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Commonwealth Bank, Sutherland

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Collection SummaryThe Commonwealth Bank located at Sutherland was a landmark for banking history in the suburb.HistoryThe development of local banking services usually signified the degree of progress and growth of communities. The Second World War saw the expansion of banking facilities to the township of Sutherland when plans to build a bank branch at 816 Old Princes Highway then known as Railway Parade were made.
The land on which the bank was to be sited was originally purchased by the Government Savings Bank of New South Wales in 1929 from Jessie Powe. The land passed to the Commonwealth Bank when it merged with the Government Savings Bank of New South Wales in 1931.
The building was designed for the Commonwealth Bank by the Works and Services branch of the Commonwealth Department of the Interior. Those designed and built in the 1930s and 1940s display variations of distinctive art deco lines. At the time the Commonwealth Bank was credited with producing many fine modern buildings in suburban areas.
A branch of the Commonwealth Bank had already been built on Cronulla Street, Cronulla in 1938.
A two-storey building which is a typical style of the Interwar Period, stripped classical with modernist features was opened for business in Sutherland on the 20th February 1940 under the management of Alexander McKee and with a staff of two.
Various additions were made to the building over the years with major extensions in 1952 and the addition of a neon sign at the front of the building in 1959.
After 82 years of service the bank branch closed for business on the 29th of July 2022.

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Shops on Old Princes Highway Sutherland looking south near Flora Street

Newsagency at the corner of Boyle Street and Princes Highway, Sutherland

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Sutherland Township, Diston's Subdivision : 2 cottages and home sites : one minute from station on Illawarra Railway Line : sale on the ground Easter Monday 8th April 1912 at 3.30

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SubjectsSutherland - Banks - Commonwealth Bank Of Australia

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