Historical information

This is a photograph of the Orbost Post Office on the site of the Commonwealth Hotel. The horse -drawn vehicle is a Cunninghame (Lakes Entrance) Coacht. The Post Mistress was Miss Farrell, who was a trained telegraphist. This was the first time the telegraph line had reached Orbost, and was about the year 1895 or 1896. (more info. from Newsletter Npovember 2008)

Significance

This is a pictorial record of the an early Orbost Post Office. Post Offices are a vital necessity in any town or community playing a very important part in the progress and development of the town and district.

Physical description

A black / white photograph of a one - storey wooden building with a passenger coach drawn by a team of four horses outside the wooden picket fence. There are a man holding a flat basket, a young boy and a woman (on the verandah) standing nearby.

Inscriptions & markings

on front - "Orbost Post office"