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Surrey Hills Historical Society Collection
Book, Marc Fiddian, Six stamps please: a tableau of Australian post offices, 1989
... Six stamps please: a tableau of Australian post offices...post offices... of post offices built in city, suburb and country town, and who... of Australian post offices This book provides a cross section ...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 -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Pamphlet - BROCHURE, Victoria's Historic Post Offices - Portland, n.d
... Victoria's Historic Post Offices - Portland.... Victoria's Historic Post Offices - Portland, issued by Public... Victoria's Historic Post Offices - Portland Tri-fold brochure, blue ...Tri-fold brochure, blue and green card, white print. Victoria's Historic Post Offices - Portland, issued by Public Relations Office, Australia Post, for Victoria's 150th. Brochure contains images of Portland's Post Offices, 1857 - 1963 -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Book, The Post Offices and Hand-held Datestamps of Victoria, Vol.1 / [by] Watson, Webster & Wood, 1992
... The Post Offices and Hand-held Datestamps of Victoria, Vol...post offices - date stamps - victoria... Book The Post Offices and Hand-held Datestamps of Victoria, Vol ...v. <1-2> : ill.post offices - date stamps - victoria, postmarks - victoria - history -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Pamphlet, Ballarat Historical Park Association (Sovereign Hill), "Ballarat Post Offices since the gold discovery of 1851", Sep. 1972
... "Ballarat Post Offices since the gold discovery of 1851"... "Ballarat Post Offices since the gold discovery of 1851", outlining... - printed on semi gloss paper, titled "Ballarat Post Offices since ...Yields information about the postal services in the Ballarat region.Pamphlet - 3 folds - printed on semi gloss paper, titled "Ballarat Post Offices since the gold discovery of 1851", outlining the history of the post offices in Ballarat, prepared for the Ballarat Historical Park Association (Sovereign Hill), 12/9/1972. Details the history of the postal services and deliveries with a background of the establishment of Victoria and Ballarat in particular, centred around the discovery of gold. Includes notes on the construction of the Ballarat post offices and their history. Has the Park Association logo on the rear.trams, tramways, post office, gold, sovereign hill -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Letter - Correspondence, Australia Post, 1976
... Post Offices...He had asked for opening dates of post offices... asked for opening dates of post offices in the then City... dates of post offices in the then City of Nunawading. He had ...A reply to K.A. Patterson from Australia Post.A reply to K.A. Patterson from Australia Post. He had asked for opening dates of post offices in the then City of Nunawading.A reply to K.A. Patterson from Australia Post.post offices, australia post, patterson, keith arthur -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - Article, Australia Post looks at options for outlets, 24/11/1992
... Post Offices... the operation of Vermont and Blackburn South Post Offices due to huge... reviewing the operation of Vermont and Blackburn South Post Offices ...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 -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - Article, Mail sale, 19/09/1990
... Post Offices... Offices are among 30 post offices up for sale by Australia Post... in Nunawading Gazette. Mitcham and Blackburn Post Offices are among 30 ...Article in Nunawading Gazette. Mitcham and Blackburn Post Offices are among 30 post offices up for sale by Australia Post. The sale was conditional on Australia Post retaining tenancy of the buildings.post offices, mitcham post office, blackburn post office, australia post -
Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Book, BENNETT, Bruce, old general store : a history of the general stores and post offices on the Frankston and Flinders Road, WesternPort, 1997
... post offices on the Frankston and Flinders Road, WesternPort... of the general stores and post offices on the Frankston and Flinders Road ...postal service, victoria, mornington peninsula, history, general stores, buildings, structures -
Canterbury History Group
Book, Gibbs, Christine, History of Postal Services In Australia
... Post Offices... photographs of Post Offices, postal employees and means of delivery... Post Offices Postal Workers Telegraph Offices Ships Cobb and Co ...History of the Posal Service in Australia with many sepia photographs of Post Offices, postal employees and means of deliverynon-fictionpostal services, post offices, postal workers, telegraph offices, ships, cobb and co, horse drawn vehicles, vintage cars -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Map, Nunawading District
... Post offices... schools, public phones, police stations and post offices. Scale..., police stations and post offices. Scale 20 chains to 1 mile ...Map of Blackburn, Mitcham and Nunawading District showing schools, public phones, police stations and post offices.Map of Blackburn, Mitcham and Nunawading District showing schools, public phones, police stations and post offices. Scale 20 chains to 1 mile.Map of Blackburn, Mitcham and Nunawading District showing schools, public phones, police stations and post offices. schools, mitcham, nunawading, police, post offices, blackburn, forest hill, vermont -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Document - Correspondence, Non official offices, n.d
