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Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Document, Vermont Post Office Store, c1885
Blank account of Vermont Post Office , proprietor G.B. Carter, also 'Baker, grocer, and general storekeeper'.Blank account of Vermont Post Office , proprietor G.B. Carter, also 'Baker, grocer,and general storekeeper'. Also supplies crockery, glassware, ironmongery, hay, corn, artificial manures and is the authorised news agency.Blank account of Vermont Post Office , proprietor G.B. Carter, also 'Baker, grocer, and general storekeeper'. post offices, vermont post office, carter, g.d. -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Magazine, Australasian Post, "Hooray for Trams", 10/3/1977
Australasian Post report on tramways and in particular Melbourne and their use in other places in the world. Notes Melbourne's cable system and how it operated. At the time only Adelaide was the only other Australian operator. Features photos of Melbourne's trams along with Bendigo, Geelong, Melbourne 1041, Stuttgart, Gothenburg. Written by George Hart. On page 16 is a cartoon by Ken Maynard about drink driving and blood alcohol testing. Also has a story of an absent-minded professor and his problem of getting his fare out of his pocket on a Melbourne tram.Yields information about Melbourne's tramways and its place in the world.Set of 8 pages with centre staple remaining from the Australasian Post 10/3/1977australasian post, tramways, cable trams, melbourne, ken maynard, stories -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Michael Wood, Front verandah, Wood family home post construction, 184 Progress Road, Eltham North, February 1970, 1970
Wood family home (1969-2011) pre and post construction by Knox and HellemonsKodachrome 35mm colour transparency in cardboard mount Processing date FEB70M6Inscribed in ink "Front verandah, 184 Progress Rd Eltham North 1970"alistair knox design, eltham north, hellemon, houses, progress road -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Michael Wood, Wood family home post construction, 184 Progress Road, Eltham North, February 1970, 1970
Wood family home (1969-2011) pre and post construction by Knox and HellemonsKodachrome 35mm colour transparency in cardboard mount Processing date FEB70M6Inscribed in ink "184 Progress Rd Eltham North 1970"alistair knox design, eltham north, hellemon, houses, progress road -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Michael Wood, Wood family home post construction, 184 Progress Road, Eltham North, February 1970, 1970
Wood family home (1969-2011) pre and post construction by Knox and HellemonsKodachrome 35mm colour transparency in cardboard mount Processing date FEB70M6Inscribed in ink "184 Progress Rd Eltham North 1970"alistair knox design, eltham north, hellemon, houses, progress road -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Post Box -- Decommissioned -- being resited near the Old Court House 2000
Post Box being re-sited to grounds of Old Court House 2000stawell -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Post Box -- Decommissioned -- being resited near the Old Court House 2000
Post Box being re-sited to grounds of Old Court House 2001stawell -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Post Box -- Decommissioned -- being resited near the Old Court House 2000
Post Box being re-sited to grounds of Old Court House 2002stawell -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Catherine Agnes Davies proprietor of the Bolangum Inn in the Kanya Post and Telegraph Office
Catherine Agnes Davies proprietor of the Bolangum Inn in the Kanya Post and Telegraph Officekanya -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Postcard, Gold Reef Mall from the Post Office end c1990s -- 3 Photos -- Coloured
Three colour photos Gold Reef Mall. Post Office end 1990sstawell main street streetscape -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Gold Reef Mall from the the area in front of Post Office looking East
Gold Reef Mall from area in front of Post Office looking East. stawell main streetscape -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Post Office Hote from the Stawell Times News 1971
Post Office Hotel. Source Stawell Times News 1 Jan 1971 stawell -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Gold Reef Mall Post Office & surrounds c1985 -- 2 Photos -- Coloured
Gold Reef Mall Post Office c1985 looking north. Two colour photographs one shows grassed area in front of Post Office and Langford's old pharmacy., second shows community Calendar plant holders and children's play area, State bank on left, Monahan's Pharmacy on right.. stawell main street streetscape -
City of Greater Bendigo - Civic Collection
Manual, Post Master General's Department, Telegram Delivery Instructions, 1967
Electrical telegraphs were point to point text messaging systems primarily used from the 1840's until the late 20th century. It was the first electrical telecommunications system and were sent by an operator or telegrapher using Morse code. Social telegrams were also encouraged and special pictorial forms and envelopes were designed such as the special purple form and envelope which was used when conveying condolence details during World War 2.