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accommodating to a tropical climate, and rolled wrought-iron beams were utilised in the construction, rather than the cast-iron girders used extensively in
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Australian Joint Stock Bank Building, erected in 1887-88 as a branch of the Australian Joint Stock Bank, is important in demonstrating the pattern of development and evolution of Townsville as the principal town and port of North Queensland in the late 19th century, and is a reflection of the
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Stanley called for tenders for the AJS Bank building in
December 1886, and the contract was let to Townsville contractors MacMahon and Cliffe. Elements of both the design and the construction were considered innovative. The colonnaded front elevation was a new concept in Townsville architecture,
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The AJS Bank was the first financial institution to establish an office in
Townsville, in March 1866, in a small timber building on the Strand. In 1875, the bank erected more substantial offices, but these were replaced with the present building in 1887–88. Its construction, at a cost of
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The ground floor interior, with a lurid colour scheme, has a sunken centre dancefloor. A disc jockey booth has been added to the eastern side, toilets inserted to the west of the foyer and a bar to the east.
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with a timber pedimented surround, which leads into the nightclub space. This space has a much higher coffered plaster ceiling, the central section of which is raised and blacked-out with a
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banks in the 1880s and 1890s, and as colonial architect from 1873 to 1881 was responsible for
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and built from 1887 to 1888 by MacMahon & Cliffe. It is also known as
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