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Wodonga & District Historical Society Inc
Book - History of Postal Services in Victoria, Christine Gibbs, 1984
... History of Postal Services in Victoria...History of Postal Services in Victoria...Victorian Postal Service... the development of postal services in Victoria over 150 years. Victorian ...This booklet was produced for Victoria's sesquicentenary celebrations. It tells the story of Victorian postal services starting with the appointment of Melbourne's first official Postmaster Mr E J Foster on 13th April 1837. This position changed hands frequently and by 1851 Victoria's 8th Postmaster Alexander McCrae held the position. The construction of one of Melbourne's oldest landmarks began in three stages beginning in 1859 and was completed in 1867. The book includes developments in the mail service including by sea and overland by horseback and Cobb and Co. coaches. The mail coach contractors on the Melbourne to Albury route in 1854 was George Foster followed in 1856 by Patrick Mulcare. Other chapters in this publication include transporting the mail by rail and air as well as details about a small number of post offices and people who dedicated themselves to ensuring the mail reached its destination safely.A small book of 125 pages containing information, photographic images and sketches. The book is printed on buff coloured paper with a green trim around the front cover. It also includes a comprehensive bibliography. The cover features a sketch of a Cobb & Co. Coach.This booklet was produced for Victoria's sesquicentenary celebrations. It tells the story of Victorian postal services starting with the appointment of Melbourne's first official Postmaster Mr E J Foster on 13th April 1837. This position changed hands frequently and by 1851 Victoria's 8th Postmaster Alexander McCrae held the position. The construction of one of Melbourne's oldest landmarks began in three stages beginning in 1859 and was completed in 1867. The book includes developments in the mail service including by sea and overland by horseback and Cobb and Co. coaches. The mail coach contractors on the Melbourne to Albury route in 1854 was George Foster followed in 1856 by Patrick Mulcare. Other chapters in this publication include transporting the mail by rail and air as well as details about a small number of post offices and people who dedicated themselves to ensuring the mail reached its destination safely.victorian postal service, australia post history -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Book - History of Templestowe, History of Postal Services in Victoria, 1984
... History of Postal Services in Victoria...Postal Services...125 page Booklet of the history of postal services... Mitcham melbourne Postal Services G.P.O. Melbourne Carriages ...125 page Booklet of the history of postal services in Victoria from settlement to 1984.postal services, g.p.o. melbourne, carriages and coaches, aircraft, post offices -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Book, Gipps, Christine, History of Postal Services in Victoria, 1984
... History of Postal Services in Victoria...Postal Services...A history of the postal services in Victoria, Australia... Entrance gippsland Postal Services Communications A history ...A history of the postal services in Victoria, Australia, presenting the changes over the 150 years up to Victoria's Sesquicentenary, 1984.postal services, communications -
Canterbury History Group
Book, Gibbs, Christine, History of Postal Services In Australia
... History of Postal Services In Australia...Postal Services... melbourne Postal Services Post Offices Postal Workers Telegraph ...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 -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Book, "History of Postal Services in Victoria", 1984
... "History of Postal Services in Victoria"..."History of Postal Services in Victoria" Book with pale... in sepia. "History of Postal Services in Victoria" Book ..."History of Postal Services in Victoria" Book with pale yellow cover with dark green edging. Title in dark green & sepia. Drawing of stagecoach in sepia.utilities, communication - postal, piers and wharves - railway pier, wibraham frederick evelyn liardet, wfe liardet -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Book, Christine Gibbs, History of Postal Services in Victoria / Christine Gibbs, 1984
... History of Postal Services in Victoria / Christine Gibbs...postal service... melbourne post offices postal service victori ISBN 0642868514 ...Paperback; 125 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.ISBN 0642868514post offices, postal service, victori -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Book, Christine Gibbs, History of Postal Services in Victoria, 1984
... History of Postal Services in Victoria...postal service -- victoria -- history... - history postal service -- victoria -- history [Melbourne ...[Melbourne ?] : Australia Post, 1984 125 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.non-fictionaustralia post - history, postal service -- victoria -- history -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Book, Scot, Peter, Batten's Landing - The River Trade, 2005
