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Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Article, Former Mitcham Post-master dies, 21/11/1990 12:00:00 AM
Death of Barry Ralston.Death of Barry Ralston. Former postmaster at Mitcham from 1978 - 1983.Death of Barry Ralston. ralston, barry, mitcham post office -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Ephemera - Ticket/s, Prepaid MMTB tickets for use on MMTB services, printed for PMG (Postmasters-General) department, pre and post 1975
... PMG (Postmasters-General) department. ...Prepaid MMTB tickets for use on MMTB services, printed for PMG (Postmasters-General) department. Has the condition of use on the rear. Available for one section only. Printed on blue card. Two further examples added 15-3-2016, from donation of Harry Jackson, 31/1/2016. The PMG was abolished in 1975 and replaced by Australia Post and Telecom. .2 - A sample of an Australia post - two section card added 20-12-2015, from donation of Harry Jackson. Similar details except for name.trams, tramways, mmtb, buses, tickets, pmg, australia post, post office -
Anglesea and District Historical Society
Postal Note, 1933
Australian Postal Note made out to the Postmaster at Hamilton to pay Miss H.M. Thomson - four shillings, at any time within six months from the last day of the month of issue on account of the Postmaster General. The purchaser must fill in the office of payment and names of payee.232512 VICTORIA / COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA / To the Postmaster at . . . . . . . Hamilton / Pay .. . . . . . . Miss H.M. Thomson / FOUR SHILLINGS / POUNDAGE / THREE HALF PENCEpostal note, money order, postmaster general -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Article, L. L. Vale Post Office, 1889
A reproduced article from The Reporter, Box Hill, 8 Aug 1889.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 -
Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper clippings
Newspaper report of retirement of Jack Voerworg, San Remo Postmaster - detailing family's postal history.Two smiling men in suits at top of news item. Jack Voerworg and Don McCrae - headed "not the end, the beginning". Retirement of San Remo Postmaster Jack Voerworg after 48 years, being congratulated by Don McCrae, Bass Shire Councillor.local history, documents, newspapers, commercial development - san remo, postmaster, newspapers san remo -
Tarnagulla History Archive
Breach notice from Postmaster General to Postmaster, Sandy Creek (1860), 23rd February, 1860
Donald Clark Collection. Breach notice sent from Postmaster General to the Postmaster of Sandy Creek (Tarnagulla) regarding information to be included in monthly statements. Original, not copy.tarnagulla, sandy creek, postmaster, post office, postal regulations -
Bendigo Military Museum
Accessory - ENVELOPE, c.31.5.16
LEO HARRIS No 3132 - KIA 9.8.16. Refer 2478 for service history also 2476, 2477P, 2479.3. Letter appears to be from Ernest Hjalmar? Korintian? No 9 Plimsall St, Poplar, London, EnglandYellowed & torn envelope stamped Victoria, date appears to be 31 May 16. Addressed to Regt No 3132, 60th / 57th Battery, 25th BAE, 5th Div AIF. Intermediate Depot Egypt.Mrs Young Postmaster Yorktownenvelopes, letters -
National Communication Museum
Memorabilia - Honour board, Roll of Honour 1914 - 1918, 1920
This honour board commemorates Victorian Postmaster General's Department workers who served in the First World War. A total of 3,726 employees of the Postmaster General's Department enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force during the First World War. This represented about one in every five of the total number of men employed by the Department. Many other employees volunteered, but were rejected for health or other reasons, whilst men in key positions could not be spared. This board was displayed at the Spirit of ANZAC Centenary Experience, Melbourne, in February 2016.This honour board was produced by the Postmaster-General's Department and passed through its successor entities until donation to the National Communications Museum in 2018. Its provenance is further supported by the supplementary photograph (VH256) held by the Museum which shows the board in production. The board provides a comprehensive list of the names of Postmaster-General staff across various departments, constituting an important resource for genealogical or social history researchers and a focal point for remembrance by fellow communications workers. The style of the board itself is rare, as it was an unusual practice for honour boards to be hand-lettered on paper.Handpainted paper on linen honour board, perspex glazed with a wooden frame."POSTMASTER GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT / VICTORIA" "ROLL OF HONOR / 1914 1918" "FOR / GOD / KING / AND / EMPIRE"|Headings that precede list of names: "CORRESPONDENCE / BRANCH" "CENTRAL EXCHE" "SUBURBAN AND COUNTRY / POST OFFICES" "TELEGRAPH / BRANCH" "ELECTRICAL ENGINEER'S BCH" "MAIL / BRANCH"pmg, postmaster general's department (pmg), world war 1, ww1, postal workers, honour boards, first world war -
Tarnagulla History Archive
Breach notice from Postmaster's Secretary to Postmaster, Sandy Creek (1860), 19th April, 1860
Donald Clark Collection. Breach notice sent from Postmaster's Secretary to the Postmaster of Sandy Creek (Tarnagulla) regarding taking of money and provision of adequate postage stamps. Original, not copy.tarnagulla, sandy creek, postmaster, post office, postal regulations -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Folder, Thomas Hunniford, 1850s
Folder of information on Thomas Hunniford, Postmaster, Eltham, 1850sthomas hunniford -