(fn. Powerhouse https://collection.powerhouse.com.au/object/163103). There was a brief resurgence in telegraphy during World War I but the decline continued as the world entered the Great Depression years of the 1930s. Although telegraph lines continued to play an important part in distributing news feeds from news agencies post World War 2, the rise of the internet in the 1990s and the widespread installation of the telephones in homes saw the need for telegrams to greatly decline. When the Commonwealth Post and Telegraph Act was passed in June 1902, and a national Postmaster General's Department (the PMG) was established the responsibility for the nation's mail and telephone services fell on Post Offices. The Bendigo Post Office, built in 1887 and situated on Pall Mall was the central distribution centre for receiving and delivering telegrams and continued to deliver communication and postal services until 1997. Now a Visitor Centre, dedicated volunteers at the Post Office continued to demonstrate and educate the public about telegraphic services and the development of this unique form of communication up until 2019 when Covid 19 disrupted every day life, coupled with the death Ted Rankins (the last Post Master and a long term telegraph volunteer at the Post Office). This book was issued to Junior Postal Workers in Bendigo to guide them in the delivery of telegrams and designed to fit into their delivery satchels and carried while on the job. In the early years telegrams were delivered by bicycle and this manual is part of the postal collection donated by the Rankins family in memory of Ted. Small, blue, vinyl covered manual. Contains thirty printed pages covering all aspects of how to correctly deliver telegrams. Topics include 'Loss of telegram', 'Undelivered Telegram', 'special Delivery' and 'Beware of Dogs'. Bound with two ring metal clip. Front cover; Australian Post Office / Telecommunications Division / Telegram / Delivery / Instructions / Headquarters / 1962 Various annotations and updates throughout. ted rankins collection, bendigo post office, bendigo tourism, city of greater bendigo tourism, post office collection -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Magazine, Australasian Post, 22/02/1962
Magazine with girl in blue spotted bikini and straw hat on front cover. 48 Pages. Australasian Post. February 1, 1962 1/- Weekly top left. Advertisement for Art Ability tests on back cover. -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Book, Charles Wilson, "Unilever 1945-65. Challenge and Response in the Post-War Industrial Revolution.", 1968
"Unilever 1945-65. Challenge and Response in the Post-War Industrial Revolution." Follow up to Volume II of "The History of Unilever" (Cat no. 3410) written by Charles Wilson in 1954, and so covers the next 20 yearsindustry - manufacturing, business and traders - soaps/candles, j kitchen & sons pty ltd, unilever australia (holdings) ltd -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Plan - DVD, Mitcham Post Office Architect's Plans, 1923 (Digital Copy on DVD)
DVD containing scanned images of : Post office, shops and dwellings at Mitcham for P.J. Markham Esquire, plans and elevations - Sydney Smith, Ogg and Serpelt, Architects. Original document and preservation copy are held: see ND6466.markham, patrick joseph, mitcham post office -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Main Street Stawell looking towards the Post Office with Big Hill in the background 1910-1920
Street Scene (Main St.) Post Office 1910-1920. Big Hill in background.stawell -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Don Rickard, Post Office Armstrong, c1990's
Armstrong Post Office and Cob & Co Staging Depot. Next to Station Masters Residence.Colour photograph of Weatherboard Building, Iron Roof. Other Buildings in Background. -
Malmsbury Historical Society
Photograph (Item), "B/W Photo ""Malmsbury Market"" & Post Office Mollison St C1990", Malmsbury c1990
People - "Munro, Donald G; Durdis (Shop Owner?)" Buildings - "Shops, Post Office" -
Greensborough Historical Society
Photograph - Digital Image, Mernda Post Office 2018, 25/07/2019
In 2018 GHS members visited Turner's Bakery in Mernda for lunch and continued on to visit historic sites remaining in the Mernda area. This photograph shows the Mernda Post Office, formerly the Mernda General Store. It is sited in Schotters Road. Today the Post Office has been relocated to modern premises in Mernda Village Drive.Mernda is an area of rapid modern growth with a few remaining historic buildings dating from the 19th century.Digital copy of colour photographmernda, mernda historic sites, mernda post office, schotters road mernda, post offices, mernda general store -
Greensborough Historical Society
Photograph - Digital Image, Greensborough Trading Post, 1963_
The Greensborough Trading Post, 55 Main Street Greensborough. This shop was located near the Ashril Theatre.Digital copy of black and white photographgreensborough trading post, main street greensborough -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Photograph, Ringwood Post Office in 1908/9. Maroondah Highway
Typed below one copy, "Ringwood Post Office in 1909. Maroondah Highway - Opposite present Holeproof site". Other copy of same photograph reads, "Ringwood original Post Office opposite Guyatts new store - 1908". Backing sheet states, "Ringwood P.O. Weekly Times 4 July 1908". -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Plan - Architect Drawings, Mitcham Post Office, 1/04/1923 12:00:00 AM
Post office shops and dwelling at Mitcham for P. J. Markham, Esq. [Plans and elevations].Plans and elevations for the Post office shops and dwelling at Mitcham for P. J. Markham, Esq. Sydney Smith, Ogg & Serpell, Architects, 1923. Original and preservation copy. Digital image held on DVD: see NP 3949non-fictionPost office shops and dwelling at Mitcham for P. J. Markham, Esq. [Plans and elevations].mitcham post office, markham, patrick joseph -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph - Digital Photograph, Marguerite Marshall, Post Office, Hurstbridge, 27 September 2007
