Historic Post Offices - Part 4: Old Shire of Berwick - in the hills

As part of the 2021 Casey Cardinia Heritage Festival, Patrick Ferry gave an interesting talk about local history resources in the National Archives’ collection. A key resource Patrick highlighted was series B5919 – Master Set of Post Office Photographs (1901 - ). This series of historical photographs was originally assembled by Australia Post’s museum in Melbourne and later transferred to the National Archives. The photographs have been digitized and are available via “Record Search” on the National Archives website: www.naa.gov.au.

We recorded Patrick's talk and you can see it here on our You Tube channel - https://youtu.be/vfJjZ2iYSo0

In this post we will show you the Post Offices from the the old Shire of Berwick, located in the hills. In the first post we show all the Post Offices on the Koo Wee Rup Swamp and surrounds (see here) and in the second post we look at the Post Offices in the old Shire of Cranbourne (see here). In the third post we look at the Post Offices from the old Shire of Berwick, located along the Highway or Railway line (see here).

Beaconsfield Upper Post Office

National Archives of Australia B5919, 155 Item ID 6528495

Cockatoo Post Office

National Archives of Australia B5919, 531 Item ID 6528871

Emerald Post Office

Emerald was part of the Shire of Sherbrook, not Berwick.

National Archives of Australia B5919, 636 Item ID 6528977

Emerald Post Office - showing more of the streetscape.

National Archives of Australia B5919, 636 Item ID 6528977

Gembrook Post Office, 1978

National Archives of Australia B5919, 741 Item ID 6529084

Gembrook Post Office, 1983

National Archives of Australia B5919, 741 Item ID 6529084

Guys Hill Post Office

National Archives of Australia B5919, 843 Item ID 6529188

Harkaway Post Office, 1970

National Archives of Australia B5919, 860 Item ID 9515005

Maryknoll Post Office

National Archives of Australia B5919, 1247 Item ID 9515391

Mount Burnett Post Office, 1970

National Archives of Australia B5919, 1449 Item ID 9515592

Nar Nar Goon North Post Office, 1970

National Archives of Australia B5919, 1532 Item ID 9515675

Narre Warren North Post Office, 1968

National Archives of Australia B5919, 1538 Item ID 9515681

Pakenham Upper Post Office, 1976.

Incorrectly listed as Packenham Upper at the NAA.

National Archives of Australia B5919, 1655 Item ID 9515798

Pakenham Upper Post Office, 1976. 

I assume the Post Office was down the side of the General Store.

National Archives of Australia B5919, 1655 Item ID 9515798

The Post shows the Post Offices from the the old Shire of Berwick, located in the hills.  In the first post we show all the Post Offices on the Koo Wee Rup Swamp and surrounds (see here) and in the second post we look at the Post Offices in the old Shire of Cranbourne (see here).  In the third post we look at the Post Offices from the old Shire of Berwick, located along the Highway or Railway line (see here).  

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Historic Post Office Photographs - Part 2: Old Shire of Cranbourne

As part of the 2021 Casey Cardinia Heritage Festival, Patrick Ferry gave an interesting talk about local history resources in the National Archives’ collection. A key resource Patrick highlighted was series B5919 – Master Set of Post Office Photographs (1901 - ). This series of historical photographs was originally assembled by Australia Post’s museum in Melbourne and later transferred to the National Archives. The photographs have been digitized and are available via “Record Search” on the National Archives website: www.naa.gov.au. 

We recorded Patrick's talk and you can see it here on our You Tube channel - https://youtu.be/vfJjZ2iYSo0

In this post we show you the Post Offices located in the old Shire of Cranbourne. Not every Post Office was photographed, for instance the Lyndhurst Post Office is not the collection. In the first post we look at the Post Offices located on the Koo Wee Rup Swamp and the towns bordering the Swamp - Lang Lang to the south; Nar Nar Goon, Tynong, Garfield and Bunyip to the north and Cardinia at the eastern end (see here). In the third post we look at the Post Offices from the old Shire of Berwick, located along the Highway or Railway line (see here).  In the fourth post we look at the Post Offices from the old Shire of Berwick, located in the Hills (see here).   Many of the photographs were taken around 50 years ago, and they are an interesting look at these towns, when this was still very much a rural Shire.

Carrum Downs Post Office, 1982

Carrum Downs is now part of the City of Frankston

National Archives of Australia B5919, 440 Item ID 6528779

Clyde Post Office, 1969

National Archives of Australia B5919, 517 Item ID 6528857

Clyde North Post Office

National Archives of Australia B5919, 519 Item ID 6528859

Another view of Clyde North Post Office

National Archives of Australia B5919, 519 Item ID 6528859

Cranbourne Post Office, 1977

National Archives of Australia B5919, 556 Item ID 6528896

Another view of the Cranbourne Post Office, 1977

National Archives of Australia B5919, 556 Item ID 6528896

Hampton Park  Post Office, 1968

National Archives of Australia B5919, 855 Item ID 6529200

Langwarrin Post Office, 1967.

