Physical description

2 COPIES OF HISTORIC RECORD OF CLUNES POST OFFICE, WHICH WAS OPENED IN OCTOBER 1857,
CLUNES WAS A MAJOR GOLD-MINIG SETTLEMENT AND WAS THE SITE OF THE DISCOVERY OF GOLD IN 1851
. IN 1857 IT HAD A POPULATION OF 22O,
IN 1861 THERE WERE 1711
IN 1881 5811
IN 1891 3486
IN 1901 2426
LONG YIELDING QUARTZ MINES WERE LOCATED AT CLUNES.

THE TOWN IS LOCATED ABOUT 33 KM NORTH OF BALLARAT. IT BECAM AN LPO ON 4 JANUARY 1994
BARRED NUMERAL CANCEL 147 WAS USED AT CLUNES. IT IS RATED AS COMMON

POST OFFICERS AT CLUNES HAVE BEEN:

MARK PATTINSON 1857-1861
JAMES LYNDONCOLLIER 1861-1884
JOHN HARTLEY KIBBLE 1884-1886
SAMUAL BAKER 1886-1887
AUGUSTUS WOLFE 1887-1890
MATTHEW GLENTON 1891-1903
JAMES DIRLING HUDSON 1903-1912
WALTER CHARLES THORNTON 1912-1918
FRANK EDGAR JOHN BLAKE 1918-1923
HERBERT STANLEY OPPERMAN 1923-1925
WILLIAM HENRY MADDOCK 1925-1928
GEORGE LEONARD POWELL 1928-1929
GEORGE A;EXANDER CAMERON 1929-1934
G A STEVENS (STEPHENS?) 1934-1945
WALTER BERTRAND WILLIAMSON 1945-1950
FEDERA; HENRY GORDEN RODDA 1950-1952
PATRICK JOSEPH LYNCH 1952-1956
THOMAS SELWYN BALLINGER 1956-1962
JOHN PATRICK GRIGG 1962-1966
LESLIE BENJAMIN CARMICHAEL 1966-1975
G M STOUT 1975 TO

THERE IS A PHOTOGRAPH OF THE POSTOFFICE AND SOM STAMPS. ONE COPY IS LAMINATED