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Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Old Post Office Hotel Building now occupied by a number of shops c1980's -- Coloured
... Old Post Office Hotel Building now occupied by a number of...Colour photo c1980's of Old Post Office Hotel Building now...Photograph Old Post Office Hotel Building now occupied ...Colour photo c1980's of Old Post Office Hotel Building now occupied by a number of shops. Public toilet on right.stawell businesses -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Main Street Stawell looking East across Wimmera Street near Post Office with Vehicles angle parked c1970
... Post Office with Vehicles angle parked c1970... Post Office. Vehicles angle parked in street c1970... Post Office. Vehicles angle parked in street c1970 Stawell ...Main Street Stawell looking east across Wimmera Street near Post Office. Vehicles angle parked in street c1970stawell streetscape -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Main Street Stawell near Post Office
... Main Street Stawell near Post Office...Main Street near Post Office. Gentlemen on sidewalk... grampians Photograph Main Street Stawell near Post Office Main ...Main Street near Post Office. Gentlemen on sidewalk outside Chemist on the corner which is mainly hidden by J Porch Drapers sign and verandah.stawell businesses streetscape -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Main Street Stawell looking East from St Georges Street with McClure's Garage, Post Office & the State Savings Bank on right 1930
... with McClure's Garage, Post Office & the State Savings Bank on...Main Street Stawell McClure's garage Post Office State... Georges Street with McClure's Garage, Post Office & the State ...Main Street Stawell McClure's garage Post Office State Savings Bank on Right. 1930 looking East from St Georges Streetstawell businesses streetscape -
Orbost & District Historical Society
black and white photograph, 1896 / 1896
... Farrell-Post-Office-Orbost...This is a photograph of the Orbost Post Office on the site...on front - "Orbost Post office"... (on the verandah) standing nearby. on front - "Orbost Post office ...This is a photograph of the Orbost Post Office on the site of the Commonwealth Hotel. The horse -drawn vehicle is a Cunninghame (Lakes Entrance) Coacht. The Post Mistress was Miss Farrell, who was a trained telegraphist. This was the first time the telegraph line had reached Orbost, and was about the year 1895 or 1896. (more info. from Newsletter Npovember 2008) This is a pictorial record of the an early Orbost Post Office. Post Offices are a vital necessity in any town or community playing a very important part in the progress and development of the town and district. A black / white photograph of a one - storey wooden building with a passenger coach drawn by a team of four horses outside the wooden picket fence. There are a man holding a flat basket, a young boy and a woman (on the verandah) standing nearby.on front - "Orbost Post office"farrell-post-office-orbost -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Photograph, Ringwood's second Post Office on Maroondah Highway 1906
... Ringwood's second Post Office on Maroondah Highway 1906...Typed below photograph, "Ringwood's second Post Office..., "Ringwood's second Post Office on Maroondah Highway nearly opposite ...Typed below photograph, "Ringwood's second Post Office on Maroondah Highway nearly opposite the station entrance. Later also became telephone exchange. Note the resident Dr. Craig's surgery on left - 1906". -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Main Street Stawell looking East towards the Post Office
... Main Street Stawell looking East towards the Post Office... in the street. Also Copley Post Office Hotel 1912- 22 and other business... in the street. Also Copley Post Office Hotel 1912- 22 and other business ...This photograph is of Main Street Stawell looking East around c 1920's. The photo was taken from just below Main & Wimmera Street corner. On the left side is the two story Post Office building. The photograph shows the telegraph poles in the street. Also Copley Post Office Hotel 1912- 22 and other business. On the road are a few people one pushing a trolly, one on a bike and two people in a horse drawn cart. Gustav Mahnke's Bakery is on right.Two Black & White photographs depicting the main street in Stawell's commercial business area in c 1920's. The view shows some two story buildings, shops with verandah's. One horse drawn vehicle, a person on a bike and a few people in the street. There is also a paper print of the photograph donated by Robyn Mackenzie Bacchus Marsh in 2009 The Rose series, P 1639 Main Street, Stawell, Victoriastawell business shops streetscape -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Gold Reef Mall Stawell looking East from area in front of Post Office
... Post Office. ... of Post Office. Showing lawn area of Mall near Wimmera Street... in front of Post Office. Gold Reef Mall Stawell looking East from ...Gold Reef Mall Stawell looking East from area in front of Post Office. Showing lawn area of Mall near Wimmera Street on right. L.C. Langsford's Pharmacy .stawell streetscape -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - BENDIGO POST OFFICE COLLECTION: OCCASIONALLY USED POSTMARKS, 1915
