Bank of Australasia

The Bank of Australasia was opened in Ipswich in October or November 1853, the original site would later house the Cribb & Foote Ironmongery in 1928. The bank's first Ipswich manager was George Faircloth, for whom Booval House was built.

In 1878 a new location was built for the bank at 116 Brisbane Street, a site which had previously been used by St Pauls Anglican Church and for a school. The new establishment had been designed by Reed & Barnes and included an attached manager's residence. The site was officially purchased by the bank in 1925 and was closed in 1943.

Although the Ipswich branch had closed the Bank of Australasia merged with the Union Bank of Australia in 1951, creating the Australia and New Zealand Bank Limited (ANZ Bank). On the 31st of October 1853 the ANZ Bank opened at 102 Brisbane Street.

The site at 116 Brisbane street remained empty until it was purchased by Ipswich City Council.

In the 1970s the Ipswich City Council rates office occupied the old Bank of Australasia building with the Ipswich public library in the building behind. In 1985 the ICC rates office moved and the bank building was then occupied by shops for several years. In 1991 Ipswich Visitors and Tourist Information Centre and Ipswich Events Corporation were located here and on the 21st of October 1992 it was added to the Queensland Heritage Register. In 2014 it became the site of Indian Mehfil Restaurant.