List of managers: provided by David Jobson
1881-84  G. A. Layton
1884-85  A.O. Grant
1885-87  J.A.Hill
1887-88  D.J.Brounhill
1888-91  A.J. Campbell
1891-97  R.K. Hobbs
1897-99  A.J. Devenish Meares
1899-1901  H. Zillman
1901-05  A.B. Cadell
1905-08  F. Haly
1908-16  L. J. Godfrey
1916-20  G.A.L. Brown
1920 May - July  H.C.B. Thomson.


 

Receiving Office of Stanthorpe

Thulimbah, 11 km from Stanthorpe and 39 km from Warwick.

19310630 Receiving Office listed against Stanthorpe branch

1934 Listed in Century of Banking;

1948 Margaret St Streetscape from Toowoomba Historical Society supplied by John Munro– the CBC Bank is the last building after the Post Office & Court House (1948). Although the PO & Courthouse buildings still exist they are no longer in the Public Domain – the Courthouse is a private dwelling and the PO houses a restaurant and commercial offices.

1955 Cnr. Margaret & Neil Streets from Toowoomba Historical Society supplied by John Munro

1958 photo sourced by Geoff Chapman June 2011 available from State Library of Queensland.  It appears that the earlier building was demolished and a very ordinary commercial building erected that now houses a Bendigo Bank branch on the ground floor and solicitors offices on the first floor.  "A far cry from the original building in the good old CBC style" says John Munro.

1974 March 26 farewell to Manager, Mr A Low to Senior Auditor and his daughter Miss EM Low to George & Hunter Streets Sydney; welcome to Mr & Mrs C Kenyon from Bega; in attendance were A Howells & J Walters-Chief Managers' Department and Managers Allora-A Payton, Warwick-R Pomroy, Pittsworth-J Bond, Millmerran-Bernie Porter, Dalby-D Waite. (from Current Accounts January 1975 page 29)

1975 Listed in Annual Report.

c1980

c1980 As featured in Geoffrey Banham's book

1906 Warwick Examiner and Times advised:
        2nd June BANKING BUSINESS. Mr. Abercrombie, manager of the Brisbane branch, and Mr. Osborne, an inspector of the Commercial Banking Company of Sydney, are in town making arrangements for the opening of a branch in Warwick.  Premises have been secured in Grafton-street opposite Mr. J. de Conlay's partment (the same that the Q.N. Bank once occupied), and it is expected that business will commence about the 11th instant.
       13th June The Commercial Bank of Sydney has opened a branch in Grafton-street, in premises formerly occupied by the Q.N. Bank.
        16th June Mr. A.J. Cobcroft, of Ingham, has been appointed manager at Warwick for the Commercial Banking Co. of Sydney.  It is expected he will take up his duties at the end of the month.  The teller is Mr. C. Darvall.
1906 Opened (116th Report);
1919 Feb Warwick Daily News article re Cobcroft farewell function submitted by Bob MacFarlane.  Click here to read it.
1934 Listed in Century of Banking;
1975 Listed in Annual Report.

2022 July Bob McFarlane obtained this picture from Warwick Museum, which he says is correct as he worked there.

1880 Cobb and Co services begin, 1880 Police station established.  Cobb and Co's stagecoaches were serving Winton by 1880 after having bought up a number of mail routes in Queensland. Mr. Robert Johnstone also arrived in Winton in 1880 to become the town's first police magistrate. He had been in the Australian native police and had been an associate of George Elphinstone Dalrymple in the latter's exploratory work. That same year, Mr. Johnstone also conducted the first sale of government land, one result of which was the acquisition of Thomas Lynett's property by the Queensland National Bank, thus giving Winton its first bank. The bank began business right away in Lynett's old coffee room, and pulled down his building to make way for something that would be more suitable for a bank.

1881 must have been when Queensland National Bank opened (NBA Group News # 88 100-years centenary of branch at Winton in 1881) 1881-1981 Centenary celebrated by NBA Winton

1920s In resume of of E V Watts on his retirement, it mentioned that he was Manager of Winton Branch in 1920's. (from Current Accounts January 1958).
This is a new one. Who would have thought we had a Branch there. Some of those that have been discovered make Pilliga look not 1/2 bad.
 

1931 Thursday Central Q Herald Rockhampton pg 42 of 64:-

“Mr. C. I. Scully, manager of the local  branch of the Commercial Banking- Company of Sydney, has been transferred to Wowan.

This is substantial promotion for Mr. Scully, who is a young man, and his friends are pleased that his ability has been recognised.

At the  same time  his departure will be felt, as he has taken a prominent part in the public life of the town and its social activities  holding the position of conductor 'of the Winton Choral Society, which is  just: ' getting nicely under way.”

1925 November CBCofS  opened their Winton branch  in  November 1925.

- In the early days of the town, the  Bank of Australasia opened  a branch here, and after 'struggling on for a few years, decided to cease operating owing to a drought and other  adrey f '?''??Winton. July 12. 1931.”

19310716 Thursday Central Qld Herald p 40 of 58:- “The Commercial Banking Company of Sydney will cease business in Winton as from  Monday, August 10^th 1931.

19310717 Fri Longreach Leader p 11 of 24:- “Mr. Jas Love of the" Commercial Banking Co., left on Thursday on transfer to Maryborough.

During his sojourn in Winton Mr. Love has been of great assistance to cricket and his place in this sport will be hard to fill. The weather during the past few days has -been exceptionally 'cold' with the thermometer down close to freezing  point."

1981 NBA Winton was 1 of 2 Qld NBA branches yet to be converted to computer operations

2015 July NAB locations search by John Beer revealed NAB Winton branch at 61 Elderslie St Winton 4735 in a brick building on a corner at one end of main street CBD

2012 March Geoff Chapman advised:
The following information has been provided by Muriel Kent who lives in the ex ABC/Bank of NSW branch in Wowan.  Opened 1923; closed 1942.  Located cnr of Alma Street and Pheasant Creek Road opposite the Commercial Hotel.  She provided the 1920s photo. Following closure the building had various uses, firstly as Council offices, then as a branch office for Capricornia Electricity Board and lastly as a private residence, which it remains to this day.  She advised that the building remains in excellent order.