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Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.Photograph - Post Card
... Black & White Postcard of the Melbourne General Post Office... Office" Black & White Postcard of the Melbourne General Post ...One of two photographs donated by Helen Jansson.Black & White Postcard of the Melbourne General Post Office building with Clock Tower. Horse drawn carriage and people in foreground. GPO is situated on the corner of Elizabeth & Bourke Sts, Melbourne."Melbourne General Post Office"melbourne gpo, mrs helen jansson -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Postcard - ELAINE ROBB COLLECTION: POST OFFICE BENDIGO
... Hand coloured postcard: image shows Post Office building... BENDIGO Buildings post office pall mall bendigo Hand coloured ...Hand coloured postcard: image shows Post Office building, Pall Mall, Bendigo. Trees visible in Rosalind Park behind, quite immature. Possibly late 1890's ?bendigo, buildings, post office, pall mall, bendigo -
Tarnagulla History ArchivePhotograph, Tarnagulla Post Office during construction, c.1885-1886
... Handwritten: 'Post Office during building - 1886 opened'....: 'Post Office during building - 1886 opened'. Monochrome ...Murray Comrie Collection. Murray Comrie's information about Tarnagulla Post Offices to be added. This photograph is a fair copy created from an older original.Monochrome photograph of numerous people standing outside the then new Tarnagulla Post Office, during its construction.Handwritten: 'Post Office during building - 1886 opened'.tarnagulla, post office, construction, businesses, commercial road -
Mt Dandenong & District Historical Society Inc.Photograph, Kalorama Post Office, FiveWays c1994, c1994
... into the wall. The post office building had been on this site for about...-and-the-dandenong-ranges FiveWays Kalorama Post Office The post office ...The post office business had recently been removed to the shop at Silvandale but the post boxes are still set into the wall. The post office building had been on this site for about 100 years.fiveways, kalorama, post office -
Clunes MuseumPhotograph
... SEMMENS. FIRST STAGE OF POST OFFICE - SINGLE STORY BUILDING... OF FORMER POST OFFICE. SINGLE STORIED BUILDING WITH GALVANISED... OF POST OFFICE - SINGLE STORY BUILDING WITH FIVE CHIMNEYS ...PHOTOGRAPH COPIED FROM EARLIER PHOTOGRAPH BY MR. E J SEMMENS. FIRST STAGE OF POST OFFICE - SINGLE STORY BUILDING WITH FIVE CHIMNEYS, SECTIONS OF BUILDING BUILT WITH SMALL BRICKS. GALVANISED IRON FENCE.BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPH CLUNES POST OFFICE ON SITE OF FORMER POST OFFICE. SINGLE STORIED BUILDING WITH GALVANISED FENCING.On back of photo handwritten in pencil "Clunes" "Clunes Post Office on present site of Post Office" "Copied 30/5/48 EJS" Sticker with "P.D.C 810" handwritten in pencil "20/6" handwritten in pencillocal history, photography, photographs, post office -
Ballarat Tramway MuseumPhotograph - Black & White Photograph/s, Wal Jack, Jan. 1945
... . Photo by Wal Jack. The Post Office building can be seen.... The Post Office building can be seen in the background - just ...Yields information about the appearance of an ex Adelaide tram in Ballarat early 1945.Black and white photograph of No. 22, Sturt St, Jan. 1945. Photo by Wal Jack. The Post Office building can be seen in the background - just. Image rescanned from copy neg and updated 1/6/2020.On rear in ink. "No. 22 "Gardens via Drummond Nth", Sturt St, Ballarat, Jan. 1945."tramways, trams, sturt st, tram 22 -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Photograph - PALL MALL, BENDIGO
... . Law Courts and Post Office buildings in background. Bus... and Post Office buildings in background. Bus on roadway. ? 1940's ...Photograph: hand-tinted image shows Pall Mall, Bendigo. Statue on RH side of image, bus in centre, trees along Pall Mall. Law Courts and Post Office buildings in background. Bus on roadway. ? 1940'scottage, miners, bendigo, pall mall, law courts, post office, bus -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Book - MAKING A NATION - EXHIBITION GUIDE, 1901
... ' the Federation exhibition in the former Bendigo Post Office building... Office building 2001 Prepared by Geoffrey B Russell. Includes Sir ...34 page loose leaf Exhibition Guide to 'Making a Nation' the Federation exhibition in the former Bendigo Post Office building 2001 Prepared by Geoffrey B Russell. Includes Sir John Quick's role in Federation. Illustrated with B&W images.Geoffrey B Russell -
Greensborough Historical SocietyNewspaper Clipping, Diamond Valley Leader, New Post Office plaque is unveiled, 22/05/1970
... The opening of the Greensborough Post Office building... Post Office building in 1970, situated in Main Street ...The opening of the Greensborough Post Office building in 1970, situated in Main Street.An example of development in Greensborough in the 1970s. The Post Office has now moved into a shop-front in Greensborough Plaza.Copy of news article, text and graphics.greesnborough post office -
