| Stanthorpe | 
1983 
2022
| 1913 Opened 26th September in the sample room of the Royal Hotel (wish they still had these).
Geoff Chapman notes: Daniel Sheahan was a pioneer of the Stanthorpe area. He opened a butcher shop on the corner of High and Victoria Streets, which later became the site of CBC Bank.
1915 the branch moved to Hartigan's Buildings where it remained until
1924 when permanent premises were occupied (presumably a purpose built branch) (from Current Accounts January 1962)
1931 Receiving Office at Thulimbah listed in Annual Report.
1934 Listed in Century of Banking;
1975 Listed in Annual Report1983 as featured in Geoffrey Banham's book Cocktail party for opening of new NAB premises. 2022 February photo by Kevin Greenaway who related this anecdote: I was in Stanthorpe in South Western Queensland on my 84th Birthday, 3rd May, when I spotted this old Bank building.Thinking it may have been an old CBC I went in and asked. The girl did not know but thought it had been the Commonwealth Bank.The strongroom door was very familiar from the old days and I told her the story about when, in 1954, when the senior staff in Sale Victoria Branch had left for the day and Barbara the ledger keeper and me, as a 15 year old junior, were left to put things away and lock up.
I took some stuff into the strongroom and Barbara closed the door, threw the bolts and called out. “Goodnight Kevin, see you in the morning”. I found that by pushing the bolts back with my fingers (she had not turned the key), I was able to open the door and escape.
Shutting the door again I hid under the desk until Barbara came sneaking back , opened the door saying “You can come out now”
She was astonished that I wasn’t in there and went in to check out the high shelves. I slammed the door shut and she screamed so much I had to let her out again.
After relating this story to the office girl in Stanthorpe I asked if she like to see how it was done?
So I went into the strongroom and as I was trying to push the bolts back into the door she inexplicitly opened the door jamming my two fingers in the mechanism.
Bloody hell! Some one once said you are permitted one stupid act every day! I had mine on my birthday!By 9 pm, 9 hours later, the pain was still very intense
and it was travelling up my forearm. I became concerned that a blood clot may have been heading to my heart so I called 000 for advice. They sent an ambulance to where we were staying 15 kilometres outside Stanthorpe.
At the hospital they drilled holes in my fingernails to allow the blood to escape and took X-rays and discovered that there were no broken bones, thank goodness.
Five days later it is still bloody sore. Will probably lose both fingernails in the next couple of weeks as a reminder of my stupidity.
I have just looked up the website and discovered that the Stanthorpe Bank building was indeed the old CBC Bank.
A birthday to be remembered! |
Surat
70 71 72 Burrowes Street | 
< 2009
 
2010 No. 70
2010 No. 72
 
2013 No. 71
2004
1968
| Frank Advises that Surat is a very small town of around 600 inhabitants.
1934 Listed in Century of Banking;
1975 Listed in Annual Report
2009 April Bob Handel forwarded this slide photo he took several years ago
2010 September Frank Maundrell took these photos: " No. 70 Burrowes Street, now occupied by the Government Agent; No. 72 Burrowes Street is a view of the Residence building, which is built alongside, but to the rear of the old Bank building."
2013 October Frank Maundrell advised: "These photos I took recently are of the first CBC premises in Surat. They are at No. 71 Burrowes Street, now a private residence opposite the later building at No. 72. The Museum in Surat at what was the Cobb & Co. Changing Station has a photo of this building dressed with CBC signage across the top of the blank front wall. I do not know dates when the buildings were in use. The best I can offer is that No. 71 appears to be in the 1920's style and No. 72 is about 1960's style."
2024 September Neil Rice said he sas in Surat for a few days and chanced upon this building.
He also supplied a photo from 1968 courtesy of Cobb & Co Store Museum collection. |
| Surfers' Paradise | 
1957
1958
1958
1962
1974 | 1957 photo of first Surfers Paradise branch, the shed on right side near power pole. From Geoff Chapman. Also cropped enlargement from same photo.
1958 Sketch of new branch and 'photo of temporary premises in Current Accounts July 1958 - Surfers' Paradise in Queensland's fabulous holiday resort, is to be faced in blue and white tiles, and has been designed to blend in with the colourful architecture in the town. It should prove rather more appropriate than the temporary premises illustrated elsewhere in this issue.
Photo of A.G. Chapman manager, with Wendy Barry and George Kenrick.
1974 photo from a newspaper panorama (click here to view) of the main Street supplied by Ken Foulcher.
1975 Listed in Annual Report
2013 January Kevin Greenaway advised "I’ve been going through a lot of old slides and came across this one I took on my first ever visit to Queensland in 1962.
The FIAT car on the left is mine and Alistair Campbell and I drove up to Brisbane for a weekend.
Attached is my photo of Surfers Paradise fifty years ago. Where do the years go?
All the old cars in the street, looks like a Car Club convention."
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