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The General Post Office is a colonial-era building situated on 141 King William Street on the north-west corner of King William Street and Victoria Square. It is the former General Post Office for South Australia. Postal services operated from the building between 6 May 1872 and 11 October 2019.
Pages in category "Post office buildings in South Australia" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. ... General Post Office, Adelaide; N. North ...
Manual telephone, c. 1950. The phone and lines remained the property of the PMG. 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.
The classically styled freestone Adelaide General Post Office (GPO building) was constructed in the late nineteenth century and housed both the post and telegraph offices which connected Australia with the world. The building is in the North West corner of Victoria square, with an entrance facing King William Street, Adelaide.
Notice posted at Australia Post's Melbourne GPO Private Box Centre, showing instructions on Poste Restante. Poste restante (Counter Delivery) is a long-established service within Australia run by the national postal service, Australia Post, which allows one's post to be sent to a city-centre holding place.
The General Post Office was the British postal system from 1660 until 1969. ... Australia. Former General Post Office, Adelaide; General Post Office, Brisbane ...
The City of Adelaide Plan adopted by the City Council. 1976: 5AA began broadcasting. The Liberal Movement is founded in Adelaide. Rundle Mall, Australia's first pedestrian mall, opened between King William and Pulteney streets. 1977: Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip visited Adelaide, with the Queen opening the Adelaide Festival Centre. Late ...
In 2008, its engineering heritage was recognised by the installation of markers provided by the Engineers Australia's Engineering Heritage Recognition Program at a location in Darwin near the place where the cable reached the shore, the Alice Springs Telegraph Station and the General Post Office in Adelaide. [33]