Port Fairy Historical Society Museum and ArchivesPhotograph, 1927
... in the Post office building in Sackville Street.... at the telephone exchange in the Post office building in Sackville Street ...Three of the Telephonists at the telephone exchange in the Post office building in Sackville Street.Black and white photograph of two males and a female gathered around the telephone exchange deskTELE EX PF 1927_0001telephones, telephonists, port fairy, telephone exchange, equipment -
Clunes MuseumPhotograph
... CLUNES POST OFFICE BUILDING NO LONGER IN USE AS POST OFFICE... POST OFFICE BUILDING NO LONGER IN USE AS POST OFFICE. TOWN HALL ...CLUNES POST OFFICE BUILDING NO LONGER IN USE AS POST OFFICE. TOWN HALL BUILDING NOW OWNED BY HEPBURN SHIRE, SINCE AMALGAMATION OF COUNCILS..1 PHOTOGRAPH (REPRINT) OF CLUNES POST OFFICE AND TOWN HALL, BAILEY STREET, CLUNES. BUGGY AND PEOPLE IN FRONT OF POST OFFICE. INCLUDING ST THOMAS AQUINAS CHURCH .2 NEGATIVE OF IMAGEBAILEY ST CLUNESlocal history, photography, photographs, town hall, post office -
City of Ballarat LibrariesPhotograph - Card Box Photographs, View south west along Sturt Street, Ballarat circa 1905. From Star 1855-1905 Jubilee publication
... Office tower. The National Mutual Building is under construction ...Photo was taken from the Ballarat Post Office tower. The National Mutual Building is under construction. Sign on building reads 'H.M. Theatre Farewell Concert Jessie Maclachlan'.sturt street, ballarat post office, national mutual building, h.m. theatre, streetscape, garden, trams, vehicle, commerical, public -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)Photograph, Charles Turner painter, 1880 c
... Office building 1890 c... old Post Office building 1890 c Genealogy Colour photograph ...The first school at Metung was held in Grants old Post Office building 1890 cColour photograph of painting of home of George and Sarah Grant at Shaving Point which was the first Post Office unofficial at Metung Victoriagenealogy -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Photograph - HUSTLER'S ROYAL RESERVE GOLD MINE, ROSALIND PARK, BENDIGO
... , Bendigo. Oh RH side, Post Office building with clock tower... Reserve Gold Mine, Rosalind Park, Bendigo. Oh RH side, Post Office ...Black and white photo, copy. Image shows poppet head and chimney of Hustler's Royal Reserve Gold Mine, Rosalind Park, Bendigo. Oh RH side, Post Office building with clock tower. Horse drawn vehicles in foreground parked alongside fence.bendigo, mining, hustler's royal reserve mine -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Photograph - BENDIGO CITY TAKEN FROM LOOKOUT TOWER
... Courts; Post Office building. On extreme right of photo... Courts; Post Office building. On extreme right of photo ...BHS CollectionTimber framed, cream mount, black and white photograph of Bendigo City. Written on bottom of photograph: ' The City from the Lookout Tower'. In foreground of photo - Shamrock Hotel; Law Courts; Post Office building. On extreme right of photo, Williamston Street. In extreme foreground, trees in Rosalind Park and Pall Mall.bendigo, streetscape, pall mall and city -
Charlton Golden Grains Museum IncPhotograph - Postcard, Charlton Post Office c. 1950s
... Postcard showing the brick Post Office building on High... as an upgrade to the earlier building. Charlton Post Office POST OFFICE ...Charlton's third Post Office. The first was built in 1878 in Camp St, the second was an ornate brick building built in 1879 on the present site in High St. The third Post Office was built in 1941 as an upgrade to the earlier building.Postcard showing the brick Post Office building on High Street. Three windows on each side of the central entrance. Clock above the entrance. Signage above entrance Charlton Post Office. Telegraph pole and open gate on LH side of picture. Text at the bottom of the postcard says POST OFFICE, CHARLTON. No. 4.POST OFFICE, CHARLTON No. 4.charlton post office -
Orbost & District Historical Societyblack and white photograph, C 1915 -1920
... of the building adjacent the post office. Buildings are wooden.... been taken outside the post office in the main street of Orbost ...This photograph shows the main street of Orbost and in particular, the Orbost Post Office. The wagon in the photograph is on its way to Cann River.This photograph is a pictorial record of the township of Orbost in the early 20th century,A black / white photograph with a cart drawn by three horses. Standing in the street are three young girls and a man. There is a motor car, roof down, on the right hand side. There are two dogs in the photograph whic has been taken outside the post office in the main street of Orbost. There is a hand-drawn cross on the roof of the building adjacent the post office. Buildings are wooden.on back - "X indicates bank, caravan and ? horses is coach bound for Cann River, meeting place"transport-orbost post-office-orbost -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Photograph - POLICE BUILDING SITE, BULL STREET, BENDIGO, AFTER DEMOLITION
