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The General Post Office (abbreviation GPO, commonly known as the Sydney GPO) is a heritage-listed landmark building located in Martin Place, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The original building was constructed in two stages beginning in 1866 and was designed under the guidance of Colonial Architect James Barnet .
Sydney GPO building. On 2 June 1939 the Menzies government agreed to the creation of a Royal Commission to look into the £400,000 contract for extensions to the Sydney GPO. [1] On 8 June 1939 the terms of reference for the Royal Commission into the expansion works were released. [2]
Martin Place is a pedestrian mall in the Sydney central business district, New South Wales, Australia.Martin Place has been described as the "civic heart" of Sydney. [1] As home to the Reserve Bank of Australia, the Commonwealth Bank, Macquarie Bank, Westpac and other corporations, it is also a centre of business and finance.
Detail of Sydney GPO, showing Barnet's name along with date:Jan 23 1885 (image has been turned sideways to facilitate reading) James Johnstone Barnet, (1827 in Almericlose, Arbroath, Scotland – 16 December 1904 in Forest Lodge, Sydney, New South Wales) was the Colonial Architect for Colonial New South Wales, serving from 1862 to 1890. [1] [2]
Ultimo Post Office, Sydney. (May 2020) Ultimo Post Office was listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999. [1] The former Ultimo Post Office, built in 1901, is historically significant for its associations with the development of Ultimo/Pyrmont as a predominantly industrial and warehouse precinct by the turn of the ...
The introduction of the postcodes coincided with the introduction of a large-scale mechanical mail sorting system in Australia, [1] starting with the Sydney GPO. The first digit for each state's postcode was copied directly from Australian radio call signs. Over time, digits beyond this set have come to be used for PO Boxes etc., for example ...
From the early 1990s, Stapleton took part in two large Sydney heritage conservation projects: the Woolloomooloo Finger Wharf and the Sydney General Post Office (GPO). [6] At Woolloomooloo the old wharf was repiled and converted to hotel and apartment use. The commercial use of what had been public space was subject to criticism in the press. [7]
The extension of the Sydney GPO in the 1880s, the Queen Victoria Building (1898), Circular Quay railway station (early 1900s), and the Martin Place Savings Bank (1925), amongst others. At this time, suggestions are that the lathe was based in Sydney. [1] It is unknown whether the lathe spent its entire working life in Sydney.