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 -
RMIT Design Archives
Posters, Post Christmas Mail Now For Overseas
In the days before television advertising and the WWW, commercial artists such as John Whittenbury designed posters, railway billboards and trade exhibitions advertising products and services to the masses. Whittenbury’s series of quirky Christmas mail posters for the Post Masters General Office, now known as Australia Post, were displayed in post offices across Australia. He had a wealth of experience in the field, having worked as an illustrator, graphic designer, cartoonist, and mechanical draftsman for the RAAF in Laverton and then Victoria Barracks, and also taking out a qualification in Advertising Art from RMIT in 1961, prior to joining the PMG. Ann Carew, 2017 australia post, christmas, rmit design archives -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph, Guardhouse, post war
Camp 13 for German & Italian POWs.|Photo 1. Guardhouse, post war.|Photo 2. Gaol.photograph, people -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Mrs Catherine Agnes Davies looking out serving window of Kanya Post Office c1950's
Mrs Catherine Agnes Davies looking out serving window of Kanya Post Office c1950'sstawell -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Mafeking Goldfield at Mt William with the Mafeking Post office and other businesses c1900
Mafeking Goldfield Mt William Mining Scene c1900. Businesses. Mafeking Post office and other businesses.stawell -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Clark Bros, Eltham Post Office, c.1895
Hunniford's Eltham Post Office, Main Road near Bridge Street, Eltham, c.1895. Possibly Miss Anne (Annie) Hunniford, Post Mistress, on left. Annie was post mistress from the mid 1860s until her death in 1928. Photo taken by Clark Bros, 25 Thomas St, Windsor. Clark Bros operated from this address from c.1894 to 1914. Australia Post: Gold brought life to the township - Diamond Valley News, Tuesday July 2, 1985, p17 On February 1, 1854, the first Eltham Post Office was established, commencing an association between the township and the Postmaster-General's Department that has continued for 131 years. At that time, the number of permanent residents would have been fairly small, probably less than 200. The discovery of gold in June 1851, at Anderson’s Creek, some five miles away, and later at Caledonia Diggings, Queenstown (now known as St Andrews), about 14 miles to the north-east, brought large numbers of prospectors passing through the township, hopefully culling the creeks and gullies for the precious metal. This additional "floating population" brought a greater demand for supplies and for communication with the outside world, and so it helped in the development of Eltham. Today, Eltham is a thriving township. It boasts an excellent shopping centre, municipal offices, court house. post office and many other amenities. Eltham continued to develop at a leisurely pace. During 1860, a total of just over 8000 postal articles were handled at the Eltham Post Office. By 1862, the mail route was "to and from Melbourne by way of Eltham and Kangaroo Ground, three times a week, by coach". There was also a branch mail that operated between Eltham and Greensborough, three times weekly. This was also conveyed by coach. Some time between 1864 and 1868 the management of the post office passed from Thomas Hunniford to his daughter, Miss Anne Hunniford, who managed the Eltham Post Office until her death in 1928. A big improvement in communication was provided for Eltham residents when a telegraph office was established at the post office in 1877. During 1923 a manual telephone exchange was provided at Eltham, the first two subscribers being J.J. O’Connor and Eltham Police Station. In 1949 the manual exchange was replaced by an automatic exchange and there were some 150 subscribers. Following the death of postmistress Miss Anne Hunniford in 1928, B.M. Burgoyne was placed temporarily in charge of the office. In 1929, J. N. Burgoyne was appointed postmaster, and he in turn was succeeded by H. C. Burgoyne in 1951. The post office was moved to a new site in 1954, but continued under the charge of Mr Burgoyne. In January 1958 there was a further change of site when the post office was raised to official status and transferred to new premises in Main Rd. William Donoghue was acting postmaster when the new office was opened. In March 1958 Mr W.E. Tovey was appointed postmaster, followed by Douglas McG. Gilmour in 1959. William Donoghue was fully appointed in 1966 and Barry Reichelt followed in 1973, prior to the present postmaster, Peter Jolly in November 1982. Peter is a young man with 18 years' experience. He commenced his training as a postal clerk at the training school in Melbourne in 1968 and was promoted to postal clerk at the Brunswick Post Office in 1969. He was finally transferred as postmaster to Fawkner Post Office in 1980. He has been at Eltham Post Office for the past 2½ years. He is married with one child and lives in Montmorency. The Eltham Post Office employs a staff of 21, of whom seven are indoor staff, 12 are postmen and two are drivers. The postmen in Eltham have an uphill battle delivering mail because of the hilly terrain. Nine of the postmen deliver mail on motorbikes, and the two delivery vans are both four wheel drives. Eltham Post Office services basically a residential area, with deliveries to 5600 homes. This is growing at the rate of 600 homes every 18 months, i.e. about 32 homes per month. At the present rate we will need a new postman every 18 months.Sepia photograph mounted on cardpost office, eltham, main road, anne jane hunniford (1855-1928), clark bros. photo