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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Fifty Years of Australian Cartooning
Date
11 September 1964 - 19 September 1964
Place
Blaxland Gallery, Sydney, New South Wales
Description
Type
Exhibition

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  • Office boy
  • Wool clerk
  • Lift driver (ANZSIC code: 5029)