.

It is opposite the current NAB branch site.

There is a comment from John Beer
from 2007 to the effect that the
NAB branch in Quilpie might now be closed.

When Frank was there it
seemed alive and very well!

December 2008 search on nab locations
by John Beer shows no representation.

2009 January; Frank Maundrell states:
I, too have searched the NAB website and
can confirm that Quilpie is NOT listed thereon!
However, I was there last year and
I can assure everyone that at that
time the Branch was alive,
well and apparently thriving!

To try and get to the bottom of the mystery,
I sent a message to NAB asking "What gives?".
Today, I have received a very long winded response,
but it boils down to confirmation
that they do actually still have
a branch at 29 Brolga Street,
Quilpie Queensland 4480.

The response included an apology
for its absence from the
website enquiry response,
but no indication of what, if anything,
would be done to correct the situation!

to which John Beer replies:
Frank, Thanks,
I thought NAB said re merger that
NAB was building a better Bank.

It is about 12 months now that
nothing has shown up for Quilpie.

No wonder people are not using branches
if search shows
no nab services at that branch location!"

2009 GoogleMaps photo of nab at
29 Brolga Street
(Diamantina Developmental Road)
sourced by John Beer.

Rockhampton :-
see under "People"

STANTHORPE:-
settled originially as a mining area for wolfram tin
3,000' above sea level
19620101 CA Pg 32-33 photo incl P R Jensen C B King Mgr MG Hayes
pop 3,300
19130926 CBCofS opened by R M W Corden in the sample room of Royal Hotel
1915 branch moved to Hartigans Buildings
1924 Sep purpose built premises occupied
Managers:-
1913-1931 R M W Corden
1931-40 H W Scott
1940-41 L J Smith
1941-52 J A Kemp
1952-56 L B Cameron
1956-59 R C Ford
1959 C B King
people working at CBCofS Stanthorpe include E Farrar & Mr Dixon SM Qld

STONES CORNER Q:-
Manager:-
1962 Balcomb R S R (19630101 CA Pg 12)

WINTON
1875 Winton was 1st settled
originally known as Pelican Waterhole
c1888 1st bank opened at Winton
1895 Winton was where AB (Banjo) Paterson wrote Waltzing Matilda
while staying at Dagworth Station outside Winton.
18950406 was the first performance of the ballad at Winton”s North Gregory Hotel
Winton is the ”home” of Australian bush poetry & hosts the yearlyBronzeSwagmanAward.
19201101 Qantas was formed in Winton
Winton is in the centre of Matilda Country
1926 CBCofS Winton E V Watts Mgr

WARWICK
1847 Warwick founded by Patrick Leslie
19060612 CBCofS Warwick openedby A J Cobcroft
assisted by C Darvall who later became GM
1918 new Manager
19650101 CA Pg 6
Pop 10,000 in Warwick plus 36,000 in surrounding district
Winton was originally known as Pelican Waterhole and was first settled in 1875. The Outback town is best known as the place that AB (Banjo) Paterson wrote Waltzing Matilda in 1895, while staying at Dagworth Station outside Winton. The first performance of the ballad was reported to be at Winton”s North Gregory Hotel on 6 April of the same year. Winton is recognised as the ”home” of Australian bush poetry, hosting the annual Bronze Swagman Award, one of the country”s most prestigious literary awards.

Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Service (Qantas), Australia”s national airline was formed in Winton in November, 1920 and its first board meeting was held in the Winton Club on 21 February 1921.

Winton is famous for its water supply which thrusts its way to the earth”s surface from three artesian bores, all around 1,200 metres deep emerging at a temperature of 83 degrees Celsius. The water is sourced from the Great Artesian Basin which provides water for most of Australia”s Outback.

Winton is in the centre of Matilda Country, a diverse region in which vast Mitchell Grass plains are broken by magnificent coloured gorges, ridges and jump-ups. Visitors to the region will be amazed by the vastness of the plains and the undulating nature of the landscape. There is a wide variety of animal and bird life in the area, generally best seen around dusk and dawn on minor roads and tracks.


WINTON Q

1880 appr 1st bank opened in Winton
1926 CBCofS opened