Bank of NSW Tent, West Wyalong Goldfields, c1893
A Bank of New South Wales ‘tent branch’ in the goldfields at West Wyalong, c1893. At the time, it was normal for ‘Branch Managers’ to be issued with dogs, a gun, and strong boxes! The year was 1816, and Australia was divided into different British colonies. The colonies traded with each other and foreign merchants under a barter system. At