... Post Offices...Page 1 missing. Page 2 is a list of non-official post... Page 1 missing. Page 2 is a list of non-official post offices ...Page 1 missing. Page 2 is a list of non-official post offices from 1949 - 1974 compiled by Derek N. Baker, Historian - Victoria. Australia Post.post offices, baker, derek n. -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - Article, Post Office Move, 26/01/1993
... Post Offices.... The two post offices were losing $95,000 a year. No staff would... of their jobs. Post Offices Blackburn South Post Office Caldwell Peter ...Article in Nunawading Gazette. Blackburn South Post Office to be sold and relocated to a nearby newsagency. Vermont Post Office will also be closed soon but its relocation is yet to be decided. The two post offices were losing $95,000 a year. No staff would be forced out of their jobs.post offices, blackburn south post office, caldwell, peter, quibell, keith, walters, terry, vermont post office -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Post Office Equipment
... post offices now closed... to surrounding areas (e.g. Harston), which had small post offices....), which had small post offices. tatura mail bags of mail post ...Articles all used at Tatura Post Office for distribution of mail to local districts and beyond. One stamper pre-dates postcode times. Tags were used when bags of mail were sent to surrounding areas (e.g. Harston), which had small post offices.Rubber stamping pad with 4 stamp cancelling stampers for Tatura Post Office. 10 metal mailbag tags.Tatura - VIC - Aust - 3616tatura, mail, bags of mail, post offices now closed, communication, postal -
Tarnagulla History Archive
Box of Murray Comrie's Research Notes (Set 1), Murray Comrie's Research Notes (Set 1), circa 1960s-80s
... post offices... Local people Buildings Businesses Local government Post Offices... Buildings Businesses Local government Post Offices Policing ...Murray Comrie Collection. Murray Comrie, born in Tarnagulla in 1912 also became a policeman and later a Chief Superintendent, retiring in 1972 and passing away in 1983 after a long illness. Murray Comrie's son Murray Jnr., to avoid confusion became known by his middle name, Neil. Neil Comrie also joined Victoria Police and rose through the ranks to become Chief Commissioner of Victoria Police from 1993 to 2001. Blue-grey archive box containing research notes of Murray Comrie. Within this set are multiple archival folders with the following subject matter: Banks Lodge Gold & mining War/Military Local people Buildings Businesses Local government Post Offices Policing Recreation Reserve Railway Clubs & Societies Band/Music Hotels Churches Schools Fire Brigade Laanecoorie Early white history General (including many captions that accompanied photographs - which were separated from the photos for preservation storage reasons). The contents of these files were research notes compiled by Murray Comrie during his research for a book about Tarnagulla. tarnagulla, comrie, research, banks, lodge, gold & mining, war/military, local people, buildings, businesses, local government, post offices, policing, recreation reserve, railway, clubs & societies, band/music, hotels, churches, schools, fire brigade, laanecoorie, names -
Surrey Hills Historical Society Collection
Photograph, Surrey Hills Post Office
... post offices... services to the nation. Many of the post offices constructed... services to the nation. Many of the post offices constructed ...The post office opened at this location in 1912. It was demolished in 2000. Post office history in the area: Until 1883 when the railway came through to Surrey Hills, this was essentially a rural community of scattered farms. Land subdivisions soon occurred along the railway line and limited postal services followed soon after, although a ‘permanent’ home for the post office was two decades away. George Sim Junior is acknowledged as our first postmaster; he opened a post office on 1 October 1884 in his father’s general store at 619-621 Canterbury Road, a few doors down from the Surrey Hills Hotel on the corner of Union Road. Over the next 20 years, the Surrey Hills Post Office moved several times into temporary, shared accommodation – in 1889 into Woodhead’s Corner Store at 364 Canterbury Road; then in 1895 to No 376, Hansen’s Exchange Building, part of Hansen’s Terrace (demolished) and in 1901 to 109 Union Road, on the corner of Windsor Crescent. Following Federation in 1901, the new Commonwealth Government established the Postmaster-General's Department to provide postal services to the nation. Many of the post offices constructed in the following years reflected a growing sense of Australian pride and nationalism. It was 1914 when building commenced on the ‘purpose-built’ post office at 609 Canterbury Road, Surrey Hills. Described as “a polychromatic Federation Freestyle building”, it served as the local post office for nearly 85 years until sold