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 the daily workings of the Post Office up until 2019 when Covid 19 disrupted every day life and Ted Rankins, the last Post Master and a long term telegraph volunteer at the Post Office, died. Manuals were issued to postmen to guide them in the delivery of letters and parcels and were small enough to be carried with them. This manual was used by the Bendigo Post Office postmen and is part of the postal collection donated by the Rankins family in memory of Ted Rankins,. Small, creamed coloured cloth covered manual. Contains forty four printed pages and two blank end pages covering all aspects of how to correctly deliver the post. Topics include 'Behaviour', 'Deceased Persons' and 'Bicycles' amongst many others. Book is bound and contains many extra additional paragraphs stuck in on appropriate pages noting changes and amendments. Additional amendments in handwritten red pen also occur on pages 28, 29 and 36.Front cover; Postmen's Manual / Australian Post Office Various annotations and updates throughout. ted rankins collection, bendigo post office, bendigo tourism, city of greater bendigo tourism, post office collection

A reproduced article from The Reporter, Box Hill, 8 Aug 1889 outlining the meeting between Nunawading Councillors and the Postmaster General to change the name of the L. L. Vale Post Office to Vermont.A reproduced article from The Reporter, Box Hill, 8 Aug 1889.l. l. vale, city of nunawading, vermont, mount pleasant

This ledger came from the Nullawarre Post Office and was in use from 1967 to 1970. Nullawarre is a small settlement 25 kilometres south east of Warrnambool. European settlers first came to the Nullawarre district in the late 1860s and the area is largely agricultural. Charles and Vida Williams were the Post Master and Post Mistress at the Nullawarre Post Office in the mid 20th century.This ledger is of interest as it was used in the Nullawarre Post Office in the mid 20th century and is an example of business practices during that time. This is a ledger or booklet - a Complaint and Fault Register from the Nullawarre Post Office. It has a thick cardboard cover with green binding. The pages are ruled with black lines and black printed headings. The entries are handwritten in blue ink and pencil and some date stamps have been used. Most pages are blank. The corners of the ledger are slightly damaged. nullawarre post office, history of warrnambool

Former Buninyong Post Office opened in October 1873 and closed in 2000, converted to residence weel preserved C19th public buildingB/W photograph of L-fronted polychrome brick building, slate roof, picket fence, covered verandah left side, three arched windows right side, Post Office sign above, telephone booth to the right.streetscape, building, brick, post office, learmonth st, buninyong

Stawell Post Office on corner of Wimmera and Main Streets. Erected 1875. Telegraph pole and streetlamp in foreground. Akins store visible at right of photo. The building has 3 arched doors & 6 arched windows on the ground floor and 8 square windows on the top story. Two chimneys on the roof and a wrought iron square fence on the roof. The outside of the building has not changed while the interior has been remodelled several times. The early Postmasters and their families lived upstairs. The main room originally included the Telegraph office where operators worked at machines, sending and receiving Morse code messages. Later alterations were made for a telephone switchboard room downstairs, with trunk line equipment upstairs. In 1965 the telephone system was converted to automatic.Black & white photo of a two story building on the corner of Wimmera & Main St. The building the Stawell Post and Telegraph Office. Out the front of the Post office is a telegraph pole and a light post. Next door in Main St is a single story building with a sign over the building Argus Australasian, underneath Akins, Age/Leader possible a newsagent. stawell

Aerial view of the Ballarat Post Office, corner of Sturt Street and Lydiard Street North, taken from the tower of the Ballarat Town Hall, corner of Sturt Street and Armstrong Street South. The Post Office was opened in December 1858. Photograph taken through the wrought iron of the tower in 2007. The tower and main entrance to the Post Office face Lydiard Street North. Other buildings from the same era are the former Bank of Australia, opposite corner, and the Mining Exchange. In the distance is Black Hill, an old mining area.Black and white photograph of the Ballarat Post Office on the corner of Sturt Street and Lydiard Street North, taken from the tower of the Ballarat Town Hall corner of Sturt Street and Armstrong Street South. View is taken through the wrought iron of the tower. post office, town hall, tower, wrought iron, sturt street, lydiard street, armstrong street, bank of australia, mining exchange, black hill

