Commercial Bank, Bundaberg

The Commercial Bank is an 1891 Victorian structure standing at the corner of Bourbong Street with ornate cast iron details and broad covered verandahs. Inside, the banking chamber retains its original coffered ceiling and decorative cast iron columns.

The Commercial Banking Company of Sydney opened its Bundaberg branch in 1872 when the town was developing as a sugar region. The standing structure dates to 1891 and reflects the formalization of finance in growing regional centers.

The building demonstrates how a regional town expressed its growing prosperity through architectural grandeur during the 19th century. It served as the visible center where local business and finance came together in daily commercial life.

This site is centrally located in Bundaberg and easy to reach on foot from the town center. You can view the exterior details and sense the building's place within the historic streetscape of the town.

Next to the main structure stands a preserved stable building fitted with an early lifting mechanism, revealing how banking operations actually worked in rural Australia during the 1800s. This uncommon surviving detail of working infrastructure offers a window into the past that few places retain.