by the Commonwealth Government in c1999, after which the post office moved to the current, less prominent site at 100 Union Road. For nearly 10 years under private ownership, the building was successfully adapted for use as the base for two businesses, Gargoyles and Dragons and later the Surrey Sculpture Studio, and fortuitously the historic integrity of the building was maintained. However although renovated in the 1990's, structurally sound and of historic significance, it was not protected under local or commonwealth heritage legislation and was demolished soon after sale. This is an early image of a demolished building which should have been protected. In 1991, when the City of Camberwell conducted a heritage study, (which still informs the basis of the City of Boroondara’s heritage guidelines for this part of the municipality,) the post office was owned by the Commonwealth Government. As such, it could not be considered for heritage listing by the local authorities. Some years later, the Commonwealth and Australia Post rather belatedly recognized not only that post offices have heritage and social value, but also that the architecture of post offices as community buildings is important. A heritage management scheme was developed for the buildings they own or control under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Act 1999. Unfortunately, the Surrey Hills Post Office had been sold and demolished before this was finally enacted in 2004. Black and white image, perhaps from a post card, of Surrey Hills post office at 609 Canterbury Road. The building is flanked by a picket fence. There is a woman, a dog and a man in front of the entrance. The man is in uniform - possibly a postal employee.post offices, canterbury road, businesses, surrey hills post office, surrey sculture studio, gargoyles and dragons -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Map, Melbourne Geological Map, 1937
... , electric tramways, cable tramways, Post Offices and State schools..., cable tramways, Post Offices and State schools. Area bounded... and stations, electric tramways, cable tramways, Post Offices and State ...Geological Map of Melbourne & Suburbs.Geological Map of Melbourne & Suburbs. Scale: 40 chains to 1 inch with inset 10 miles to 1 inch. Includes Municipal and Parish boundaries, railways and stations, electric tramways, cable tramways, Post Offices and State schools. Area bounded by Braybrook, Preston, Blackburn & Brighton. Printed on linen.Geological Map of Melbourne & Suburbs. melbourne, maps -
Wodonga & District Historical Society Inc
Functional object - Imperial Postal Weights used in the Post Office in Wodonga
... victoria post offices... significance as examples of the equipment used in post offices ...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 -
City of Moorabbin Historical Society (Operating the Box Cottage Museum)
Functional object - Australia Post Bag x 2, Australia Post, mid 20th Century
... post offices... of Moorabbin in 20th century australia post post offices mail bentleigh ...2 blue canvas Australia Post bags with brass eyelets used mid 20th Century to deliver mail to householders in the City of Moorabbin . Small bag has Australia Post Stamped on it and the large bag has no markings but has white rope threaded through the brass eyeletsAustralia Post Canvas Bags donated by Judy Clark the daughter of George Reed who lived and worked in the City of Moorabbin in 20th century 2 Blue canvas bags with brass eyeletsa) AUSTRALIA POST OFFICE 869 No 5 b) no marking ; white rope australia post, post offices, mail, bentleigh, moorabbin, mckinnon, ormond, cheltenham, highett, early settlers, reed george -
Greensborough Historical Society
Photograph - Digital Image, Mernda Post Office 2018, 25/07/2019
... post offices... Post Office 2018 Digital copy of colour photograph In 2018 GHS ...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 -
Cheese World Museum
Scales, Persinware, Post Office scales
... Post offices... Warrnambool Cheese & Butter Factory WCB Post offices Scales ...These scales were used in the post office which was located at Warrnambool Cheese & Butter Factory.Red Post Office wedge-shaped scales with rectangular base and spring-loaded top plate; white dial face marked to 16oz by 1/8 oz increments. Marked Domestic Use Only. Manufacturer's details marked in gold on the front of the scales.No.63 (on base) POST OFFICE/Persinware/Made in Australiaallansford, warrnambool cheese & butter factory, wcb, post offices, scales, weighing instruments -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Book, Christine Gibbs, History of Postal Services in Victoria / Christine Gibbs, 1984
... post offices... offices postal service victori Christine Gibbs Australia Post ...Paperback; 125 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.ISBN 0642868514post offices, postal service, victori -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Memorabilia - Folder, Harston Post Office, 2010
... Australia Post Offices... Tatura the-murray Folder Memorabilia Harston Post Office Blue ...Contains some history of Harston Post Office now closed. 1952. Mail delivered from Tatura PO. Photograph of John Hogan c 1950 last postman. Building remained for a while.Blue plastic cover with black plastic spine.harston post office, john hogan, australia post offices -
