Queensland National Bank, Bundaberg
The Queensland National Bank photographed soon after its completion in 1887 [John Oxley Library neg. 6894]
This bank was erected in 1887 on the corner of Quay and Targo Streets. The architect was the prolific F.D.G. Stanley, the construction process being supervised on his behalf by William Cherry, who had emigrated to Queensland from Scotland in 1884.
The Queensland National Bank in the Bundaberg region had become an important part of the sugar industry, acquiring interests in some of the mills when they ran into financial difficulties. One of the earliest acquisitions was Mon Repos plantation and mill which the bank renamed Qu(eensland) Na(ional) Ba(nk)-Qunaba. Doolbi, Waterview and Oakwood were later added to the bank's collection.
Millaquin Mill, after the crisis of 1893, was mortgaged to the bank, who in 1911 created a limited liability company, named the Millaquin Sugar Company Limited.
Bundaberg - History and People, Janette Nolan, St Lucia, UQ Press, 1978
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