Robe. First settled town of the South East. Doors of the old Bank House. Built 1857. Architect was Edmund Wright. Became the Bank of South Australia in 1860. Image by denisbin Guichen Bay/Robetown/Robe. Robe was the earliest town gazetted in the South East in 1846 (Naracoorte and Penola were founded in 1850). It was named by Governor Grey … [Read more...] about Robe. First settled town of the South East. Doors of the old Bank House. Built 1857. Architect was Edmund Wright. Became the Bank of South Australia in 1860.