Corner of Hunts Road and Waldeck Street
Private property. Please view from the street.
Local merchant and mill owner Francis Pearse built this bank chambers and residence in
1894 for the Bank of Western Australia. The bank leased it from him until 1921, and
following his death purchased the building from his estate. Dongara property owners Samuel
Moore, George Shenton and Edward Hamersley were on the Governing Board of the Bank.
The West Australian Bank amalgamated with the Bank of New South Wales in 1927 and the
bank became an agency of the Geraldton branch, operating on Wednesdays. In 1950 the
building was sold to private interests. It is a rare surviving example of a bank and attached
residence built in a totally residential style. It still has the iron-barred windows and solid vault
installed for the bank.
Bank of Western Australia, c1930 I IRME1337
