2007 photo of the Left Bank Bed & Breakfast by Ron Armstrong.

1934 Listed in Century of Banking

1967 Purchased these premises from the Estate of the late M. E. Armstrong for £5,000.

2002 October photo by David Jobson.

2003 photo by Bob Handel when the premises were for sale.
2009 April Bob says: I have since found out that a lady named Rhonda Yell, from Eugowra, was last officer in charge before closure and presently works at Forbes NAB.  In any case the Eugowra local progress association has purchased the building and are to house a local credit union and others.

List of Managers:
1926-30 W.J.S.Mead
1930-32 J.A.Bowring
1932-35 W.Clement
1935-48 G.R.Dart
1948-52 K.M.Webster
1952-56 B.Douglass
1956-58 H.R.Evans
1958-61 C.R.Bray
1961-64 J.M.Ryan
1964-67 D.W.J.Dunlop
1967-70 N.J.Hillenberg
1970-72 K.R.Bain
1972-75 J.F.M.Sullivan
1975-78 P.E.Culham
1978-79 M.W.King
1979-82 J.F.OConnell
1982-95 J.K.Gandey
1985-     I.L.McAndrews

Branch established 1909 (123rd Report).

1898 Federal Protestant Hall (Built 1898) was used one day a week (period unknown)  "to conduct banking business". 
1914 photo by C Dunstan, resident.

2007 Geoff Chapman advises: I have spoken to an aged lifelong resident of Federal.
When asked about banks in the town, she replied without prompting that;
"The Commercial Bank purchased a block of land opposite my parents business and home, in which I now live, but a building was never constructed"
The site now contains the village tennis court and park.

Finley is on the Riverina Highway 61Km East of Deniliquin

1878 Deniliquin or Jerilderie was where people banked before 1897 July 30 when CBC opened;

Opened 1897 (99th Report)

1898 January CBC moved into new premises;

1901 February 11 CBC closed during severe drought;

1909 December 13 NBA opened;

c1910 photo of Finley township
 

1911 CBC reopened in original premises;

1913 premises used by CBC were incorporated into Albion Hotel building;

1914 CBC closed during drought.

2004 JT

1862 Branch opened (28th Report);
1874 Opened (51st Report);
1884 Lachlan Street branch was built.
1893 January Listed in 89th Report;
1934 Listed in Century of Banking.

1981 photo by M. Bourke from Department of the Environment & Water sourced by Geoff Chapman, who notes how it was painted in CBC livery at that time.
2004 photos by Jim Skinner

Bill Frost advises: There is said to be a tunnel leading from the Albion Hotel to these premises and to Westpac for transferring the gold to the Gold Escort coach. The tunnel is accessible from the cellars of the hotel and is a tourist attraction.
John Beer advises: In the main street of Forbes, the Albion is a sprawling hotel with all the florid ornamentation typical of the Victorian Era, now handsomely restored to life. In the basement of the hotel, a unique feature is the remains of the tunnel system that once connected the hotel, which also served as the local Cobb & Co office, with the town's banks. Gold would be transported through the tunnels rather than above ground to foil the local bushrangers.
The cellar also houses the "Bushrangers Hall of Fame",  which tells the fascinating tale of such notorious locals as Ben Hall.
( Gebicki Michael, Travelling Thirst Class, The Sun-Herald, March 12, 2000, p.94.)
2004 photo by John Turner
2005 Michael Watts advises: The Branch was established during the gold rush days, about 1838 I think, when bushrangers were prevalent (Ben Hall is buried in the local cemetery). Near the staff room at the rear of the Banking Chamber is a trapdoor and ladder descending to a former tunnel entrance. The tunnel extended about a quarter of a km under the street and exited at the Albion Hotel. In those days the tunnel was used to take the Gold from the Branch to the Hotel, where it was collected by a Cobb & Co coach and I suppose transported to the nearest Gold Centre.
A tower on top of the Albion Hotel (still there) enabled a lookout to advise the Branch when the coach was approaching. The end of the tunnel and room where any transaction took place, has now been set up as a tourist attraction at the Hotel.

Australian Government Heritage Statement of Significance: Forbes' CBC Bank is architecturally significant on account of its fine Victorian Free Classical styling. (Criterion F.1)
The building, which dates from 1884, helps to reflect the development of the town into a prosperous rural centre in the late nineteenth century. (Criterion A.4)
With its size, styling and corner site (and location opposite the notable ANZ Bank), the building is an important element in the streetscape of Forbes. (Criterion E.1)
Description: The CBC Bank building on the corner of Lachlan and Spring Streets is built in Victorian Free Classical style, represents an important element in the Forbes streetscape (being opposite the Italianate style ANZ Bank), and helps to reflect Forbes' development into a prosperous rural centre during the latter part of the nineteenth century. The bank was constructed in 1884 to the design of architects, Mansfield Brothers. Of two storeys, the bank is constructed of stuccoed brick. There is a projecting entrance porch on the ground floor, decorated with rusticated stucco and impost trim; the entrance is arched. This projecting porch is continued in the upper floor where it terminates in a pediment. The building has a verandah to both floors which has iron lace balustrading to both floors. Clad with tiles is the hipped roof whose eaves are supported by paired brackets. The chimneys are corniced and have rounded tops. Windows to the ground floor are round arched and have keystone, impost and label mould trim; on the upper floor facade are French doors.

The Forbes Family History Group (at http://home.westserv.net.au) has in its library:
CBC Bank Signatures 1879 - October 1914 and
CBC Bank Signatures June 1949 - June 1955