... Postal Services...Research and interpretation of the Post Office and postal... Entrance gippsland Postal Services Research and interpretation ...Research and interpretation of the Post Office and postal services of Lakes Entrance, Victoria.postal services -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Book, Gippsland Heritage Journal Volumne 1 No 2, 1987
... Postal Services... the murder of Cornelius Green at Omeo early postal services... Entrance gippsland Agriculture Crime Postal Services Development ...Development of Butter factories Gippsland Bushrangers the murder of Cornelius Green at Omeo early postal services in Gippslandagriculture, crime, postal services -
Canterbury History Group
Document - Canterbury Postal History, 1/08/1988 12:00:00 AM
... Postal Services...A history of Canterbury postal services compiled... Office Postal Services Australia Post Statistics O'Grady> Carol ...A history of Canterbury postal services compiled by Australia Post. Includes a covering letter, a list of Postmasters - Postmistresses from 1892 - 1936 and some postal statistics for the period 1906 - 1910.canterbury, maling road, canterbury road, canterbury post office, postal services, australia post, statistics, o'grady> carol -
Greensborough Historical Society
Newspaper, Australia Post celebrating 200 years, 03/03/2009
... postal services... of postal services in Australia.... celebrating 200th anniversary of postal services in Australia ...Supplement to the Herald Sun celebrating 200th anniversary of postal services in Australia.16 p., text and colour photographsaustralia post, postal services -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Envelope, Packet: Ringwood and Ringwood East Post Office, Postal and Phone Services - Clippings, Opening, Booklet etc. 1917-1990s
... Packet: Ringwood and Ringwood East Post Office, Postal and... East Postal and Phone services 1917 to 1990s; Official opening... of Ringwood and Ringwood East Postal and Phone services 1917 to 1990s ...Letters and newspaper cuttings of Ringwood and Ringwood East Postal and Phone services 1917 to 1990s; Official opening Ringwood Post Office, 2 programmes c.1970s; Booklet "The Palace of Winged Words" -
Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Document, Application for new Post Office, 1954-55
... Postal services.... One from Superintendent of Postal Services to K.Ewert, M.P...-island-and-the-bass-coast Historical Post Office Postal services ...HistoricalTwo typed letters on cream writing paper and copy paper. One from Superintendent of Postal Services to K.Ewert, M.P. and one from Shire Secretary to P M G Department re urgent need for a new post office. Also envelope with letter.post office, postal services -
Greensborough Historical Society
Magazine, Australia Post, Postscripts Spring 1992, 1992
... postal services... articles on postal services throughout Victoria. This edition... articles on postal services throughout Victoria. This edition ...The Australia Post Staff Journal contains work-related articles on postal services throughout Victoria. This edition includes an article on Diamond Creek Post Ofice. 32 p. magazine with black and green text and black and white photographs.diamond creek post office, postal services, australia post -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - OFFICIAL OPENING OF THE BENDIGO MAIL CENTRE, DEBORAH STREET, 5 December, 1977
... 1977. details the history of the Bendigo Postal services... Postal services Commencing in 1852. Proceedings. . . State... December 1977. details the history of the Bendigo Postal services ...Official Opening of the Bendigo Mail Centre, Deborah Street, Quarry Hill. By The Hon. Eric L Robinson, M.H.R. Minister for Post and Telecommunications at 2p.m. on Monday, 5th December, 1977. Historical Notes, details the history of the Bendigo Postal services Commencing in 1852. Proceedings. . . State Manager of Australia Post, Mr R J Page. . . Mayor Cr. R F Turner. . . Senator C G Primmer. . . Federal Member Mr. J W Bourchier. . . Mr Barry Coughlan. . . Inspection of Mail Centre.event, official, bendigo mail centre, official opening of the bendigo mail centre, deborah street, quarry hill. by the hon. eric l robinson, m.h.r. minister for post and telecommunications 5th december, 1977. details the history of the bendigo postal services commencing in 1852. proceedings. . . state manager of australia post, mr r j page. . . mayor cr. r f turner. . . senator c g primmer. . . federal member mr. j w bourchier. . . mr barry coughlan. . . inspection of mail centre. -
City of Greater Bendigo - Civic Collection
Uniform - Buckle from Telegram Satchel Belt, Post Master General's Department et al
... and continued to deliver communication and postal services until 1997... representation of the function of postal services. ... to deliver communication and postal services until 1997. Now ...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 belt buckle was used on the leather satchels used by Junior Postal Workers in Bendigo to carry telegrams which were delivered by bicycle in the early years. The buckle is part of the postal collection donated by the Rankins family in memory of Ted Rankins.Circular belt buckle from telegram delivery satchel belt. Inner buckle depicts the Greek deity Hermes who personifies the transmission of information and was adopted as an allegorical representation of the function of postal services. Outer buckle; Post Office / Communications / Australia. Centre top outer buckle; emu, kangaroo and shield Inner buckle; Hermes (left facing)bendigo post office, bendigo tourism, city of greater bendigo tourism, post office collection, ted rankins collection -
