Post Office, Maitland |
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Title : | Post Office, Maitland |
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Date of creation : | 1932 | ||
Format : | Photograph | ||
Dimensions : | 64 x 110 mm | ||
Contributor : | State Library of South Australia | ||
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Description : |
The first postal service in the Hundred of Maitland was offered from the house of Mr Richard O'Grady. O'Grady lived near the well that was the main local water supply, and was therefore a natural meeting place for the people of surrounding properties. |
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Period : | 1927-1939 |
Place : | Maitland |
Region : | Yorke Peninsula |
Further reading : | Heinrich, Rhoda. Governor Fergusson's legacy : a history of the early days of the Maitland-Kilkerran districts, Adelaide : [Maitland-Kilkerran Centenary Committee], 1972 Maitland-Kilkerran Centenary Committee. Maitland-Kilkerran centenary, 1872-1972, Maitland, S.A., 1972 Ramsay, Ernest Pringle.The history of the Post Office in S.A since the foundation of the colony / delivered Tuesday May 8 1934 by E.P. Ramsay, [Adelaide] : S.A. Postal Institute Lecture Society, 1934 Souvenir of Yorke's Peninsula : history, progress and resources, W.K. Thomas & Co., 1926. Walker, Martin.The post, telegraph and telephone offices of South Australia and the Northern Territory, Torrensville, S. Aust. : Martin Walker, 2004 Yorke Peninsula heritage, [Maitland?, S. Aust. : s.n., 1986] |
Internet links : | Maitland - SA Tourism website
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