Murray Comrie Collection. A Post Office Order made out to Mary Williams, payable at Maryborough from a Thomas Crago (?)tarnagulla, maryborough, post office, money

Murray Comrie Collection. A Post Office Order made out to Edward Wilson, payable at Collingwood from a William Schofieldtarnagulla, post office, money

This photograph was taken from the newly completed tower of the Ballarat Town Hall. Further details on the photographer, William H. Bardwell, can be found at http://bih.ballarat.edu.au/index.php/William_H._Bardwell Framed Black and White photograph showing Ballarat from the Ballarat Town Hall. The photo shows the intersection of Sturt Street and Lydiard Street, and is taken in the direction of the Ballarat Post Office. It shows the Ballarat Railway line in the background, and the Burke and Wills Memorial Fountain in the foreground on the right.. The Ballarat Post Office is located in the centre of this photograph. There is no tower on the Post Office. The tower and other extensions were built in 1879.ballarat post office, sturt street, camp street, ballarat townscape, william bardwell, fotobiennale, arts academy, art academy, lydiard street, ballarat, william h. bardwell

Black and white photo of Sandhurst Post Office Bendigo. View street. 1861. This building opened June 1858 and was demolished 1867. A new Post Office was built on same site. The building behind the lamp is the Shamrock Hotel. People standing out front.place, building, post office

Donald Clark Collection. A stack of circulars, letters and notices pertaining to post office operations which was used at Sandy Creek Post Office, most dating to the 1860s and 1870s. Contents relate to rates and fees, rules for correspondence and other regulations. Bound together at top by a piece of twine.tarnagulla, sandy creek, post office, postal regulations, correspondence

Black and white photo of Mitcham Post Office, corner Whitehorse Road and Station Street, Mitchammitcham post office

Black and white photo of building used as Post Office (Blackburn) until 12/9/1960blackburn post office

Black and white photo of brochure for the opening ceremony of Blackburn Post Office 12/9/1960blackburn post office

Post Office Receiving Pillar was Collected from Warrnambool City Council’s Scott Street Depot and transported to Flagstaff Hill, stored in the Barracks area Friends of Flagstaff Hill began the project of restoring the Post Office Receiving Pillar in early 2011. The replacement dome required a pattern to be made from paper, then timber, then someone to manufacture it. The cast iron body required sand blasting and undercoating. The pillar was installed in Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village in March 2014. A specialist visited the Village and painted the pillar with 7 coats of ‘post office red’ then completed the job with gold paint on the details. In 2015 an information plate of brass was fitted to the Pillar in the position that would have originally announced the clearing times. It was originally manufactured by G Couch, Engineer, Alliance Iron Works, Melbourne. Gordon Couch passed away in June 1896 and his Works were offered for auction in November 1897. HISTORY OF POST OFFICE RECEIVING PILLARS In 1851 ‘pillar boxes’ were installed at roadside locations in the island of Jersey, England; they had already been successful in several European countries. The use of new prepaid, adhesive postage stamps as well as the roadside pillar boxes meant there was no need for the public to take a trip to the Post Office just to post a letter. By 1855 London had installed its first six Pillar Boxes. In 1856 the pillar boxes were first introduced in Sydney. These were circular with a crown on the dome, supported by leaves. Early Victoria Mail was originally collected by ‘letter carriers’, first appointed in Melbourne in 1841, equipped with leather bag and hand bell. He wore a red coat with brass buttons and a black top hat! In 1844 two wooden receiving boxes were erected in Melbourne. The first cast iron boxes were installed in South Melbourne (Emerald Hill) and were still in service until 1967. They were a fluted circular design and made in England. In the early 1860’s the ‘low door round’ design posting box was introduced, being circular and surrounded by a crown, with two broad embossed bands around its circumference. The clearance door was in front of the box and low down. These were made in Australia. In the early 1870’s square boxes with a tapering top were being used. These too were made in Australia by different manufacturers with slight variations on style such as the orientation and number of slots. Next came the circular boxes again, similar to the ‘low door round’ but with the clearance door extending to just below the posting slot, often referred to as ‘high door round’. These boxes did not have embossed bands. In 1887 small cast iron boxes were introduced, attached to posts and poles and called ‘lamp post receivers’. Around 1930 a ‘London’ model was used in Victoria. It was copied from the flat-domed type in London but made in Tasmania. … [References: Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village records, The Argus, 11th April, 1890, The Argus, 2nd July, 1896, The Argus, 30th Nov. 1897, “Stamps.Au” http://www.stampsau.com, 4th April 2011 (Extracted from “Australian Street Posting Boxes” by Ken Sparks – out of print)] Post Office Receiving Pillar, or letterbox.1885 "High Door Round" design, restored 2014 Tall cast iron sylinder with decorative dome cap, slot in side, hinged door with handle shaped as a fist. Painted red with gold trip..Reconditioned barrel, reconstructed dome. Restored by Friends of Flagstaff Hill, 2014. Now a working letterbox. Made in Melbourne.Oval maker's plate “ - G. COUCH - / ENGINEER / ALLIANCE IRON / WORKS / MELBOURNE”flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked coast, flagstaff hill maritime museum, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, post office receiving pillar, letterbox, mailbox, australia post