... BENDIGO POST OFFICE COLLECTION: OCCASIONALLY USED POSTMARKS... was used at the Showgrounds Post office. The Postmarker... if simply faded away). Document BENDIGO POST OFFICE COLLECTION ...Document. Occasionally used Postmarks - Bendigo Showground. In 1934 The Old 'Military Camp/Bendigo' postmark was used. Military Camp postmark being erased and Showground being inserted in ink. Inset - the same Postmark used as a 'relief' at Bendigo PO in 1952. In 1935, a different type of relief Postmarker was used at the Showgrounds Post office. The Postmarker that refused to die.(Being Military if simply faded away). -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Mr A. E. Miller, Grocer & Stawell West Post Office in Longfield Street
... Mr A. E. Miller, Grocer & Stawell West Post Office in...A. E. Miller Grocer and Stawell West Post Office Longfield... Post Office Longfield Street Stawell opposite Historical Centre ...A. E. Miller Grocer and Stawell West Post Office Longfield Street Stawell opposite Historical Centre complex. Millers ran the shop from 1908. Men Standing in doorway and picket fence in foreground.stawell business -
Kinglake Historical Society
Kinglake West township
... post office...Kinglake West corner with post office (formerly Tommys Hut...Photograph of Kinglake West corner with the post office... with the post office on the right and Carman's shop and garage ...Kinglake West corner with post office (formerly Tommys Hut) and Carman's garage on left. In the days of dirt roads.Early photograph of intersectionPhotograph of Kinglake West corner with the post office on the right and Carman's shop and garage on the left.post office, kinglake west, tommys hut, carman -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Postcard - COHN BROTHERS COLLECTION: 1894 POST OFFICE LETTERCARD
... COHN BROTHERS COLLECTION: 1894 POST OFFICE LETTERCARD...Post Office lettercard with Glenthompson P O receival hand... BENDIGO Industry cohn bros brewery Post Office lettercard ...Post Office lettercard with Glenthompson P O receival hand stamp dated June 18th 1894 with 574 barred cancellation over One Penny stamp addressed to The Secretary Cohns Bros Victoria Brewing Co, 487 Collins Street, Melbourne. Reverse handwritten note from Miss H. FitzGerald 'Cherry Orchard' Glenthompson requesting that Cohns Bros send her dividend cheque.bendigo, industry, cohn bros brewery -
Port of Echuca
Colour photograph, Approx. 1979
... echuca post office...The old Echuca Post Office was built circa 1877, a two...Colour photograph (post card size) of Echuca Post Office... photograph Colour photograph (post card size) of Echuca Post Office ...The old Echuca Post Office was built circa 1877, a two-storey stucco building with a clock tower over the entrance, on the north east corner of Hare and Anstruther streets. In the front of the building is a small cream brick kiosk used as a bus stop and as a stall for charity group's to sell produce. On the far northern corner the spire of St.Mary's church can be seen above the roof of the Post Office.The old Echuca Post office is at the northern end of the shopping precinct in Hare street Echuca. The building is a beautiful grand building of the late 1870's which was built as a post office on the ground floor and a residence above. The small kiosk building in front of the post office was used by volunteer organisations to raise money selling cakes etc. at various times of the year.Colour photograph (post card size) of Echuca Post Office looking north. The post office was built circa 1877, a two storey building with a clock tower over the entrance door. In front of the building is a small cream brick kiosk and bus shelter.Printed on the reverse "this paper manufactured by Kodak"echuca post office, echuca-historical buildings -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Stawell Post Office Cnr Wimmera and Main Streets 1875
... Stawell Post Office Cnr Wimmera and Main Streets 1875...Stawell Post Office on corner of Wimmera and Main Streets... grampians Photograph Stawell Post Office Cnr Wimmera and Main ...Stawell Post Office on corner of Wimmera and Main Streets. Erected 1875. Phone box and car at right of photo. Directional sign on the left side of the building. The Fruit Vegs building on the right side has replaced the Akins building on the right side in an earlier photo.Black & white photograph of a two storey building built in 1875. Out the front of the building is a signpost, bench seat, phone box and car in the foreground. A flag pole protrudes from one of the windows on the top storey. On the right side of the photo is a Fruit Vegs sign on the awning of the building next door. A directional sign post is on the left side of the building stawell -
The Beechworth Burke Museum
Photograph, c1859
... post office...Taken in Beechworth 1859, this photograph depicts the Post...Obverse: NO INSCRIPTION Reverse: 7776 / BEECHWORTH / Post...: NO INSCRIPTION Reverse: 7776 / BEECHWORTH / Post office that was burnt ...Taken in Beechworth 1859, this photograph depicts the Post office, Newsagents, Ironmonger and Empire hotel along Ford Street. Black and white rectangular photograph. Image is printed on matte photographic paper. Obverse: NO INSCRIPTION Reverse: 7776 / BEECHWORTH / Post office that was burnt down / beechworth, great fire, post office, newsagents, ironmonger -
Clunes Museum
Plan - PLANS, DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS, POST & TELEGRAPH OFFICE CLUNES, 1878
