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Australia Post's head office is located on Swan Street in Richmond Victoria. Australia Post is the successor of the Postmaster-General's Department , which was established at federation in 1901 to formalise colonial postal services.
25 April – First post office in Sydney established. Ex-convict Isaac Nichols is the first postmaster. [1] 8 May – Lachlan Macquarie is officially appointed Governor of New South Wales, caretaker William Patterson governs until his appointment begins on 1 January 1810.
To the west of the Post Office is the three-storey c. 1960 s-70s Telstra building abutting the Post Office addition and to the north, with a narrow laneway between, is the two-storey, classically-influenced Commonwealth Bank. The Post Office site complex is fully developed, and there are no smaller associated outbuildings or structures remaining.
Nichols used his house in lower George St, the Rocks, as the post office, going to newly arrived ships to pick up the mail and then posting a list of recipients outside his house. [2] When Governor Macquarie arrived in 1810 he also approved of Nichols, and appointed him principal superintendent of convicts. In his last ten years Nichols enjoyed ...
Yass Post Office is a heritage-listed ... in Australia was established in April 1809, ... from the Sydney General Post Office, one to the South Head ...
The Orange Post Office is a heritage-listed post office located at 221 Summer Street, Orange, City of Orange, New South Wales, Australia. It was designed by Designed by the Colonial Architect’s Office under James Barnet and built by J. Douglas. The property is owned by Australia Post.
Kiama Post Office is a heritage ... service in Australia was established in April 1809, ... from the General Post Office, Sydney, one to the South Head ...
New South Wales was the first part of Australia to be settled by Europeans, and the first to operate a postal service, which in 1803 was carrying letters between Sydney and Parramatta for a 2d charge. In 1809 a collecting office in Sydney was established to receive mail from passing ships, and in 1825 the postal service was expanded.