[1] 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.

[1] The Bank of New South Wales commenced trading in Normanton in 1884 in rented premises,[3] acquiring the present site in 1885.

[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.

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

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

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