... POST & TELEGRAPH OFFICE CLUNES...POST OFFICE... OFFICIALS ON FRIDAY 25TH OCTOBER 1878 POST OFFICE TELEGRAPH 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 -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Main Street Stawell at Easter looking West with the Post Office on the right
... Main Street Stawell at Easter looking West with the Post... looking west c 1930. Post Office building is on the right... with the Post Office on the right One small black & white photo ...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 -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph, Criterion Hotel, Tatura
... tatura post office...Shows picture of Tatura Post Office and Criterion Hotel...Sepia photograph showing Tatura Post office and Criterion... Sepia photograph showing Tatura Post office and Criterion Hotel ...Shows picture of Tatura Post Office and Criterion Hotel, Hogan Street, Tatura. Looking west along Hogan Street. Sepia photograph showing Tatura Post office and Criterion Hotel. Photograph stuck onto piece of white cardboard. tatura victoria, hogan street tatura, tatura post office, criterion hotel tatura -
Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Photograph, 1920
... post office..."Waiting to meet the Boat". Cowes Post Office, corner Main...Post Office, crn Esplanade and Main Street, Cowes...-island-and-the-bass-coast Photograph Photograph Post Office, crn ..."Waiting to meet the Boat". Cowes Post Office, corner Main Street and The Esplanade. A brick building with corrugated iron roof, two brick chimneys, a porch extending across front verandah, wooden posts, awning roof striped. Fencing across with free access above four steps. Ten figures on verandah and in front with hats, bags and jackets. Women with long skirts and dresses. In foreground a small fenced area.Post Office, crn Esplanade and Main Street, Coweslocal history, photographs, buildings - historic, post office, black & white photograph, mary robb -
Tarnagulla History Archive
Photograph, Old Post Office, Tarnagulla, unknown, probably mid 20th Century
... Old Post Office, Tarnagulla... Post and Telegraph Office, Tarnagulla. Now a private residence... Sandy Creek Post and Telegraph Office, Tarnagulla. Now a private ...Donald Clark Collection. A monochrome photograph depicting the former Sandy Creek Post and Telegraph Office, Tarnagulla. Now a private residence. Copy photograph. -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Painting, Winifred Miles, "First Post Office 1883" (Ringwood) - Water colour on paper by Winifred Miles (1884-1944), Undated, later than 1910
... "First Post Office 1883" (Ringwood) - Water colour on paper... No. 1347 recorded as "Ringwood's first Post Office showing first... Road Ringwood North melbourne Painting "First Post Office 1883 ..."Alexander Colquhoun [Herald art critic 1914-1922 and feature writer for the Age 1926-1941] ... took private students in the first decade of the century, and one of these was Winifred Miles, who after her marriage in 1910 lived the remainder of her life in Ringwood. ... (She) began by doing charcoal studies of animals when she was in Balranald, but in later years moved to oils and then watercolours, travelling around Ringwood to find places to paint by means of a pony-driven governess-cart. She won prizes for paintings in the Royal Melbourne Shows." - Hugh Anderson - Ringwood, Place of Many Eagles [p.217].Painting with cardboard border in glass-fronted frame. Painted from an original black & white photograph, Catalogue Reg No. 1347 recorded as "Ringwood's first Post Office showing first Postmistress, Miss M. Thompson and her mother. 1890". (South side of Main Street (Maroondah Highway), approximately 300 meters west of Ringwood Railway Station). Writing on back of original photograph reads, "Grandma and Auntie Martha Thomson 1890". (Difference in painting date and photograph date indicates years as shown are approximate only). Sticker on back of frame - "Ringwood Framing Gallery, 233 Whitehorse Road Ringwood, Phone 8704930" -
Orbost & District Historical Society
clock, mid-late 19th century
... orbost-post-office cooper-alfred schooner-orbost clock...The new Post and ·Telegraph Office at Orbost was completed...A metal clock from the Orbost Post Office. It is circular... gippsland clock A metal clock from the Orbost Post Office ...The new Post and ·Telegraph Office at Orbost was completed in 1898 This clock was presented by Mr A Cooper to the Postal Dept.in 1899 for erection outside the local post office. The clock arrived in Orbost on Monday 5th June 1899 in the charge of Captain Mortimer of the schooner Orbost. Before the clock could be placed in position permission had to be obtained from the postal department headquarters, and Mr Cooper nominated the appointment of Messrs W. Gluth Snr, J. Watt and H. James as a committee to take charge of the clock on behalf of the people of Orbost. In a letter to Mr Gluth at that time, Mr Cooper said, " If the people of Orbost receive this clock in the same goodwill in which it is given I shall be exceedingly pleased." Mr Alfred Cooper built the Orbost Club Hotel in the early 1890's. Captain Mortimer skippered the Schooner Orbost between Marlo and Melbourne until it was wrecked in 1904This clock is a significant part of Orbost's history.A metal clock from the Orbost Post Office. It is circular with black Roman numerals. It is open with no cover.orbost-post-office cooper-alfred schooner-orbost clock-orbost-post-office -
Mt Dandenong & District Historical Society Inc.
