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
- The Queenslander 20 May 1898, page 946^
- Town and Country Cairns Post, 1 April 1910, retrieved 21 April 2021^
- CHILDERS The Bundaberg Mail And Burnett Advertiser, 22 May 1915, retrieved 21 April 2021^