Westpac Bank building, Normanton

Westpac Bank Building, Normanton
Westpac Bank Building, Normanton
	Westpac Bank, Normanton, 2010
Location	Landsborough Street, Normanton, Shire of Carpentaria, Queensland, Australia
Coordinates	17°40′15″S141°04′43″E / 17.6709°S 141.0786°E Coordinates: 17°40′15″S141°04′43″E / 17.6709°S 141.0786°E
Design period	1870s - 1890s (late 19th century)
Built	1886
Architect	Richard Gailey
Queensland Heritage Register
Official name	Westpac Bank, Normanton, Bank of New South Wales
Type	state heritage (built)
Designated	21 October 1992
Reference no.	600394
Significant period	1880s (fabric); 1886-ongoing (historical use)
Significant components	furniture/fittings
	Location of Westpac Bank Building, Normanton in Queensland Westpac Bank building, Normanton (Australia)

Last updated July 08, 2022

Westpac Bank Building is a heritage-listed bank building at Landsborough Street, Normanton, Shire of Carpentaria, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Richard Gailey and built in 1886. It is also known as Bank of New South Wales. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992.^[1]

History

This single storey timber building was constructed in 1886 as the permanent premises for the Normanton branch of the Bank of New South Wales.^[1]^[2]

By the mid-1880s Normanton, on the Norman River, had developed as the port for a large extent of pastoral and mining country, including the Cloncurry gold and copper fields, and the Etheridge and Croydon goldfields. The development of banking facilities was important to the commercial role of Normanton as a supply centre for the Gulf of Carpentaria region. Normanton was constituted a municipality in 1886.^[1]

The Bank of New South Wales commenced trading in Normanton in 1884 in rented premises,^[3] acquiring the present site in 1885. The building was designed by Richard Gailey, who was responsible for the design of bank buildings elsewhere in Queensland during the late 1880s.^[1]

The building was used as both the bank premises and manager's residence until the late 1960s when the manager moved to a new residence. The residential component of the building was kept as staff quarters until 1971 when it was replaced by new staff quarters at the rear of the bank building.^[1]

In 1978 substantial internal alterations were undertaken to the premises to update the banking facilities. The verandahs which had been enclosed by the mid-1960s were reopened.^[1]

In October 1982 the Bank of New South Wales acquired the Commercial Bank of Australia and then renamed itself Westpac Banking Corporation.

A storage shed was erected on the site in 1991.^[1]

The Westpac Bank is the only remaining banking facility in Normanton.^[1]

Description

Located on the corner of Landsborough and Little Brown Streets, the Normanton Westpac Bank is a single-storeyed exposed frame timber building on timber stumps, with a corrugated iron pyramid roof. It has wide timber verandahs on three sides which have corrugated iron skillion roofs. The bank has a simple rectangular plan, with a "book room" in the eastern corner. There is a weatherboard annex and c. 1970s staff quarters to the rear of the bank.^[1]

The exterior is modestly detailed, with bracing, studding and nogging over tongue-and-groove boarding, paired shaped eaves brackets under the main roof, and timber doors and double hung sash windows. The verandah has square timber posts with a braced balustrade. The Landsborough Street elevation has central timber stairs with a timber pediment above the landing. The Little Brown Street elevation has timber stairs, new doors, and a partially enclosed verandah.^[1]

Internally, surviving evidence of earlier operations of the bank include gold scales and the manager's safes.^[1]

The Landsborough and Little Brown Street elevations are intact, and the building contributes to the townscape of Normanton.^[1]

Heritage listing

Westpac Bank, Normanton was listed on the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992 having satisfied the following criteria.^[1]

The place is important in demonstrating the evolution or pattern of Queensland's history.

The Normanton Westpac Bank, erected in 1886, is important in demonstrating the pattern of Queensland's history, in particular the pattern of development of the Gulf region of north-west Queensland, and the development of Normanton as a commercial centre for the Gulf region.^[1]

The place demonstrates rare, uncommon or endangered aspects of Queensland's cultural heritage.

It is significant as a rare example of a large timber bank building, with early scales and safes, surviving in Queensland.^[1]

The place is important in demonstrating the principal characteristics of a particular class of cultural places.

It is significant as a rare example of a large timber bank building, with early scales and safes, surviving in Queensland.^[1]

The place is important because of its aesthetic significance.

The building exhibits aesthetic characteristics valued by the community, in particular its contribution to the townscape of Normanton.^[1]

The place has a strong or special association with a particular community or cultural group for social, cultural or spiritual reasons.

As a banking premises in continuous use in Normanton since 1886, it has a strong association with the community.^[1]

The place has a special association with the life or work of a particular person, group or organisation of importance in Queensland's history.

It has a special association with the work of Richard Gailey, as one of a number of rural bank buildings designed by Gailey during the late 19th century.^[1]

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References

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 "Westpac Bank, Normanton (entry 600394)". Queensland Heritage Register . Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
↑ "ROUNDABOUT". Queensland Figaro And Punch . Vol. VIII, no. 189. Queensland, Australia. 28 August 1886. p. 15. Retrieved 3 July 2016– via National Library of Australia.
↑ "Untitled". The Brisbane Courier . Vol. XXXIX, no. 8, 278. Queensland, Australia. 22 July 1884. p. 5. Retrieved 3 July 2016– via National Library of Australia.

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This Wikipedia article was originally based on "The Queensland heritage register" published by the State of Queensland under CC-BY 3.0 AU licence (accessed on 7 July 2014, archived on 8 October 2014). The geo-coordinates were originally computed from the "Queensland heritage register boundaries" published by the State of Queensland under CC-BY 3.0 AU licence (accessed on 5 September 2014, archived on 15 October 2014).

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[qhr-1] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 "Westpac Bank, Normanton (entry 600394)". Queensland Heritage Register . Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 1 August 2014.

[2] "ROUNDABOUT". Queensland Figaro And Punch . Vol. VIII, no. 189. Queensland, Australia. 28 August 1886. p. 15. Retrieved 3 July 2016– via National Library of Australia.

[3] "Untitled". The Brisbane Courier . Vol. XXXIX, no. 8, 278. Queensland, Australia. 22 July 1884. p. 5. Retrieved 3 July 2016– via National Library of Australia.

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