Mr. J.D. Jess, MHR handing over key of Blackburn Post Office to Mr. J.S. (Bert) Treloar, Postmaster. Cr. Keith and Mrs. Joan Satchwell , Jim Manson MLA, Hon. Ray Garrett MLA at opening of Blackburn Post Officesatchwell, joan, treloar, j.s. (bert), jess, j.d., manson, jim, garrett, ray, blackburn post office, keith

The set of seven imperial weights were used in the Post Office in Wodonga. The first Post Office in Wodonga opened on the 6th June 1856, and a second Post Office was built in 1874 on the corner of Sydney Road which became High St. and South St. In 1878 there were three staff at the Wodonga Post Office, including the Postmaster/Telegraph Manager and two Office-Keepers/Messengers. The mail service in 1878 included delivery four times a day from the Railway Station to the Post Office in Wodonga, and to and from the Wodonga Post Office to Albury twice a day.The set of seven imperial weights has local and state significance as it was used in the Wodonga Post Office in North East Victoria before decimal currency was introduced in Australia in 1966. The weights also have national significance as examples of the equipment used in post offices in Australia pre 1966.Set of seven cast iron and lead weights with imperial measurements '4 oz, 8oz, 1 lb, 2 lb, 3 lb, 4 lb, and 7 lb' The exterior circular black painted cast iron encases the heavy inner grey lead component, which is visible from the underside. "4 oz.", "8 / oz.", 1 lb.", "1 lb.", "2 lb.", "3 lb.", 4 lb.", MERCURY / 7 LB." on the top of the weights in raised numbers and letters.wodonga post office, post office, victoria post offices, wodonga, north eastern victoria post offices, victorian mail service

Black and white photograph of a sketch of building (post office) with high roof and six skylight windows. Lean-to verandahs/ buildings in front of main building. LH front is creek and primitive wooden bridge (short span). Inscriptions: on back - written in ballpoint pen. 'Bendigo Vic Post Office, Sandhurst Vic 1850's' History: James Lerk 18/2/2000: 'View Point Bendigo, Post Office, looking West'buildings, post office, view point

typed document -'Heritage week -Reflections from a Postal viewpoint - including a History of the Bendigo post Office -document, bendigo post office -

Glossy print of a Watercolour painting depicting the Post Office and Survey Office , Sandhurst in 1854 (artist unknown).unknownplace, bendigo, early buildings, post office, survey office, view point, sandhurst, early bendigo

Murray Comrie Collection. A Post Office Order made out to Lyell Gowan, payable at Melbourne from a H. William or McWilliam (?)tarnagulla, post office, money

Postcard -colour enhanced photo of Post Office and Law Courts , Bendigo / addressed to the Railway Club Hotel Spencer street , Melbourne / one penny red stamp postmarked 31.12.1904.postcard, photograph, bendigo post office, post office and law courts , bendigo / railway club hotel spencer street , melbourne / one penny red stamp postmarked ' 31.12.1904 up train and possiblt mg4

Made specially for H.B. Silberberg & Co.Post Office Box (3 arms of Wheatstone Bridge) in a wooden case used at the Ballarat School of Mines. scientific instruments, h.b. silberberg & co., philip harris, post office box

Black and white photograph of Blackburn Post Office looking North East from Railway Road, Blackburn.blackburn post office.

