James Charles Bancks b. 26 May 1889

Also known as Jim Bancks, Jimmy Bancks, James C. Bancks, J. Banks
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
Popular and influential mid 20th century Sydney and Melbourne cartoonist and illustrator. Bancks is best known as the creator of Ginger Meggs and for a time he was Australia's highest paid black-and-white artist, receiving £80 a week in the 1920s.
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Citations

  • Murray, Alec (November 1946), 'B.P. Magazine’.

  • Clifford-Smith, Silas (7 January 2009) 'Information sourced from’.

  • 'Joan Kerr Archive’, National Library of Australia, Canberra, ACT, 1977 biography by Barry Andrews.

See also

  • 'Harry Julius caricature of Bancks c.1920s (original ML, Bulletin collection)'.
  • 'Harry Wann caricature of Bancks (ill. Lindesay, Inkspot p.33)'.

Initial data sources

  • Black and white artists

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Residences
  • c.1952 Point Piper, Sydney, NSW
  • 1925 - 1952 Sydney, NSW
  • c.1920 - c.1925 St Kilda, Melbourne, Vic.
  • c.1889 - c.1903 Hornsby, NSW
  • c.1889 Enmore, Sydney, NSW
  • c.1952 Point Piper, Sydney, NSW
  • 1925 - 1952 Sydney, NSW
  • c.1920 - c.1925 St Kilda, Melbourne, Vic.
  • c.1889 - c.1903 Hornsby, NSW
  • c.26 May 1889 - c.1889 Enmore, Sydney, NSW
Other occupations
  • Office boy (ANZSIC code: 7291)
  • Wool clerk (ANZSIC code: 0529)
  • Lift driver (ANZSIC code: 5029)
  • Office boy (ANZSIC code: 7291)
  • Wool clerk (ANZSIC code: 0529)
  • Lift driver (ANZSIC code: 5029)