Photograph, The Gap at Kalorama 1913, 1913
... Post Office... at the Kalorama Gap (FiveWays). Post Office and tea rooms with white... Dandenong North Post Office. Jeeves coach....). Post Office and tea rooms with white picket fence. Jeeves Coach ...1913 scene looking up to Mountjoy Guest House at the Kalorama Gap (FiveWays). Post Office and tea rooms with white picket fence. Jeeves Coach on the road. This photograph has a detailed inscription on the back handwritten by John Lundy-Clarke in 1974. The Gap Kalorama 1913. ‘Mountjoy’ guest house. Mount Dandenong North Post Office. Jeeves coach.fiveways, mountjoy, post office, mt dandenong north, the gap, jeeves, coach -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Postcard, Murray Views, "Murray Views No. 27 from Post Office Ballarat Vic", 1948
... "Murray Views No. 27 from Post Office Ballarat Vic"...Photo shows the view looking southwest from the Post Office... southwest from the Post Office towards the Town Hall. Two trams ...Photo shows the view looking southwest from the Post Office towards the Town Hall. Two trams are in the view including the National Mutual building, the Town Hall, and Myer. Wal Jack in a note to Ken Magor of Newcastle notes the trams (No. 26 and a bogie), tram services, the ESCo fuse box, the tram waiting shelter, and that the location is known as "City Tram Centre". Wal has dated the photo as 1948. Note: There are two Murray Views No. 27 - see item 7360 as well.Yields information about Sturt and Lydiard St view and tram services.Postcard black and white, plain back, with a handwritten note on rear.See image 2 for details of the handwritten note by Wal Jack on the rear. tramways, trams, sturt st, lydiard st, tram 26, tramway centre -
Orbost & District Historical Society
black and white photograph, C 1915 -1920
... transport-orbost post-office-orbost... and in particular, the Orbost Post Office. The wagon in the photograph... in the photograph whic has been taken outside the post office in the main... 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 -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Photograph - Former Kew Court House : Outbuildings, 1996
... Kew Post Office..., and after one year, the buildings were opened. The Post Office..., constructed in the formerly open area behind the Post Office, Court... in the formerly open area behind the Post Office, Court House and Police ...A civic campaign for new public offices developed in Kew in the 1880s. After much deliberation, the location chosen was the junction of Bulleen and Cotham Roads. The buildings were designed by George Watson and John Henry Harvey, architects within the Department of Public Works (Victoria). Building was commenced in 1887, and after one year, the buildings were opened. The Post Office was transferred to the new Commonwealth Government in 1901. The Police Station and Court House, sold by the Victorian Government to the City of Boroondara in 2007, are now a community cultural centre and performing arts venue.The buildings were listed on the Victorian Heritage Register Register (HO885) in 1991. They are historically and architecturally significant to the State of Victoria because Watson and Harvey's designs exhibit diversity in integrating civil offices, they accommodate the apex of road junctions, and they demonstrate a departure from the contemporaneously favoured High Victorian Classical to the Queen Anne style in the design of civic buildings.View of old weatherboard outbuildings, including a toilet, constructed in the formerly open area behind the Post Office, Court House and Police Station. In the distance is a wall of the former Post Office.kew court house, public offices -- kew (vic), kew police station, kew post office -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Mixed media - Recording - Brian Millane - 07/10/2023, Brian Millane, Mitcham Post Office - 1913 to 1957, 17/10/2023
... Mitcham Post Office - 1913 to 1957... of the Mitcham Post Office at the corner of Station Street and Whitehorse... Post Office - 1913 to 1957 As the 100th anniversary approaches ...As the 100th anniversary approaches of the opening of the Mitcham Post Office at the corner of Station Street and Whitehorse Road, the recording of the history of the building is appropriate. Brian Millane's grandfather, Patrick Joseph Markham commissioned the building; his wife, Bertha Jane (nee Cruse) was the Mitcham postmistress from 1913 to 1943; and their daughter, Mary Millane, (nee Markham) was acting postmistress on several occasions and operated a shop in the building from 1944 to 1957. This talk records elements