... Street, Bendigo. Law Courts and former Post Office building.... Law Courts and former Post Office building on LH side. Site ...Colour photo: site of former Police Headquarters, Bull Street, Bendigo. Law Courts and former Post Office building on LH side. Site is clear of all building demolition works apart from small trailer. Sign on front wire fence 'Arvee Demolitions'. Three cars parked on kerbside in front - possibly late 1970's?organisation, government, police headquarters, bull street, bendig -
Glen Eira Historical Society
Letter - ELSTERNWICK POST OFFICE
... the significance of the former Elsternwick Post Office building... the significance of the former Elsternwick Post Office building ...This file contains seven items about the significance of this building and how this was established : 1/ Photocopies of a handwritten application (in duplicate) by Walter Kay of Elsternwick dated 13/10/1985 and Rodney H Bush’s dated 16/10/1985 to the Historic Buildings Council to register the former Elsternwick Post Office building, and an original typewritten letter dated 17/10/1985 from the Historic Buildings Council to Caulfield and Historic Society advising them of an application and inviting them to submit relevant information about the building with a copy of application attached. 2/ Six pieces of correspondence between various interested parties (Caulfield Council , Caulfield Historical Society, National Trust, of Australia and Ministry for Planning and Environment on behalf of Historic Buildings Council, Victoria) about the significance of the former Elsternwick Post Office building and the progress of efforts to include it on the Register of Historic buildings. Dated between November 1985 and May 1986. 3/ Two pieces of correspondence between the Caulfield Progress Association and the Caulfield Historical Society dated April and May 1986, regarding the efforts of the Historical Society to save the former Elsternwick Post Office building. 4/ Two pieces of ephemera by the Caulfield Progress Association, one original undated and one photocopy undated in 1986. Both appealing to the public for support to help the former Elsternwick Post Office building and to protest a proposal to demolish it, by Caulfield Council. 5/Original newspaper article dated 07/06/1989 from the Malvern-Caulfield Progress newspaper written by Robert Carmody. The article talks about the approval by the Historic Buildings Council of Caulfield Council’s restoration program of the former Elsternwick Post Office building worth approximately $850,000. The refurbishment would consist of a shop and office space which would then be rented out. Mayor Emil Braun outlines the progress to implement the plans. 6/ Caulfield Conservation Study by Andrew Ward dated September 1994 of former Elsternwick Post Office Building. The building plans for the Elizabethan Style building were approved in 1891. The original timber verandahs were replaced by the present brickworks in circa 1918 rear extensions in 1941-42. Similar Post Offices were built at Kew, Queenscliff and Portarlington. 7/ Computer printout dated 19/03/2010 of Statement of Significance held by the Victorian Heritage database of the former Elsternwick Post Office Building. It was built in 1891 in the ‘Queen Anne’ style. The substantial two story red brick building was set on a bluestone plinth with an ornate façade incorporating cement dressings. There is a brief summary of the settlement and development of the Elsternwick area with mention of how important the building is to the Elsternwick Community. Original date and author is unknown.elsternwick post office, glenhuntly road, elsternwick, riddell parade, office buildings, postal services, caulfield city council, kay walter, regent street, caulfield, bush rodney h, gisborne street, city of caulfield, braun emil councillor, mayors, aylen doug, aylen douglas r, historic buildings council, caulfield historical society, ministry for planning and environment, head stephen, historic buildings act 1981, anderson p, national trust of australia (victoria), public works department, architectural styles, calder g.k. councillor, wills cathie, lyall kerry, marsden john hudson, town clerk, hill douglas, caulfield progress association, caulfield south, glen eira road, hawthorn road, mac neil j.r., neville street, glenhuntly, marten veronika, ballantyne richard, royal historical society of victoria, dunstan don, alfada street south, hardy joan, baird rob, snowball betty, ward andrew, hoddle robert, foot henry, ebden charles hodson, elster, oldham mary kate, english ‘queen anne’ revival style, rifle club, coulson herbert h., fick p.g., railway, city manager, austin g.b. h., architects, builders, architectural features, australia post, register of historical buildings, grey karen, planning appeal board, heritage overlay no h029, victorian government gazette no. 60 dated 16/07/1986, historic building no640, certificate of title volume 5817, kennan james harley, nelson ivor, blake alison, neale anne, telegraph offices, wardell, ward andrew -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Document - THE BENDIGO POST OFFICE, 14/04/1995