City of Greater Bendigo - Civic Collection
Letter, Post Master General's Department, Dead Letter Mail
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 local Post Offices. The Bendigo Post Office, built in 1887 and is situated on Pall Mall, it was the central distribution centre for receiving and delivering communication and postal services until 1997 and is now the Bendigo Visitor Centre. The Dead Letter Office, aka Mail Distribution Centre's job is to reunite the mail with their owners and to protect the integrity and confidentiality of the mail. This item is part of the postal collection donated by the Rankins family in memory of the last postal manager at the Bendigo Post Office, Ted Rankins.Printed brown paper which folds into an envelope.O.H.M.S / Postmaster - General's Department / P.M. 29. / Dead Letter Mail / Date Stamp / Office of Despatch / to the / Dead Letter Office / Enclosed are Articlested rankins collection, bendigo post office, bendigo tourism, city of greater bendigo tourism, post office collection -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Folder, Joseph Burns, 1885
Folder of information on Joseph Burns, postmaster, Kangaroo Ground, 1885joseph burns -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Document - Timetable, Orient Steam Navigation Company, Orient Steam Navigation Company's Line for the year 1895, ca. 14-09-1894
This timetable was found by Dave Maxwell behind an old photograph. David's family came to Warrnambool in 1838.The timetable is an example of travel in the late 19th century. It shows the frequency of voyages between London and Adelaide and the time taken to make the journeys by steamship in 1895. Orient Steam Navigation Company's timetable for steamship voyages outward bound from London to Adelaide, and inward bound back to London, for 1895. The document has black print on cream-coloured paper and is mounted onto a card backing. The timetable lists voyage n from January 1885 to January 1886, with details of month, date and times. The itinerary begins from London to Naples, Port Said, Colombo, King George's Sound and finally to Adelaide (Semaphore), taking 35 days for the journey. The steamship then returns to London. The timetable was approved by Her Majesty's Postmaster-General on the 14th September 1894. There are indecipherable inscriptions below the timetable."ORIENT STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY'S LINE / FOR THE YEAR 1895 / APPROVED BY HER MAJESTY'S POSTMASTER-GENERAL ON THE 14TH OF SEPTEMBER 1894 " "OUTWARD ROUTE" "HOMEWARD ROUTE" "NAPLES TO ADELAIDE " ADELAIDE TO NAPLES"flagstaff hill, flagstaff hill maritime museum and village, warrnambool, maritime museum, maritime village, great ocean road, shipwreck coast, orient steam navigation company limited, orient line, steamship line, 1895 travel, steamship, london, naples, port said, colombo, king george's sound, adelaide (semaphore), migration, early steamships, world travel, london to australia, london to adelaide, travel, late 19th century travel -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Work on paper - Illustration, Silas Padgham, n.d
Portrait of Silas Padgham, 1831 - 1904, first postmaster, [Box Hill?] 1861 - 87.padgham, silas -
Charlton Golden Grains Museum Inc
Photograph, Charlton Post Office 1891
Charlton Post Office, High St, December 1891, built in 1879 to replace the original Post Office built in Camp St in 1878.Copy of Charlton Post Office High Street 1891 taken from the lithographs of Rider & Mercer. Possibly hand coloured. Brick building with three arched doorways and a clock above the central arch. Picket fence. One person standing in front of the building, a man walking past and a couple walking past a gate. Ruler showing in lower part of photo with KODAK Colour Control Patches written on it.Post Office. This picture presented by J. G. Reily, Esq., Postmastercharlton post office -
Dandenong/Cranbourne RSL Sub Branch
Book, Underground Cable Notes .Brown cover for Defence Personnel, Date printed. 1944. Special # 4
Used in most operationsIn good order.Brown covered book issued by the Commonwealth of Australia.Issued by Chief Engineer,s Branch Postmaster- General,s Department, Melbourne. -
Tarnagulla History Archive
Circular from Deputy Postmaster General, Improper Use of Earth-Wire Contention For Circuit, 23rd March 1870
Donald Clark Collection. A circular from the Deupty Postmaster General with title Improper Use of Earth-Wire Contention For Circuit. Relates to operation of the telegraph. Original, not copy.tarnagulla, sandy creek, postmaster, post office, postal regulations, telegraph -
Federation University Historical Collection
Ephemera - Telegram, Postmaster-General's Department, Assay query from Norsman, 31/07/1911
The Ballarat School of Mines undertook assay analysis in their model mine. Gray paper telegraph with 'Commonwealth of Australia Postmaster-General's Department, Victoria, mast. The telegram is from Norseman to the Ballarat School of Mines asking for progress on assay.Typed "28 3/_RP Southern Cross School of Mines Ballarat Informed about year eighteen hundred ninetysix January of february Darold bucknall sent from Norseman sample Cinebar for assay have you record anxious reply Paid" Harvey 10 20 I 21ballarat school of mines, bucknall, norseman, southern cross, assay, mining, mining companies -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Souvenir - First Day Cover, c. 1990
Envelope, First Day Cover commemorating Casterton's First Postmaster. White envelope, photo of Casterton streetscape. 41c stamp, cancel stamp, dated 12 July 1990.casterton post -
Canterbury History Group
