Following yesterday’s Then and Now featuring the Commonwealth Bank; Westpac have been in touch with their own historic photos to remind you of their enduring presence in the region.
It seemed only fair to give them a run.
And so we have:
1) The first Westpac (then known as Bank of NSW) branch in Kingston, 1926
![bank of new south wales](http://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-4ZqzIAlVg2I/Ub-k4Ww490I/AAAAAAABHsQ/DvHgLWUeHxw/s600/1st%2520BNSW%2520Canberra%2520Branch_Cnr%2520Giles%2520%2526%2520Tench%2520Sts%2520%2528Now%2520Kingston%2529_1926_27.jpg)
2) City branch, 1929
![Sydney building](http://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-htjsZM1Z7B0/Ub-k89ZehBI/AAAAAAABHso/fnMGB116yXE/s600/BNSW%2520Canberra_1929.jpg)
3) Not sure of exact location – 1955
![bank of new south wales](http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-WwtNWlk_-ck/Ub-k5muh9PI/AAAAAAABHsY/Tua8H0GKomk/s600/BNSW%2520Canberra%25201955%25283%2529.jpg)
4) Westpac’s first Bank Manager (and president of the Canberra Golf Club), Mr A.B Dichenson presents a golf trophy to PM Stanley Bruce – 1929
![clipping](http://lh5.googleusercontent.com/--hKrzZ3IDI0/Ub-k724OIZI/AAAAAAABHsg/CDNv-f8nCu0/s600/BNSW%2520Canberra_%2520AB%2520Dichenson%2520Manager%25201929.jpg)