.1 PHOTOCOPY OF HISTORY OF GLENDONALD POST OFFICE GLENDONALD POST OFFICE WAS OPENED ON 15 JANUARY 1868, AND WAS MADE A RECEIVING OFFICE ON 19 AUGUST 1894. IT WAS CLOSED ON 1 JULY 1917. IT USED BARRED NUMERAL CANCEL 639. GLENDONALD WAS A SMALL RURAL SETTLEMENT LOCATED ON THE INTERSECTION OF TH CRESWICK-CLUNES ROAD AND MINER'S REST-CASTLEMAINE ROAD BETWEEN CLUNES AND CRESWICK. IT WAS SITED AT THE FOOT OF CATTLE STATION HILL. BETWEEN 1874 AND 1885 THE POST OFFICE WAS CONDUCTED BY THE CATTLE STATION STATE SCHOOL HEADMASTER POST OFFICERS AT GLENDONALD WERE: WILLIAM B. LANGDON 1868 E S LANGDON 1868 - 1870 ELISABETH GOOD 1870-1874 ALEXANDER GILLIAN 1874-1885 ARTHUR W BEAN 1885 CHARLOTTE VALINS 1885 THOMAS DUNSTON 1885-1894 ELIZABETH PEARCY 1894-1901 EDWARD PEARCY 1901-1913 NOT KNOWN 1913-1917 .2PHOTOCOPY OF HISTORY OF GLENGOWER/MIDDLE CREEK POST OFFICE GLENGOWER POST OFFICE OPENED ON 13 JANUARY 1868 AS MIDDLE CREEK. ITS NAME WAS CHANGED ON 1 JUNE 1881, WHEN IT BECAME A RECEIVING OFFICE. A MIDDLE CREEK POST OFFICE WAS OPENED NEAR ARARAT IN 1881 AND THE POSTMASTER GENERAL HAD A POLICY OF NOT HAVING POST OFFICES HAVING THE SAME NAME. GLENGOWER WAS UPGRADED TO POST OFFICE ON 1 JULY 1927, IT CLOSED ON 30 JUNE 1952 BARRED NUMERAL CANCEL 632 WAS USED AT GLENGOWER POST OFFICERS AT GLENGOWER WERE: S IRWIN 1868-1869 DONALD FRASER 1869-1871 JOHN KEMP 1871-1873 JOHN NEWTON 1873-1876 W POTTER 1876-1887 ANNIE MCIVOR 1887-1892 JESSIE MCIVOR 1892-?? UNKNOWSN ????-1927 DJ FRASER 1927-1939 JAMES CAMPBELL 1939-1952middle creek post office, glengower post office, glendonald post office

TOURELLO POST OFFICE WAS OPENED ON 1ST MAY 1868 AND WAS MOVED TO TOURELLO RAILWAY STATION. THIS WAS 3 KM FROM THE ORIGINAL SITE. ON 8TH OF AUGUST1887 THE ORIGINAL TOURELLO POST OFFICE WAS RE-OPENED AND THE BARREL NUMERAL CANCEL 620WAS RETURNED THERE. ON THE SAME DAY A NEW BARREL NUMERAL CANCEL 1587 WAS ALLOCATED TO TOURELLO RAILWAY STATION. THIS CANCEL IS RATED AS VERY RARE. TOURELLO RAILWAY STATIN POST OFFICE CLOSED ON 6TH JUNE 1950. POST OFFICERS AT TOURELLO RAILWAY STATION WERE:: JAMES DAVEY 1887-1888 JOHN WILLIAM RUSSELL ORR 1888-1893 G KINROSS 1893 JOHN ASMUS 1893-1897 E W BIESKE 1897-1902 NOT KNOWN 1902-1909 W SCARFE 1909-1914 M PURCELL 1914-1915 NOT KNOWN 1916-1925 MRS. STONE 1925-1927 NOT KNOWN 1927-1931 MRS. LIZZIE MCRAE 1931-1938 MRS ROSELINE E CANNY 1938-1950 POST OFFICER AT TOURELLO WERE: D MCDONALD 1868-1874 JAMES MCGREGOR 1874-1876 HENRY JUDKINS 1876-1888 WILLIAM THOMAS MERLIN 1888-1895 TOURELLO POST OFFICE WAS CLOSED ON 1ST APRIL 1895 JAMES MCGREGOR WAS ALSO HEAD TEACHER AT SS740 TOURELLOtourello post office, tourello railway station post office, james mcgregor

