COMMONWEALTH BANK

Fiddlers Hame, 139 Mayne Street Gulgong

Source: Col Bailey, Goldfields Motor Inn Gulgong

CommBank’s first branch in Gulgong opened on 16 January 1956 in a leased premises on the corner of Mayne and Medley Streets ... where The Fiddlers Hame is located today. It was leased from Mr. C. A. Lund. In 1961 the branch relocated to its current location.

Source: Steven Politzer, Group Archivist, Group Archives, Eveleigh, NSW

Commonwealth Bank, 110 Mayne Street Gulgong

Source: Vince Wang, Google Maps Photo Contributor

In 1960 the Commonwealth Bank showed their faith in the town by building a new bank. At that time very few appreciated the need to preserve the authentic nature of the town.The CBA gave their building a high, modern all plate glass facade. When a film crew was shooting "Between Wars" in 1974 they found the glass front of the bank didn’t fit with 1924 aspect of the set. They disguised it by erecting a temporary verandah. This was later replaced by a permanent one after prompting from the Conservation Society.

Source: Goldfields Motor Inn Gulgong