... includes a Brief History of the Bendigo Post Office, Building Notes... of the Bendigo Post Office, Building Notes, Description, and the Post ...Photographic display - The Bendigo Post Office 'A Landmark in the Landscape’ Dudley House - Bendigo. April 14 - 17, 1995. Also includes a Brief History of the Bendigo Post Office, Building Notes, Description, and the Post Office Clock has a small picture of the Post Office Clock on the front. From notes compiled by Mr. L. Bennetts. Bendigo Historical Society (Inc.) at the top of the front page.bendigo, institutions, bendigo post office, document, the bendigo post office, bendigo historical society (inc), dudley house bendigo, cenotaph, alexandra fountain, survey office, sandhurst trustees, post office savings bank, cohn family, temperance hall, telegraph office, railway station, 1882 directory, sub-treasury, sandhurst public offices, state government department offices, postal department, sir henry brougham lock, mr j nimmo, bendigo advertiser 25.9.1971, keen's cement, mr t gaunt melbourne, j w horwood's foundry castlemaine, w lowden, mr l bennetts -
Lake Bolac & District Historical SocietyBlack and white photo, Lake Bolac Post Office, 1919
... Lake Bolac Post Office, original building, 1919.... building, 1919. Lake Bolac, Posr Office, 1919 Lake Bolac Post ...Lake Bolac Post Office, original building, 1919.lake bolac, posr office, 1919 -
Stawell Historical Society IncPhotograph, Main Street Stawell at Easter looking West with the Post Office on the right
... looking west c 1930. Post Office building is on the right... is taken looking west c 1930. Post Office building is on the right ...Easter celebrations in Main St. Stawell. The photo is taken looking west c 1930. Post Office building is on the right with bunting hanging over the building and down the main street. The street must have been closed to traffic as people are walking up and down the street. A woman with two children are on the left of the photo. One small black & white photo and a enlarged copy. The photograph was taken at Easter celebrations in Main street looking west. A woman with 2 children either side of her on the left of the photograph. Bunting is hanging along the Main street.Main St ? Datestawell business streetscape -
Surrey Hills Historical Society CollectionBook, Marc Fiddian, Six stamps please: a tableau of Australian post offices, 1989
... . The boom in post office building was from the mid-1860s... of its locality. The boom in post office building was from ...Once a community's size and importance could be gauged from its post office. The post office, especially in the 19th century, reflected the growth and prosperity of its locality. The boom in post office building was from the mid-1860s to the early 1890s. Invariably a post office was built in a prime location, frequently on a street corner.This book provides a cross section of the various styles of post offices built in city, suburb and country town, and who the post offices serve around Australia. Softback book of 83 pages, with numerous black and white photos; post offices are described alphabetically by town.surrey hills post office, post offices, official buildings, architectural styles, (mr) marc fiddian -
Ballarat Tramway MuseumPhotograph - Digital image, 1970s
... electric kitchen!" roof advertisement. Has the Post Office... the Post Office building in the background. Photo taken by Peter ...Yields information about the Lydiard St and Sturt St intersection.Digital image, black and white, of No. 31 west bound in Sturt St crossing Lydiard St, while along single trucker goes the other way. No 31 has a "Everything's under control in my all electric kitchen!" roof advertisement. Has the Post Office building in the background. Photo taken by Peter Bruce 1970's and 1971, prior to the closure of the Ballarat tramway system. Peter's Title of image: "No. 31 crossing Lydiard St"trams, tramways, lydiard st, sturt st, tram 31 -
Charlton Golden Grains Museum IncPhotograph, Charlton Post Office c. 1920
... Poor quality copy of photograph of Charlton Post Office... melbourne Charlton Post Office built in High Street in 1979 ...Charlton Post Office built in High Street in 1979 to replace original Post Office built in Camp St in 1878. A copy from probably the Weekly Times newspaper.Poor quality copy of photograph of Charlton Post Office. Brick building with a three arched entrance. Picket fene on either side. Three men standing on footpath, one is leaning on the lamp post.POST OFFICEcharlton post office -
Eltham District Historical Society IncPhotograph - Digital Photograph, Marguerite Marshall, Post Office, Hurstbridge, 27 September 2007