Glen Eira Historical Society
Document - Bevan, James
... Postal services... Mary jnr Slaneys Paddock Hunting Tasman ships SS London Postal ...File contains two items. 1. Twelve typed and photocopied pages of correspondence between Tom Bevan Fielding of Cringleford Norwich, England and D Keep from the Royal Historical society of Victoria between 12/05/1975 and 13/09/1975. 2. Typed correspondence relating to James Bevan dated 26/07/1975 and 02/10/1975.bevan james, horses, caulfield, grosmont, hewitt mr, bevan mary, drowning, horse racing, house names, hart family, fielding tom bevan, caulfield race course, bambra road, fly elizabeth, fly mary, carriages and coaches, fly eric, fly c, bevan conrad, bevan james alfred jnr, bewan mary jnr, slaneys paddock, hunting, tasman ships, ss london, postal services, road construction and maintenance, wheelwrights, swanton james -
Glen Eira Historical Society
Book - Dalkeith
... Postal services... Elsternwick Station Hansom cabs Tin Lizzie vans Postal services ...A 69 page bound history of the McConchie family who occupied Dalkeith. Mention is also made of the Lade family who had associations with the McConchie family and Dalkeith. The book includes numerous stories and memories concerning places, residents and locals from areas where the McConchie and Lade families holidayed and lived. The book also includes copies of marriage certificates of the family, family photographs, birth certificates, newspaper articles relating to the McConchie family, relevant correspondence, a hand drawn plan of the Dalkeith property, school records and some other relevant extracts. The file also includes a one page hand drawn family tree and one page of handwritten research notes.mcconchie william, dick agnes, elsternwick, dalkeith, kooyong road, caulfield, davis street, bootmakers, staniland grove, saddleries, glenhuntly road, orrong road, carre street, charles street, hopetoun street, mcconchie harry, mcconchie alan, mcconchie don, grocers, caulfield citizen band, st johns presbyterian church, hawthorn road, caulfield methodist church, crocket mr, mcconchie janet, mcconchie agnes, mcconchie annie, lade family, lade ruth, lade marjorie, mcconchie thomas, blacksmiths, murray street, weatherboard buildings, st mary’s, glen eira road, bands, hopetoun gardens, elsternwick station, hansom cabs, tin lizzie vans, postal services, brighton cemetery, cemeteries, grange road, ripponlea, mcconchie david, caulfield state school -
Federation University Historical Collection
Film, Night Mail, 1936, 1936
... postal services... director. film night mail postal services Post Office Marketing ...A 1936 documentary film about a London Midland / Scottish Railways mail train. Night Mail (1936) was one of the most critically acclaimed films to be produced within the British documentary film movement. It was also among the most commercially successful, and remains the film most commonly identified with the movement. The film was the product of collaborative, rather than individual authorship. Although it was primarily directed by Harry Watt, Basil Wright developed the script, and had overall production responsibility for the project. The resulting film was edited by Wright and Alberto Cavalcanti; John Grierson and Stuart Legg were also involved in its production. The music score was arranged by Benjamin Britten and Cavalcanti, and the rhyming verse used in the film - spoken by Pat Jackson - was written by W.H. Auden, who also acted as assistant director.A 16mm wide film with sprokets on one edge only, contained in a blue plastic spool box. Post Office Marketing Department Publicity Diviision Postal Headquarters St Martins-le-Grand London EC1A 1HQ Films section Title Night Mail 35/16mm safety film stamped Waxedfilm, night mail, postal services -
Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Book, KARNEY, Mary, Historic Phillip Island, 1994
... Postal services... history Mary Karney Robb family West family Postal services ...HistoricalA4 orange soft covered with photocopied pages. phillip island, victoria, history, mary karney, robb family, west family, postal services, chicory industry, rescue practice, severance of phillip island, albert k. t. samble, cr dawson davie, water supply, ferries, broadwater guesthouse cowes phillip island, phillip island library -
Greensborough Historical Society
Newspaper Clipping (copy), Greensborough. 2 Dec 1927, 02/12/1927
... postal services... to Eltham. water supply postal services railways greenhills grace ...Article describing new utilities in the Greensborough district: continuous telephone service; letter and telegram delivery within a half-mile radius of the post office; new water system to supply Grace Park, and plans to supply water to the Greenhills Estate, and comments on the train service from Heidelberg to Eltham.2 p. typescript (OCR transcript of original article, copied from Trove)water supply, postal services, railways, greenhills, grace park, telephone service, greensborough -
