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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  • Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, WA
  • Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, Ballarat, VIC
  • Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW

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