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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creator of
[original, black and white 'Ginger Meggs' strip]
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creator of
[original caricature of pianist Edward Goll of Melbourne]
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  • Office boy (ANZSIC code: 7291)
  • Wool clerk
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  • Office boy
  • Wool clerk
  • Lift driver (ANZSIC code: 5029)