ANZ Bank Building

ANZ Bank Building

Built in 1922 of local stone for the Union Bank which had operated in Kingscote since 1905. The ornate building , which consisted of the bank downstairs and the mangers [sic] residence upstairs, was an imposing landmark in the then very small township of Kingscote. A child of the 1930's remembers seeing an ornate silver revolver on a bedside table and being told it was to "frighten the bank robbers." The bank became part of the ANZ Banking group in the 1950's.