Recollectionsof her life in Preston, by Flo McDonald, lifetime residentNewspaper clipping, black and white text and imagepreston victoria, flo mcdonald, florence mcdonald

Main Street Stawell looking east across Wimmera Street to Post Office. Horse Drawn cart at left of Photo. Star Hotel on right in the distance.B/W Photo Main Street looking east with the Post Office on the left. It is interesting to note that the Star Hotel is way out of line it seems to block the street. It was shifted back and is now the Stawell Club.stawell businesses streetscape

The Post Office Gallery is on the corner of Sturt Street and Lydiard Street, Ballarat and is part of the Federation University Arts Academy. Loris Button and Carole Wilson lecture in Visiual Arts. Three photographs of University of Ballarat Arts Academy students visiting the 'Ballarat and All That" at the Post Office Gallery. This exhibition highlighted important works from the University's Art Collection and was curated by Clare Gervasoni.post office gallery, carole wilson, loris button, clare gervasoni

A copy of the earliest known photograph of the former Kew Post Office on the corner of Cotham Road and High Street, Kew. The Post Office was opened in 1888. The original architectural drawings are held at the Public Record Office Victoria.The photograph is significant as the earliest known image of this Heritage Victoria designated historic building.The Kew Post Office on the corner of High Street and Cotham Road, Kew. The photograph includes the Queen Victoria Jubilee fountain at left. The image predates the large fig tree planted on the corner and the later Kew War Memorial (1925). What are presumed to be government employees stand beside the horse and buggy.

One of a series of four boards of mounted replica medals of the Australian Defence Forces. This board shows medals pertaining to conflicts and operations post 1975 including those supporting the United Nations in several countries. The boards were on display in the Melbourne Legacy Foyer cabinets until June 2017.A record that Legacy holds some war memorabilia as Legatees were once solely returned servicemen.Replica medals, ribbons and bars from several conflicts and operations post 1975 mounted on silk inserts into green boards plus additional ribbons and bars.Title inscribed in brass plaques say: Australian Active Service Medal 1975, Australian Active Service Medal 1975, International Force East Timor Medal, Afghanistan Medal, Iraq Medal, Australian Service Medal 1975, Australian Service Medal 1975, Australian Service Medal 1975, Rhodesia Medal, Humanitarian Overseas Service Medal, NATO Medal. UN Headquarters Medal, UN Transitional Authority in Namibia, UN Mission for the referendum in Western Sahara, UN Advance Mission in Cambodia. UN Transitional Authority in Cambodia, UN Operation in Somalia, UN operation in Mozambique, UN Assistance in Rwanda, UN Assistance in East Timor, UN Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea, UN Medal for Special Service and Multinational Force and Observers Medal.medals, united nations

Image of the intersection of Sturt and Lydiard Streets looking north towards Lydiard St. Photograph shows a horse drawn tram turning from Sturt into Lydiard St North, while another crosses Lydiard St, heading west along the north side of the street. Photo shows the Post Office, the Robert Burns statue, and the large arc lamp in the middle of the intersection. Two copies held. On the rear of the first copy is a Birthday and New Year message to Mrs Serpell of the Wesleyan Parsonage in Timaru New Zealand and the second has been posted to a person in Antwerp Belgium - dated 19 Feb. 1909.Yields information about the intersection of Sturt and Lydiard Streets in the horse tram era and the operation of the horse tram system.Postcard - coloured - divided back, post marked Ballarat 21?-12-1905 with a Victorian 1d penny stamp and over stamped with a "5". 2nd copy has had the stamp removed.See Contextsturt street, horse trams, post office, ballarat, tramways, lydiard st, burns statue

A4, 285 pages. A draft copy of the City of Whitehorse Post-1945 Heritage Study, dated 4 March 2015 (on front page) plus published copy of Appendix 2 pages 275-285non-fictionCity of Whitehorse Post-1945 Heritage Study, dated 4 March 2015 city of whitehorse, post war buildings, built heritage pty ltd, historic buildings, post war development, houses, architectural styles

2 photographs. (1 black and white, 1 sepia original).copies of Black and white photograph showing houses and post office. 836-2 appears to be original photograph. It is mounted on thick cardboard that has become foxed. Pencil mark reads "Post Office 1924". 836-1 appears to be a Reprint and is labelled on reverse "Site now occupied by Hannams Store, House on left T.Grants, coffee palace built in front". Stamped Brian Pump, 36 Knaith Rd, Ringwood East 3135 Phone 870 7001.Written on back of copy: "Site now occupied by Hannams Store. House on left T. Grants. Coffee Palace built in front." Image shows houses and Post Office No 2- 1924.

