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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associate of
Will Dyson
1889
Artist (Printmaker), Artist (Painter), Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
associate of
Claude Arthur Marquet
1889
Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
associate of
Ethel Sibyl Turner
1889
Artist (Draughtsman)

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References [<ExternalResource: 'Joan Kerr Archive', National Library of Australia, Canberra, ACT, 1977 biography by Barry Andrews.>, <ExternalResource: Murray, Alec (November 1946), 'B.P. Magazine'.>, <ExternalResource: Clifford-Smith, Silas (7 January 2009) 'Information sourced from'.>] [<ExternalResource: 'Joan Kerr Archive', National Library of Australia, Canberra, ACT, 1977 biography by Barry Andrews.>]
Alternative names
  • Jim Bancks
  • Jimmy Bancks
  • James C. Bancks
  • J. Banks
  • Jim Bancks
  • Jimmy Bancks
  • James C. Bancks
  • J. Banks
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  • Kerr, Joan
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Date modified Jan. 1, 2007, midnight