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The Postmaster-General's Department (PMG) was a department of the Australian federal government, established at Federation in 1901, whose responsibilities included the provision of postal and telegraphic services throughout Australia. It was abolished in December 1975 and replaced by the Postal and Telecommunications Department.
From 1829 to 1971, the postmaster general was the head of the Post Office Department (or simply "Post Office" until the 1820s [9]: 60–65 ) and was a member of the president's Cabinet. During that era, the postmaster general was appointed by the president of the United States, with the advice and consent of the United States Senate. [9]: 120
A Postmaster General, [1] in Anglosphere countries, is the chief executive officer of the postal service of that country, a ministerial office responsible for overseeing all other postmasters. History
Wanamaker was born in the Grays Ferry section of South Philadelphia on July 11, 1838. [2] to John Nelson Wanamaker, a brickmaker and native of Kingwood, New Jersey, and Elizabeth Deshong Kochersperger, daughter of a farmer and innkeeper in Gray's Ferry.
Frank O'Grady was born on 9 October 1900 in Thebarton, Adelaide the first child of Hannah and John Michael O'Grady. [1]He was appointed Director-General of Posts and Telegraphs, heading the Postmaster-General's Department, in September 1961.
In 1988, Frank was appointed as the United States Postmaster General by the Governors of U.S. Postal Service effective March 1, 1988. [7] [6] He resigned the post in 1992. [4] In 1992, Frank started Independent Bancorp of Arizona, a new financial institution. [4] Frank died in Carmel, California on February 2, 2022, at the age of 90. [8]
Bede Fanning was born in Casino, New South Wales on 18 August 1885. [1]During World War II, while the Director-General of the Postmaster-General's Department at the time, Daniel McVey, was engaged on work for the Department of Civil Aviation and Aircraft production, Fanning was head of the Australian Post Office.
Daniel McVey was born in Carronshore, Stirlingshire, Scotland, on 24 November 1892, to Daniel and Jeanie McVey. [1] He and his younger brothers Robert (Bob), Harry (Henry), George, Bill and sister Nessie moved to Australia in 1910 after their mother Jeanie died in childbirth and their father remarried.