... The Post Office building was built in 1918 by printer... melbourne The Post Office building was built in 1918 by printer ...The Post Office building was built in 1918 by printer, Robert Charles Harris, owner of The Evelyn Observer newspaper. In 2007 a Post Office, cafe and giftshop operated from here. Covered under Heritage Overlay, Nillumbik Planning Scheme. Published: Nillumbik Now and Then / Marguerite Marshall 2008; photographs Alan King with Marguerite Marshall.; p13This collection of almost 130 photos about places and people within the Shire of Nillumbik, an urban and rural municipality in Melbourne's north, contributes to an understanding of the history of the Shire. Published in 2008 immediately prior to the Black Saturday bushfires of February 7, 2009, it documents sites that were impacted, and in some cases destroyed by the fires. It includes photographs taken especially for the publication, creating a unique time capsule representing the Shire in the early 21st century. It remains the most recent comprehenesive publication devoted to the Shire's history connecting local residents to the past. nillumbik now and then (marshall-king) collection, hurstbridge, post office, post office cafe -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Memorabilia - Bendigo Post Office Centenary envelope
... of the Post Office building on the corner of Myer Lane and Pall Mall... Mall frontage of the Post Office building on the corner of Myer ...The Bendigo Post Office was built between 1883 and 1887 by McCulloch and McAlpine. It was designed by George W Watson in the 2nd Empire architectural style.Colour printed envelope - Bendigo Post Office Centenary 1887-1987. Envelope has a 37c stamp with an image of a cockatoo, which has been stamped with a black stamp dated 30 Sept 1987, Vic 3550 - the 'first day" of issue. The envelope was produced by Australia Post to mark the Centenary of the Post Office in Bendigo, and includes a colour image of the Pall Mall frontage of the Post Office building on the corner of Myer Lane and Pall Mall including the Post Office tower and clock.bendigo post office, australia day first day cover, centenary -
Orbost & District Historical Societyframed photograph, Vogt. W.S, 1917
... in 1898 at a cost of 1038/4/8 pounds. The post office building... in 1898 at a cost of 1038/4/8 pounds. The post office building ...This photograph was on display in the Orbost Information Centre - the Slab Hut - for many years. Originally the post office was not at Orbost at all but in the small settlement of Newmerella. The building in the photograph was completed and opened in 1898 at a cost of 1038/4/8 pounds. The post office building today is a replica of this building, opened in 2004 after a local campaign to retain a full post office in the town.The photograph of the early post office shows that it was a popular meeting place. Today's post office is a replica of this one and stands on the same site.A framed photograph of the Orbost Post Office (photocopy?) in 1917. The glass was cracked and has been removed. The frame is a wooden one with carved shell shape decorations. In the foreground of the photo is a horse and coach and an early model car. The mail coach is on its way to Cann River. In the car is the Warren family.W.S. Vogt, Bairnsdaleorbost post-office -
Sunbury Family History and Heritage Society Inc.Photograph, Sunbury Post Office
... in the image was the first official post office building in the town... was the first official post office building in the town. It opened ...The Sunbury Post Office with a residence pictured in the image was the first official post office building in the town. It opened on the corner of Brook and Evans Streets in 1892. Prior to that time postal services were conducted in an office at Sunbury Railway Station. Although the present day post office is still on the Brook-Evans Streets corner, the building has undergone many changes in services and appearances over the years. Like many country towns, the post office offered many services to the residents over the years. short message has been written on the back to a person in Stirling WA.sunbury post office, sunbury railway station, brook street, evans street, post offices -
Ballarat Tramway MuseumPhotograph - Black & White Photograph/s, The Bendigonian, Sep. 2005
... . Photo of the Pall Mall with the Town Hall and Post Office... Mall with the Town Hall and Post Office buildings ...Black and White copy print contained within the Wal Jack Bendigo and Geelong Album, see Reg Item 5003 for more details. Photo of the Pall Mall with the Town Hall and Post Office buildings in the background, a mine poppet head. Features an electric tram towing an ex Ballarat double deck horse tram trailer. Has the Bendigo Supply Stores in the right hand side of the photo. Would appear to be a special event given the number of people in the photograph. Copied by Keith Kings from The Bendigonian 19/9/1905. On rear in ink " SA777, Bendigo, Electric tram towing an ex Ballarat old horse tram. Fountain. Copied ex "The Bendigonian 19/9/1905."trams, tramways, bendigo, charing cross, horse trams, pall mall
