Queensland Government Savings Bank

Intended to encourage small deposit saving by working people, savings banks could be established by the gazettal of an application by ten or more house or landholders in any community of more than 500 people.

This empowered the Bank to transact both savings and trading business under the security of a guarantee from the Federal government.

Post offices were used as agencies throughout the country as they had been transferred to Commonwealth control after Federation.

[1] Notable buildings occupied by the bank include: 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).