1910 buildings two plans by Ernest Laver

Opened 1910 (124th Report);

1927 Inspector's Report: Ariah Park
L.A. Cameron, Manager. Keen and capable. Good quiet manner. Knows his district, Good stamp.
C.A. Gracie, Accountant and Teller.  Well mannered and capable.
McClymont, Ledger Keeper. Thinks he would like to go to Queensland for awhile. Tall, of good appearance and manner. Promising. Can write well and neatly.
Work (including Agency) adequate for staff.
Office clean. Strong room rather untidy. Instructed. Staff to clean out once a week.  Front door mat needed shaking. Spoken to.

1934 Listed in Century of Banking

1974 photo by Warren Neilson, who comments "it also depicts an old hawker who called each year to transact some overseas business.".

1977 B&W photo from Current Accounts Jan 1978.

1993 photo by Andrew Watts, son of Noel Watts who was the last manager here before it became an agency, then cased operation from the building. Andrew says: "Dad redid a lot of the gardens in this bank, and I liked the town a lot".

1993 Inside. This shot was taken in the loungeroom as we moved out. The large windows you can see would slide up about five foot and become doors to the front yard. The screens would also open out like standard doors.

1993 This shot was taken from the back looking forward towards the building in 1993. The trees are still young, but it looks 100% to what it was before Noel Watts re-did the gardens.

2002 October photo by David Jobson.
 

2005 photo by Harold Wood.

2006 November photo by Charles Bastany

2006 September photo by John Roberts
2007 April Front of Ariah Park building on a recent family holiday.
2007  Front yard. You can see the growth over the past 14 years.

2023 June when shown the plans of Ariah Park Mary Lamborne commented on the similarity to Cudal branch.


 

Cnr Beardy & Dangar Streets