Brisbane General Post Office Collection

Photographs depicting post office facilities and staff in Brisbane at the General Post Office and the Roma Street Mail Exchange. Includes images of mail sorting, despatch areas, training, machinery and damaged parcels.
 

Photographs relating to post office facilities and staff and postal service history Townsville, Queensland.

 

Photographs of the old and new post offices at Sunnybank, Brisbane, including the construction of the new building. Includes photographs of Sunnybank railway station.
 

Photographs relating to Surfers Paradise Post Office on the Gold Coast. Images show construction, staff, exteriors and interiors.

 

Photographs relating to post office history at Tweed Heads on the Gold Coast. Images show old and new post offices, staff, construction and promotions. Includes a copy of a telegram announcing the opening of the new post office

 

Photographs of development of Post Office Square, Brisbane City. Images show the construction and completion of the square. Includes photographs of Isles Love Lane.

 

Photographs depicting demolition of buildings, including Queenslander houses, in Spring Hill to make way for telecommunications building between Wharf and Bowen Streets.

 

Photographs of postmen and postwomen.
 

Photographs and negatives relating to the Queensland postal service during war time. Images include women postal workers during World War Two, a photograph of a World War Two victory parade. Negatives are reproductions from a publication featuring images from World War One and Two.
 

Photographs of ANZAC Day commemoration at the Central Mail Exchange, Brisbane, 1977.

Miscellaneous photographs relating to postal services in Queensland. Images include Hesketh House, Hamilton, 1967; Stratford non-official Post Office, near Cairns, 1977; reproduction of a social group portrait, ca. 1890; reproduction of a view of Adelaide Street, 1865.
 

Photographs of telephone exchange telephonists. Images include the first female telephonists at the Brisbane Telephone Exchange, 1899; and entrants in Commonwealth Telephonists Quiz competition, 1950s.
 

Photographs relating to the Brisbane Central Telephone Exchange and it's staff. Includes photographs of the old Parcel's Post Office and it's demolition to make way for the Exchange (ca. 1950s) and the construction of the Exchange.
 

Photographs depicting telephone related equipment.
 

Photographs from an event at Lennon's Hotel, Brisbane, launching Brisbane to Cairns microwave radio.

 

Photographs depicting promotional displays and exhibition stands relating to telephones and telephone technology.
 

Photographs of technicians in telephone related roles. Includes images of exchange technicians, laying cables and wiring.

 

Photographs relating to the history of the telephone. These photographs are mostly reproductions from other publications.
 

Photographs relating to the Brisbane Central Telegraph Office and telegraph history in Queensland. Includes a large image of operators in the Chief Telegraph Office, August 4, 1934 (Box 18744 O/S).
 

Photographs of telegraph messengers.

One 'gum leaf letter' from 1910. The pressed gumleaf has been written on as one would write on a postcard and was sent in 1910 from Yetman, New South Wales to Eagle Street in Brisbane City. The item is accompanied by related clippings and correspondence.
 

Queensland postal notes. 16 x 4 shilling notes, 1 x 3 shilling note, 1 x 1 pound note.
 

One telegram with envelope sent to a Mrs Southcombe in Toowoomba in 1941. Mrs Southcombe has written some background information on the back of the telegram.
 

One birthday greetings postcard sent from Nanango to Yarraman in 1911.

Four postcards sent to Queensland and South Australian addresses in the late 1800s.

Five congratulatory wedding telegrams sent from Augathella and Sandgate to Killarney, Queensland, in 1939.
 

One telegram sent from Capertee to Moree (New South Wales) in 1905.

One registered linen envelope sent to Coolgarra, Queensland, in 1884.

Three Queensland Electric Telegraph messages with envelopes sent to New Farm and Fortitude Valley, Brisbane, in the 1890s.
 

Three New Zealand telegraphic messages sent in 1898.

One New South Wales Post and Telegraph telegram sent from Brisbane to Mossman, New South Wales, in 1902.

One New South Wales Post and Telegraph telegram sent from Brisbane to Mossman, New South Wales, in 1902.

One postcard sent from Toowoomba to Nanango in 1881.

One souvenir menu from the Post Master General Staff (Rockhampton) First Charity Ball (in aid of local orphanages), held in May 1936.
 

Seven cablegrams sent in 1916 and 1917.

Thirty-six telegrams sent from Rockhampton in 1909.

One humorous fishing sketch captioned "Farewell to Mr T. E. M. Hall, Dec. 17th '46"

One Queensland Electric Telegraph Association member's card (no. 454) of Mr John Adams.

One envelope addressed to "Oscar Nielsen Esq.; Acting Postmaster; In charge of what's left of the Post Office, Mossman, Queensland". On the back of the envelope there are sketches depicting what took place in the Mossman cyclone. The envelope is accompanied by correspondence giving background information.
 

One permit to board ships issued to W. C. Harris, Tele. Mechanic, P.M.G. Dept. Brisbane, 1944.
 

One letter sent to Edinburgh in 1836.

One Queensland Electric Telegraph message sent from Townsville to Mt Morgan in 1901. The message is accompanied by correspondence relating to it's donation.

 

One Queensland Electric Telegraph message sent from St George to Mitchell in 1895.

One telegram sent from Brisbane to Cairns sending wedding congratulations, 1909
 

One New South Wales Electric Telegraph sent from Bourke to Thargomindah in 1881.

One Queensland Electric Telegraph message sent from Georgetown to Gayndah in 1900. The message is accompanied by a letter giving some background information.

 

One telegram sent from Gympie to Townsville in 1901.
 

One money order for two shilling, two pence, 1905.