Commercial Banking Co., Maryborough
Commercial Banking Co. of Sydney in Maryborough in 1866 [John Oxley Library neg. 41809]
A later building for the CBC of Sydney, erected in 1869 [John Oxley Library neg. 1014]
Advertisement in Maryborough Almanac, 1874
In 1859 the Commercial Banking Co. of Sydney was the first bank to open for business in Maryborough, at the corner of Lennox and Walker Streets.
A History of Maryborough; Maryborough, Wide Bay and Burnett Historical Society; 1976
A move was made to a second building of brick and slate erected in 1863, which exhibited a 'Regency' influence in its architecture. The third building occupied by the Commercial Banking Co. of Sydney was designed by the architects Benjamin and Joseph Backhouse and was opened in1869. It was situated on the corner of Richmond and Kent Streets and was demolished in 1961.
Click here to see the Post Office Tower where the panorama was taken from, probably in 1873/4, by E.H. Forster, an early Maryborough photographer.
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