Hume City Civic Collection
Mail sign
... post offices.../A.I.F.STAMPS/FIRST DAY COVERS" Hung in Post Office post offices george ...Hung in Post OfficeWooden red painted background with silver and black painted words. Wire on back for hanging."POST HERE/A.I.F.STAMPS/FIRST DAY COVERS"post offices, george evans collection -
Hume City Civic Collection
Photograph, late 1980s
... post offices.... post offices royal hotel hotels fire stations toyworld ...A coloured photograph of the corner of Brook Street and Evans Street, Sunbury, looking towards Macedon Street.post offices, royal hotel, hotels, fire stations, toyworld, businesses, brook street, evans street, sunbury, the corporate personality, george evans collection -
Hume City Civic Collection
Photograph, 1952
... post offices... St and Evans St, 1952 post offices brook street evans street ...B/W photograph of a single story brick Post Office.Handwritten on back: Old Post Office, on corner of Brook St and Evans St, 1952post offices, brook street, evans street, sunbury, buildings, businesses, george evans collection -
Hume City Civic Collection
Photograph, 1952
... post offices... to sunbury sunbury news post offices shire officers postal workers ...According to information on the back of the photo, it was published in the Sunbury News to highlight then Back to Sunbury celebrations in 1952.A black and white photograph of the head and shoulders of three men. Two are dressed in evening suits and the third person is in a double breasted lounge suit for the "Back to Sunbury" celebrations. The men are identified from L-R as John Forbes, a Shire Officer, Eric Boardman, Owner of the Sunbury News, and Mr. Digman, Assistant Post Master.festivals and celebrations, forbes, john, boardman, eric, digman, - (mr), newspapers, back to sunbury, sunbury news, post offices, shire officers, postal workers, 1950s, george evans collection -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Print, FGA Barnard, Kew Pharmacy and Post Office, c.1880
... post offices -- kew (vic.)... photographic enlargement of Barnard’s Post Office in Kew on the site ...The site of the current Kew Post Office was known as Barnard's corner. Large framed photographic enlargement of Barnard’s Post Office in Kew on the site of the Kew Post Office. The photograph is a copy of a photograph in F.G.A. Barnard's Jubilee History of Kew (1910)Annotation at base reads: 19.2 Kew Pharmacy and Post Office c .1880. F.G.A. Barnard, son of Francis Barnard is in the doorway. The site is that of the present Kew Post Office. Photograph taken from Bulleen Rd (now Kew High St) looking east.francis barnard, f.g.a. barnard, barnard’s post office, kew dispensary, pharmacies -- kew (vic.), post offices -- kew (vic.) -
Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Photograph, 1999
... post offices... c1999 chris northcott post offices ...Photograph donated by Christ Northcott, San RemoColoured photograph of the San Remo Post Office - renovated. Identical photograph No. 181-02On back: "San Remo P.O. Renovated 8/2/1999"san remo post office c1999, chris northcott, post offices -
Tarnagulla History Archive
Box of Murray Comrie's Research Notes (Set 2), Murray Comrie's Research Notes (Set 2), circa 1960s-80s
... post offices.../military local people buildings businesses local government post ...Murray Comrie Collection. Murray Comrie, born in Tarnagulla in 1912 also became a policeman and later a Chief Superintendent, retiring in 1972 and passing away in 1983 after a long illness. Murray Comrie's son Murray Jnr., to avoid confusion became known by his middle name, Neil. Neil Comrie also joined Victoria Police and rose through the ranks to become Chief Commissioner of Victoria Police from 1993 to 2001. Blue-grey archive box containing research notes of Murray Comrie. Contains: A series of 17 notepads in which Comrie has annotated historical information from local newspapers. A very long rolled up piece of paper on which is printed the Comrie family tree A yellow envelope containing photogrpahs which are low-quality and/or duplicates of other images in the Murray Comrie Collection. A ledger in which Comrie has listed every Police Station in Victoria and its establishment date. Four vinyl non-archival document binders in which Comrie's research notes and photographs were housed when donated. Material was transferred out of these for preservation reasons. The contents of this box were compiled or used by Murray Comrie during his research for a book about Tarnagulla. tarnagulla, comrie, research, banks, lodge, gold & mining, war/military, local people, buildings, businesses, local government, post offices, policing, recreation reserve, railway, clubs & societies, band/music, hotels, churches, schools, fire brigade, laanecoorie, names -
Linton and District Historical Society Inc
Photograph - Postcard, Post Office, Sussex Street, Linton
... Post Offices... standing but is now in private hands. Post Offices Buildings Linton ...Black and white postcard photograph of the Linton Post Office in Sussex Street. Part of the Bank of New South Wales building can be seen on the left. The building is still standing but is now in private hands.post offices, buildings, linton