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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  • Murray, Alec (associate of)
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  • Turner, Ethel (associate of)
  • Murdoch, Keith (associate of)
  • Packer, Frank (associate of)
  • Bancks, Jessie (spouse of)
  • Bancks, Patricia (spouse of)
  • Latimer, Sheena (parent of)
  • Latimer, Michael (relative of)
  • Rubbo, A. Dattilo (associate of)
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