of the postal service in Mitcham, the locations of post offices and people involved in mail services from about 1900 to 1944.The speaker not only lived in the post office building from 1944 to 1957 but also had access to historically relevant documents and oral accounts of events and facts related to the building and postal services. The transcript incorporates many images and discussion of their importance in understanding the operations and way of life within the building.patrick joseph markham, bertha jane markham, mary elizabeth millane (nee markham), harold ernest millane, eliza mcglone nee o'mara, john mcglone -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Digital image, Fred Hardie, Sturt St Ballarat, looking from the Post Office tower, 1892
... Sturt St Ballarat, looking from the Post Office tower... on the website. Sturt St Ballarat, looking from the Post Office tower... the appearance of Sturt St and the Town Hall from the Post Office c1892 ...Yields information about the appearance of Sturt St and the Town Hall from the Post Office c1892Digital image from the George Washington Wilson and Co. photographic collection held by the University of Aberdeen - see related documents for information and their website for reproduction permissions. It notes that Fred Hardie was sent to Australia in 1892. There are some 41 Ballarat images available on the website. Sturt St Ballarat, looking from the Post Office tower towards the Town Hall and the intersection of Armstrong St- photo number GB 0231 MS 3792/A1995. Has a number of horse cabs in the background, and various buildings. There are no horse trams in the background. See: https://www.abdn.ac.uk/special-collections/about-george-washington-wilson-383.php - accessed 29-12-2017.trams, tramways, sturt st, horse cabs, armstrong st -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Photograph, Old Maroondah Hwy Shops opposite station entrance to right of old Post Office (our second)
... of old Post Office (our second)... station entrance just to right of old Post Office (our second... Shops opposite station entrance to right of old Post Office (our ...Black and white photograph of shops. To the left of photos is Frank V. Parker, Estate Agent then, Ellis & Coy. House and Land Agents and then the Coffee Palace. (2 copies)Typed below photograph, "Old Maroondah Hwy Shops opposite station entrance just to right of old Post Office (our second). Note telephone wires running along shop fronts". Written on back on one of the photos, "Whitehorse Road, Ringwood. Frank Parkers Estate Agent - was councillor later mayor. Ellis's Estate Agency. Entrance to Coffee Palace. Paul Legg - Later shifted over other side of road." -
City of Greater Bendigo - Civic Collection
Uniform - Telegram Satchel
... Bendigo Post Office.... The Bendigo Post Office, built in 1887 and situated on Pall Mall... have decorative elements with the words Post Office... written in marker. Buckle; Post Office / Communications... elements with the words Post Office / Communications/ Australia ...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 satchel was used by Junior Postal Workers in Bendigo to carry telegrams which were delivered by bicycle in the early years and is part of the postal collection donated by the Rankins family in memory of Ted. Small, dark coloured rectangle, leather satchel with attached belt and ornate buckle. Satchel is made of four pieces of leather: two side pieces, one piece which is folded to create the front, bottom, back and flap and one piece for the central strap. The central strap has a single hole through which a metal toggle is inserted to secure the flap closed. Stitching is evident around the side seams, around the metal toggle and inside flap where strap is attached and has been reinforced. Satchel has four metal tabs to secure the top front to the top sides and an internal pocket on inside. The leather belt is attached to the back outside of the satchel with four metal press studs. The left side buckle also has reinforced stitching. Both sides of the buckle have decorative elements with the words Post Office / Communications/ Australia on the left side around outer circular edge. Underside of right side of buckle end has the words AROS pressed into it. Inside flap of satchel; Australia / Post / Telegram / Boys written in marker. Buckle; Post Office / Communications / Australia. Underside of right side of buckle end; AROS Internal; Gold address sticker with Ted Rankins contact details.ted rankins collection, bendigo post office, bendigo tourism, city of greater bendigo tourism, post office collection