Marysville & District Historical Society
Document (Item) - Report, John F. Waghorn, Yarra Track, Unknown
... victoria's postal services... historian, an authority on the history of Victoria's postal services ...A report on the history of the Yarra Track by John Waghorn, a local amateur historian.A report on the history of the Yarra Track by John Waghorn, a local amateur historian. John Waghorn was an amateur historian, an authority on the history of Victoria's postal services. He could tell you how mail was delivered in the high country in the 1880s, where the town of Gobur was, or when the overland Melbourne-Sydney mail service began. He admitted that his hobby has got a little out of hand. He had 30 filing cabinets, and indexes of more than 70,000 postal workers over the past 160 years crammed into three rooms at his home. If an ancestor was a postmaster in a Victorian town, he may have been able to reveal the person's occupation, income and working conditions.yarra track, john waghorn, victoria's postal services, wood's point, sydney road, longwood, merton, mansfield, postmasters, bonnie doon, melville merton mansfield, eltham, healesville, marysville, walhalla, melbourne-warburton-wood's point line, loose bags, heidelberg post office, eltham post office, kangaroo ground post office, yarra glen post office, marysville post office, healesville post office, mansfield post office, jamieson post office, gaffney's creek post office, wood's point post office, postal department, george rieck, stockman, jones, beecher, stockman's reward, big river, mary mcdonald, upper yarra river, donovan's creek, cornelius donovan, bridget buggy, matlock, alexandra, william farrell, jordan diggings, new chum, watts river, black spur, narbethong, granton, acheron river, mount strickland, paradise plains, mount grant, mount arnold, jordan goldfields, william robley, robley's spur, big river crossing, great dividing range, cumberland valley, james mcguigan, w elliot, christopher harrison, james marsh, cobb and co, box hill, lilydale, fehrings, koehlers, shaws, bear creek, cairnsville, cumberland creek, walkers, golden bower mine, collins' mountain home hotel, walsh's creek post office, rosa mcveigh, frank barton, hitchins, matthew kennedy, william morris, e r nichols, t woods, tom burchell, peter kerr, henry kuyper, william podlech, george koehler, henry brockmann, henry petty, thomas smith, jacob butchart, john perry, slingsby davis, royal mail hotel, walter gray, john summers, travellers rest hotel, lockington, the oaks, the springs, st clair, thomas crawford, springvale hotel, john sinclair, saint clair hotel, gould, mathews, willie we have missed you hotel, germany, johan fehring, adelaide, linton, ballarat, gunbower, murray river, anna katerina fehring, 1890s depression, land boom, fehring place, fred baker, alf sparke, fehring's hotel, mcveigh's hotel, wood's point mountaineer, l cox, victorian country directories, letson cox, coburg, maria hayes, setson, fitzroy, richmond, john cox, jordan river, jericho, e. norris, le poidevin, newell, o'brien, alhambra, sinclair, parker, ellis, tripp, quin, vernon, thompson, charsley, james fahie, george locke, william chester, chesterville, kirwan, cumberland reserve, blue spruce, e.s. and a bank, selby joyce, selby charles joy, selby joseph joyce -
Glen Eira Historical Society
Letter - ELSTERNWICK POST OFFICE
... Postal services... Riddell Parade Office Buildings Postal services Caulfield City ...This file contains seven items about the significance of this building and how this was established : 1/ Photocopies of a handwritten application (in duplicate) by Walter Kay of Elsternwick dated 13/10/1985 and Rodney H Bush’s dated 16/10/1985 to the Historic Buildings Council to register the former Elsternwick Post Office building, and an original typewritten letter dated 17/10/1985 from the Historic Buildings Council to Caulfield and Historic Society advising them of an application and inviting them to submit relevant information about the building with a copy of application attached. 2/ Six pieces of correspondence between various interested parties (Caulfield Council , Caulfield Historical Society, National Trust, of Australia and Ministry for Planning and Environment on behalf of Historic Buildings Council, Victoria) about the significance of the former Elsternwick Post Office building and the progress of efforts to include it on the Register of Historic buildings. Dated between November 1985 and May 1986. 3/ Two pieces of correspondence between the Caulfield Progress Association and the Caulfield Historical Society dated April and May 1986, regarding the efforts of the Historical Society to save the former Elsternwick Post Office building. 4/ Two pieces of ephemera by the Caulfield Progress Association, one original undated and one photocopy undated in 1986. Both appealing to the public for support to help the former Elsternwick Post Office building and to protest a proposal to demolish it, by Caulfield Council. 5/Original newspaper article dated 07/06/1989 from the Malvern-Caulfield Progress newspaper written by Robert Carmody. The article talks about the approval by the Historic Buildings Council of Caulfield Council’s restoration program of the former Elsternwick Post Office building worth approximately $850,000. The refurbishment would consist of a shop and office space which would then be rented out. Mayor Emil Braun outlines the progress to implement the plans. 