Document - Canterbury Postal History, 1/08/1988 12:00:00 AM
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 -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Post Box -- Decomissioned & Mr Eric George -- Postmaster 1989
Post Box and postmaster Mr Eric George 1989Colour Photgrap of A Red Cylindrcal post box with a male in a grey suit with red tie standing next to it stawell -
City of Ballarat Libraries
Australian Historical Record Society papers, John Gavan Reilly, Letter to AHRS, 13th March 1896
The Australian Historical Records Society existed in Ballarat between 1896 and 1906. They were one of Australia's first historical societies, and were in the position to still be able to talk to early pioneers. They invited such pioneers to either submit letters or memoirs, or to address the Society's meetings, where their reminiscences were taken down in shorthand and later typed up. The Society also attempted to preserve memorabilia from Ballarat's early days, but on the disbanding of the group in 1906, materials were stored at the Ballarat Town Hall and were later lost. It is not known how the papers made their way to the then Ballarat Municipal Library, but they have been part of the Library's collection for many years.In this very long letter, Gavan Reilly seeks membership of the Society, and urges the Society in preserving the 'absorbingly exciting stories of a vanishing past.' He was postmaster at Creswick at the time, an amateur poet, and an enthusiast for local history. -
NMIT (Northern Melbourne Institute of TAFE)
Book: Australian Post Office Course of Technical Instruction Radio 1 1952
Published in Melbourne in 1952 by the Postmaster-General's Department, Engineering Training Section. Various paginations. Includes Index, numerous diagrams and photos of equipment, recording methods, circuits, transducers etc. Series of papers and questions for technical studies. nmit -
Orbost & District Historical Society
book, Australian Postmaster General's Dept, Course of Technical Instruction and Telegraphy, 1940's -1950's
The Postmaster-General's Department (P.M.G.) of Australia was created in 1901 with Federation taking control over all six Colonies (States) Postal and Telegraphic services within Australia to form the national Postal and Telegraphic services within Australia. The Department was administered by the Postmaster-General. This manual was produced as a syllabus of training for Army Personnel units in P.M.G's Department schools.In war times the postal organisation was a vital link between the services, the community and overseas centres. The Postmaster-General's Department co-operated with service departments in the installation and operation of radio, telephone and telegraph systems. Its laboratories also designed, developed and manufactured vital defence equipment. This item reflects that contribution and history.A 31 pp buff colored book with orange cloth binding. Black print on the front cover - a oval shaped logo with Post Office Communication Australia around a small sketch depicting Mercury, the messenger of the gods below an Australian coat-of-arms. Below that is the title,"COURSE OF TECHNICAL INSTRUCTION TELEPHONY 1".manual-telephony postmaster-general's-training-department instruction-book communications -
Emerald Museum & Nobelius Heritage Park
Telephone, Postmaster General (PMG) issue 1940-1970
Telephone used in all households as standed issue for the Postmaster General (PMG) from the 1940's.Black bakerlite telephone with dial face and hand set, with long connection cord.On base PMG 300 S.T.C. 51 S1/90 Old Telephone No JW1503 Face: ABFJLMUWXY {listen before calling} pull dial round to stop and let go. -
Federation University Historical Collection
Correspondence, Letter Concerning Extension of the Telephone Service to the Ballarat Girls' Technical School, 1954, 15/03/1954
Typed letter on letterhead of the Commonwealth of Australia Postmaster-General's Department, District Telephone Office, Ballarat. The letter outlines requirements for extending the Ballarat School of Mines Telephone line (Ballarat 659) to the Ballarat Technical Girls' School in Hickman Street.telephone, ballarat school of mines, postmaster-general, hickman street, ballarat girls' technical school, f.b. reilly -
Bendigo Military Museum
Letter - TELEGRAM OF SYMPATHY, C Dec 1941
Messages of condolences in relation to " Mervyn Clive Townsend" was KIA on the sinking of the HMAS SYDNEY by German Raider HSK Kormoran on 15/11/41. Refer Cat No. 2313P.Telegrams on Yellow Paper headed in blue writing on top with Commonwealth of Australia, Postmaster General Department. All telegrams have Office of Origin, no of words, time of lodgement and stamp. Messages all handwritten with name of sender, a message of sympathy and address of receiver.All telegrams date stamped on top right corner. All ticked in top right corner.hmas sydney, ww2, hsk kormoran, mervyn clive townsend -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Article, Electric Tram Capsizes, 1917
In 1917, a tram capsized in Norwood (Toorak Road) after gathering too much speed which resulted in the death of a boy and injuries to 18 passengers.norwood road, burwood, toorak road, camberwell, tram services, trams -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Photograph, Opening of Blackburn Post Office, 12/09/1969 12:00:00 AM
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 -
Apollo Bay Museum
Audio - The Cable Station and Communications
Hear about the cable station with the voice of Bob Davis (staff at the station in the 1950s and 60s, recorded 1986) and Postmaster General archival soundapollo bay, cable station, telecommunications