non-fictionThe overall objective of the Study was the identification, assessment and documentation of places of post-contact cultural significance for the Cardinia Shire.cardinia shire (vic.), heritage studies, kenilworth coach house (beaconsfield), wood street residential precinct (beaconsfield), george street residential precinct (bunyip), bunyip post office, railway hotel (bunyip), cora lynn catholic parish school, glen-keith farm complex (dalmore), emerald lake park, emerald railway station, emerald country club, cambden woolybutt ros (emerald), oak lee (emerald), sycamore lodge (emerald), cascades guest house, orchard packing shed (garfield north), wattle bank (gembrook), coffee palace (gembrook), tehennepe (iona), koo wee rup public hall, dustings garage (koo wee rup), wattle theatre (koo wee rup), koo wee rup police lockup, royal hotel (koo wee rup), lang lang cemetery, misson's butchers shop & residence (lang lang), anz bank (lang lang), maryknoll residential & civic precinct, maryknoll lawn cemetery, mount burnett guesthouse, oakway (nar nar goon), nar nar goon growers & packers shed, jesmond dene (officer south), kings picture theatre (pakenham), pakenham post office, i.y.u. pre-emptive right homestead site (pakenham), valley view orchards manager's house (pakenham upper), ruthdale reserve trees, rutter farm trees (tooradin), eve's house (tynong north), kia ora (upper beaconsfield), the steyne (upper beaconsfield), beaconsfield upper milk bar, staverton garden (upper beaconsfield), great southern railway

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