.1 MOUNT BECKWORTH (SOMETIMES SPELLED MOUNT BECKWITH) POST OFFICE WAS OPENED ON 1ST MARCH 1863 AS A RECEIVING OFFICE. IT WAS UPGRADED TO POST OFFICE ON 7TH JULY 1927 AND CLOSED ON 14 DECEMBER 1955/ BARRED NUMERAL CANCEL 431, OF WHICH TERE ARE VERY FEW KNOWN, WAS USED AT MOUNT BECKWORTH UNTIL CIRCULAR DATE STAMPS REPLACED THEM IN 1912 POST OFFICERS AT MOUNT BECKWORTH WERE J MCLEAN 1863-1864 THOMAS DUNN 1864-1909 B DUNN 1909-1911 R. DUNN 1911-1920 MISS CAMERON 1920-1936 MISS EVELYN CAMERON DUNN 1936-1939 BERTHA AMELIA DORIS ALSTON 1939 MRS. EVELYN CAMERON ROMEO 1939-1955 .2 LETTER FROM ALEX STONEMAN SENDING INFORMATIONS ABOUT THE HISTORY OF pOST OFFICES IN THE AREA, A PHOTOCOPY OF PART OF THE RAILWAY AND POSTAL & TELEGRAPH MAP OF VICTORIAmt beckworth post office, mount beckwith post office

THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS PUT THE CONTRACT OUT TO TENDER, LEWIS AND ROBERTS OF BALLARAT, CONTRACTORS, WON THE TENDER AT A PRICE OF 4099 POUNDS. THE FOUNDATION STONE WAS LAID BY GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS ON FRIDAY 25TH OCTOBER 1878.1 PHOTOCOPY OF DRAWING NO.1 INCLUDES SIDE AND FRONT ELEVATIONS, GROUND, FIRST FLOOR AND ROOF DRAWINGS .2 PHOTOCOPY OF THE DRAWING NO. 2 INCLUDES SIDE AND FRONT ELEVATIONS, GROUND, FIRST FLOOR AND ROOF DRAWING SCALE IS 8 FEET TO ONE INCHON REVERSE: WRITTEN IN BLACK BIRO "C.- TAMMY VAN DRUIN, 17 TAIL ST SEBASTOPOL 3336" .1 & 2 INITIALLED BY GWW (GEORGE WILLIAM WATSON) AND STAMPED WITH GOVERNMENT SEAL "DEPARTMENT OF WORKS MELBOURNE VICTORIA" post office, telegraph office, george william watson, department of public works, lewis & roberts ballarat

.1 PARTICULARS FOR IDENTIFICATION OF PENSIONERS 1823-1834 .2 TOBACCO LICENCES RECEIPT BOOK 1901-1915 .3 PUBLIC ACCOUNTS RECEIPT BOOK 1913-1914 .4 POST OFFICE RECEIPT BOOK 1877-1905 .5 MINERS RIGHT RECEIPT BOOK 1887-1888 .6 MINERS RIGHT RECEIPT BOOK 1898-1899 .7 CERTIFICATION TO AUTHORIZE THE ISSUE OF A VICTUALLER'S LICENSE 1881 .8 CARDBOARD BOX FOR STORING .1 TO .7.8 WHITE STICKER WITH HANDWRITTEN"HISTORICAL RECORDS FOR SAFE KEEPINGminers rights receipts, tobacco licence receipts, post office receipts, victuallers licence

ONE SEPIA POSTCARD TITLED "CLUNES FROM ROCKS" IN WHITE HAND WRITING ON IMAGE. SIGNIFICANT BUILDINGS SHOWN ARE THE POST OFFICE , BANKS, SOME MATURE TREES AND MT BECKWORTH IN THE BACKGROUNDON BACK: DEAR ALLIE, AS I PROMISED YOU A VIEW OF CLUNES I AM SENDING YOU THIS ONE. HE IS SOLD OUT OF THE ONES WITH THE CREEK. i HOPE YOU ARE WELL. i REMAIN YOUR AFFECT COUSIN RANDAL STAMPED IWTH "POSTCARD" - CORRESPONDENCE AND KODAK AUSTRALIAclunes from the rocks, postcard

THE PHOTOGRAPHS ARE; SOLDIERS MONUMENT, PORT PHILIP GOLD MINE, TULAROOP CREEK, TOWN HALL, PANORAMA, QUEEN'S WALK, BRIDGE, POST OFFICE,&TOWN HALL,STATE SCHOOL.9 FOLD OUT SNAP SHOTS OF CLUNES, PRESENTED IN FOLDERlocal history, photography, photographs, clunes township

SECTION OF THE WEEKLY TIMES AUGUST 29 1936 - MAGAZINE SECTIONlocal history, document, newspaper, town hall, post office

NEWSPAPER CUTTING ABOUT THE POST OFFICElocal history, document, newspaper cutting, post office