Article in Nunawading Gazette. Australia Post reviewing the operation of Vermont and Blackburn South Post Offices due to huge losses. The review will determine what options exist to enable post offices to become profitable and remain open. Australia Post's north-east region manager, Ken Barret said that if a turnaround in profit could not be achieved at these post offices Australia Post would consider operating them as licensed post offices.post offices, vermont post office, blackburn south post office, barret, ken

Stawell Post office built in March 1875 replacing the 1860 weather board building in the early Township of Stawell. The stucco exterior was described as modern Italian, and the building had excellent proportions. Special reference was made to the use of slate from Great Western. The foundations are of solid granite. The difference in this photograph to 85.01 would be approximately 100 years. Stawell Post Office possibly before 1880's on Corner of Wimmera and Main Street. Man on right of photograph standing in front of Akins Seed and Stationers Store near telegraph pole and horse. stawell

Colour photographs of the Former Ballarat Post Office, now Federation University Post Office Gallery., ballarat post office, post office gallery, arts academy

Colour photograph of the former Ballarat Post Officer, later used as the Federation University Post Office Gallery.camp street, arts academy, post office gallery, former ballarat post office, ballarat 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

Black and white photo of temporary structure used as a Post Office during construction of present Blackburn Post Officeblackburn post office, temporary structure, blackburn

Black and white photo of side view of the temporary Post Office showing the site of the former Blackburn Post Officeblackburn post office

Coloured photograph on a post card, with brown border, showing the Rutherglen Post Office with a group of men near the steps.On back of card: "W. Hine, Bookseller, Rutherglen" | "Printed in Germany"rutherglen post office, post offices, main street

Coloured photograph on a post card, with brown border, showing the Rutherglen Post Office with a group of men near the steps.On back of card: "From Sam & Wife to Charlie. With best wishes, xmas 1911"rutherglen post office, main street

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Daylesford is a tourist town in Central Victorian, known for its mineral water springs.View of the Daylesford Post OfficeDaylesford, Victoria, Australia This famous holiday resort is famous for its up-to-date facilities, as well as for its natural attractions. The mineral Springs are renowned for their high medicinal elements. The visitor finds ample to amuse, in excellent fishing, boating, Boating, Swimming, golfing, hiking and riding. The district provides a wide range of typical Australian bush scenery, and the altitude of 2,000 feet above sea level as a tonic effect on all. Daylesford has modern hotels, guest houses, shops and places of amusement, also many other places of interest within short travelling distance. Bendigo, 50 miles, Ballara 30 miles, and Melbourne 75 miles, bring Daylesford within easy reach of many parts of Victoria. daylesford, daylesford post office

Shows Gas Lamp on corner and Telegraph Pole and wires.Stawell Post Office and Telegraph Office. Hand Coloured Post Card. Printed in Germany. Akins shop visible at Right. Printed in Germanystreetscape

Early photograph of the Ballarat Post Office taken from the intersection of Sturt and Lydiard Streets. A gas lamp stands in the middle of the intersection. People standing and talking on the roads. The Post Office was built in two sections. Section one built in 1864. Section two and the tower were built in 1885. It was built in the Victorian Italianate design. Arched headed windows on the ground floor originally formed a colonnade. These were filled in to provide more internal space. The tower was a feature - the top having a cast iron balustraded widow's walk.Ballarat Post Office - view north along Lydiard Street from its intersection with Sturt Street. Image taken in 1897. Gas lamp in the middle of the intersection. Numerous people are seen standing in the middle of the road talking. There are wires noticeable but cannot verify if they are electric or for the telephone. Electricity was produced in Dana Street Ballarat as early as 1895post office, gas lamp, overhead wires, tower, arched headed windows, victorian italianate design, widow's walk, ballarat post office