Westport is one of those towns that was first settled in the 1800s by immigrant gold and coal miners. This building on the main street has been around since 1867 and was used by the Bank of New South Wales (which is in Australia) until 1967. These days it is used by a different bank Westpac.
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A neat looking building.
I did not know you have Westpac bank there too.
Oh we had accounts at Westpac. Until Germany decided this is "too dangerous" we could use it to transfer money to safety and it became so darn expensive we let go.
Crazy. We only wanted to transfer it (at first at least) to pay in Perth. Instead we used our European cards there hence and always somebody had to search for a pen (until we had one with us always) cause we needed to sign.
I still have my card, just as memory...
A building with a history. I wonder if they have archives with information about some of those first investors.
What an interesting looking building. It doesn't look like a bank at all.
We have some vacant buildings that used to house the Bank of Ireland. The buildings are big, yours looks nice and compact.
That grey is a bit unkind to the building. Hopefully they will be investing in a paintjob soon.
...this is a lovely building.
This town name sounds so familiar -- There is a Westport in the State of Washington just up north from us (here at our Oregon home).
Interesting history. I wouldn't have guessed it to be so old!
The first photo is excellent.
Love the architecture.
I love it when old buildings are repurposed and kept up.
I think that is one of the nicest bank buildings I've ever seen. Usually they look so soul-less.
Not the best sky wise but building is very nice. That´s an old one, we don´t have any buildings that old in my beloved hometown Lahti, Finland.
That building looks well-maintained! And it's lovely!
Westpac is one of the leading banks in Australia, I heard. My cousin used to work in one of their branches in Sydney. ~ Ms. Donyarific
I would have never guessed it was a bank.
Love buildings like that. We even have similar ones here in northern New England. From same era.
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