Branches in Collins Street, Melbourne and George Street, Sydney opened in July 1853, the latter occupying the former premises of the defunct Bank of Australia, with a Geelong branch following in October 1853. A succession of branches in regional mining centres followed in 1855-56, with Ballarat, Beechworth and Dunolly among them.
By 1893, the bank had main offices in Melbourne and Sydney, thirty-four branches in Victoria, five other city and suburban branches in Sydney, eight regional New South Wales branches (Bourke, Broken Hill, Deniliquin, Hay, Katoomba, Newcastle, Waverley and Wilcannia) and four branches in Queensland (Brisbane, Ipswich, Townsville and Charters Towers).
In August 1920, the bank announced that it had received a takeover proposal by the English, Scottish and Australian Bank (ESandA - now part of ANZ) seeking a controlling interest in the bank and that the directors had reached a provisional agreement for amalgamation into the ES&A Bank if sufficient shareholders were willing to sell. The ES&A Bank was successful in the takeover, and the London Bank ceased to exist when the ES&A Bank assumed control of its business from 2 May 1921.
Pictured is the Brisbane City building on the corner of Creek and Queen Street, Brisbane, 1899. It was demolished in 1976.
