Old Windsor branch Bank of New South Wales, 1935 / Bim Hilder

V1B/Wind/1

fonds

1935

Graphic Materials, Prints

844543

Copy print : V1B/Wind/1
Available on open access in the Mitchell Library Reading Room

1 print - measurement of plate mark 7 5/8 x 11 3/4 in., on mount 16 x 19 1/4 in. - aquatint etching

The Bank of New South Wales opened its first agricultural branch in Windsor in 1858, in premises rented from William McQuade, on the corner of George and Kable Streets, Windsor. This original building, used as the bank premises and bank manager’s residence was the former family home of William Baker, the proprietor of the Royal Oak Inn on Baker Street, Windsor. The bank rented the premises and land from the McQuade family for many years, which many additions and alterations occurring during its occupation. In 1935 the bank demolished the old Georgian building and its bank chambers, erecting a new more suitable premises and selling off some of the land to the Commonwealth Bank.

Reference:
Information supplied by reader based on land research and newspaper articles, August 2022. Further research is available with the item.

Information transferred from Pictures Card Catalogue as part of the eRecords Project, 2008-2009

No. 8/20

Signed 'Bim Hilder'. Date 1935 near signature and titled in pencil below etching.