D.W. Evans was Leaseholder of The Kohinoor Gold Mining Co. on 22. 1.1870. Floats Tappit Hen Co with D Davies on 24. 7.1886 . Murray Comrie Collection. A Post Office Order made out to David Jones, payable at Glenmorganshire, NSW from a David Waid Evans.tarnagulla, post office, money, miners, mining, evans

Black and white photograph of the Mitcham Post Office taken in 1982. The State Bank on the left has been the Commonwealth Bank since 1997mitcham post office, post offices, state savings bank of victoria, mitcham, banks

black and white image: Post Office, Bendigo. Image taken from verandah of RSL War Memorial, Pall Mall, looking through archway. Statue of George Lansell in centre of image.bendigo, buildings, post office and survey office, bendigo, post office, pall mall, rsl war memorial

Black and white photograph of earlier photo. Bendigo Post Office and Law Courts. Small trees, planted along Pall Mall. Trees have protective guards around trunks. Two groups of two people Inscriptions: in image - across top 'Post Office and Law Courts, Bendigo':.buildings, government, bendigo post office

Colour photo: taken from rear of Law Courts and Post Office buildings, which are situated in Pall Mall Bendigo. Demolition site where Police Headquarters once stood in foreground, fully cleared with dirt surface evident. Post Office building rear and side covered in scaffolding.organisation, government, law courts, post office

Black and white photograph of post office store, Lower Plenty, C D Stewart proprietor c.1920s.post office, shops, lower plenty, c.d stewart, main road

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

Used by donor in 'Blackburn - a picturesque history'Black & white photo of Blackburn Post Office Opened in September 1960. Page 20 of Da Costa book.blackburn post office, 1960

Post Office Gallery exhibition catalogue, Mapping great change the landscape of central Victoria, 27 pages with maps and illustrations.books, catalogues, post office gallery

Photograph, The Bendigo Post Office Building (Former), Pall Mall, Bendigo. The verandah on the right of picture is the part of the Shamrock Hotel.photograph, building, bendigo post office

Shot in 1973 with particular interest in architectureSet of 31 photographs taken in June and July 1973 Original Post Office (Navy), corner Bay and Rouse StreetsIdentified and dated on back in inkbuilt environment - commercial, built environment - domestic, built environment - industrial, janet walsh, allen walsh, bay street, post office

The Kew Historical Society's postcard collection includes views of Kew, Melbourne and Greater Melbourne as well as those including overseas scenes sent or received from Europe or the Middle East. They date from the 1890s to the 2000s. These postcards may or may not include the name of the publisher or printer. A number of the cards were published as parts of popular series. A way of dating early postcards is to identify whether the reverse was divided by a central line which became the norm after 1902 in the United Kingdom. However, other postcards produced after this date do not always conform to this print layout.The item forms part of the Laurie Bennett collection of thirty-six postcards and photographs of Kew and early Melbourne, donated to the Kew Historical Society in 1980. The postcards in the Bennett collection, like other images in the Society's holdings date from the 1890s to the present and comprehensively indicate points-of-view or scenes considered historically, aesthetically or socially significant in the period in which they were produced.Postcard depicting the Kew Post Office and Court House (built 1888) on the corner of High Street and Cotham Road. In front of the Post Office is a large Moreton Bay Fig tree. The later Kew War Memorial (opened 1925) necessitated the removal of the tree and the relaocation of the Queen Victoria Jubilee Fountain. "No-KH-388. 1888. Donated by Mr. L. Bennett. Later buildings joined. Fig tree + Queen Victoria Jubilee Fountain moved to make way for World War I Memorial 1920."kew court house, kew post office, postcards