6/ Caulfield Conservation Study by Andrew Ward dated September 1994 of former Elsternwick Post Office Building. The building plans for the Elizabethan Style building were approved in 1891. The original timber verandahs were replaced by the present brickworks in circa 1918 rear extensions in 1941-42. Similar Post Offices were built at Kew, Queenscliff and Portarlington. 7/ Computer printout dated 19/03/2010 of Statement of Significance held by the Victorian Heritage database of the former Elsternwick Post Office Building. It was built in 1891 in the ‘Queen Anne’ style. The substantial two story red brick building was set on a bluestone plinth with an ornate façade incorporating cement dressings. There is a brief summary of the settlement and development of the Elsternwick area with mention of how important the building is to the Elsternwick Community. Original date and author is unknown.elsternwick post office, glenhuntly road, elsternwick, riddell parade, office buildings, postal services, caulfield city council, kay walter, regent street, caulfield, bush rodney h, gisborne street, city of caulfield, braun emil councillor, mayors, aylen doug, aylen douglas r, historic buildings council, caulfield historical society, ministry for planning and environment, head stephen, historic buildings act 1981, anderson p, national trust of australia (victoria), public works department, architectural styles, calder g.k. councillor, wills cathie, lyall kerry, marsden john hudson, town clerk, hill douglas, caulfield progress association, caulfield south, glen eira road, hawthorn road, mac neil j.r., neville street, glenhuntly, marten veronika, ballantyne richard, royal historical society of victoria, dunstan don, alfada street south, hardy joan, baird rob, snowball betty, ward andrew, hoddle robert, foot henry, ebden charles hodson, elster, oldham mary kate, english ‘queen anne’ revival style, rifle club, coulson herbert h., fick p.g., railway, city manager, austin g.b. h., architects, builders, architectural features, australia post, register of historical buildings, grey karen, planning appeal board, heritage overlay no h029, victorian government gazette no. 60 dated 16/07/1986, historic building no640, certificate of title volume 5817, kennan james harley, nelson ivor, blake alison, neale anne, telegraph offices, wardell, ward andrew -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, 1900 c
... Postal Services... Grant Schools Postal Services Genealogy Sepia toned photograph ...Myrtle Fish collection daughter of George Price GrantSepia toned photograph showing large Bullock team of George Price Grant of Metung moving a small building in Metung district four men visible one on right with an axe other with whips. Bare hill and a few dead trees in background showing early land improvement for agriculture Metung Victoriaschools, postal services, genealogy -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Postcard
... Postal Services... Postal Services Riversleigh Tambo Upper Sepia toned postcard ...Also a second identical copy damaged 05390.1Sepia toned postcard of early style Australian country home double front with verandah and skillion on side with picket fence, family posed on verandah dressed in best clothes Tambo Upper VictoriaRiversleigh Tambo Upperpostal services -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, 1990 c
... Postal Services... x 12 cm Transport Postal Services Black and white photograph ...Also black and white photograph of 1926 Ford Roadster custom built body by Mercury Body Corporation 05029.1 9.5 x 12 cmBlack and white photograph of Jim Stoll of Warragul with his Buick Straight 8 at car collection display at Lakes Entrance Victoriatransport, postal services -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, 1915 c
... Postal Services... Entrance gippsland Transport Postal Services Black and white ...Black and white photograph of large riveted steam boiler ready for transport half on tray of small motor truck half on bogie wheels attached to truck. Three men standing beside vehicle Possible destination mining site in East Gippsland Victoriatransport, postal services -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, 2017
... Postal Services... Entrance gippsland Settlers Postal Services Genealogy Colour ...Colour photograph of Shirley Hancock, Frank Mitchelson and Franks daughters Joy Seevers and Carol Hobson Lakes Entrance Victoriasettlers, postal services, genealogy -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, 1880 c
... Postal Services... 1885 Postal Services Buildings Black and white photograph ...PS Tanjil was burnt to the waterline in February 1885Black and white photograph of the first PS Tanjil in the Mitchell Rivers Bairnsdale Victoriapostal services, buildings -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Document, The Australian Post Office, 1969
... Postal Services... Mitcham melbourne Postal Services Telephone Services A brief ...A brief history of the Australian Post Office, 1809 - 1969.A brief history of the Australian Post Office, 1809 - 1969.A brief history of the Australian Post Office, 1809 - 1969.postal services, telephone services