Langwarrin is now part of the City of Frankston.

National Archives of Australia B5919, 1114 Item ID 9515260

Langwarrin Post Office, 1967

This appears to be the building on the right of the photo above. 

National Archives of Australia B5919, 1114 Item ID 9515260

Pearcedale Post Office, 1968

National Archives of Australia B5919, 1680 Item ID 9515823

Tooradin Post Office, 1968

National Archives of Australia B5919, 2129 Item ID 9699279

Tooradin Post Office, 1973

National Archives of Australia B5919, 2129 Item ID 9699279

Tooradin North Post Office, 1965

National Archives of Australia B5919, 2130 Item ID 9699280

Another view of the Tooradin North Post Office, 1965

National Archives of Australia B5919, 2130 Item ID 9699280

Warneet Post Office, 1971

National Archives of Australia B5919, 2235 Item ID 9699385

This post shows the  Post Offices located in the old Shire of Cranbourne. In the first post we look at the Post Offices located on the Koo Wee Rup Swamp and the towns bordering the Swamp - Lang Lang to the south; Nar Nar Goon, Tynong, Garfield and Bunyip to the north and Cardinia at the eastern end (see here). In the third post we look at the Post Offices from the old Shire of Berwick, located along the Highway or Railway line (see here).  In the fourth post we look at the Post Offices from the old Shire of Berwick, located in the Hills (see here).  

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Historic Post Offices - Part 3: Old Shire of Berwick - along the Highway or Railway line

As part of the 2021 Casey Cardinia Heritage Festival, Patrick Ferry gave an interesting talk about local history resources in the National Archives’ collection. A key resource Patrick highlighted was series B5919 – Master Set of Post Office Photographs (1901 - ). This series of historical photographs was originally assembled by Australia Post’s museum in Melbourne and later transferred to the National Archives. The photographs have been digitized and are available via “Record Search” on the National Archives website: www.naa.gov.au. 

We recorded Patrick's talk and you can see it here on our You Tube channel - https://youtu.be/vfJjZ2iYSo0

In this post we will show you the Post Offices, along the Highway or Railway line in the old Shire of Berwick. Not every Post Office was photographed, for instance the Hallam Post Office is not the collection. In the first post we show all the Post Offices on the Koo Wee Rup Swamp and surrounds, including Nar Nar Goon, Tynong, Garfield and Bunyip (see here) and in the second post we look at the Post Offices in the old Shire of Cranbourne (see here).  In the fourth post we look at the Post Offices from the old Shire of Berwick, located in the Hills (see here). Many of the photographs  were taken around 50 years ago, back in the days when Narre Warren, Berwick and Pakenham were still country towns.

Beaconsfield Post Office, 1968

National Archives of Australia B5919, 154 Item ID 6528494

Berwick Post Office.

Berwick Post Office is identical to those built at Donald and Murtoa.

I have written about them, here.

National Archives of Australia B5919, 215 Item ID 6528555

Berwick Post Office, a later image than the one above.

National Archives of Australia B5919, 215 Item ID 6528555

Doveton Post Office, 1966

National Archives of Australia B5919, 601 Item ID 6528942

Narre Warren Post Office

National Archives of Australia B5919, 1537 Item ID 9515679

Officer Post Office

National Archives of Australia B5919, 1633 Item ID 9515776

Pakenham Post Office, located in Main Street. 

Originally known as Pakenham East Post office, this building is identical to the one at Elwood. 

I have written about them here.

Incorrectly listed as Packenham at the NAA.

National Archives of Australia B5919, 1652 Item ID 9515795

Pakenham Post Office, Main Street, a later photo than the one, above.

Incorrectly listed as Packenham at the NAA.

National Archives of Australia B5919, 1652 Item ID 9515795

Pakenham Post Office, Main Street.

Incorrectly listed as Packenham at the NAA.

National Archives of Australia B5919, 1652 Item ID 9515795

Pakenham Post Office on the Highway.

Incorrectly listed as Packenham at the NAA.

National Archives of Australia B5919, 1652 Item ID 9515795

In this post we show Post Offices, along the Highway or Railway line in the old Shire of Berwick. In the first post we show all the Post Offices on the Koo Wee Rup Swamp and surrounds (see here) and in the second post we look at the Post Offices in the old Shire of Cranbourne (see here). In the fourth post we look at the Post Offices from the old Shire of Berwick, located in the Hills (see here).

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Historic Post Office Photographs - Part 1: Koo Wee Rup Swamp and surrounding areas

As part of the 2021 Casey Cardinia Heritage Festival, Patrick Ferry gave an interesting talk about local history resources in the National Archives’ collection. A key resource Patrick highlighted was series B5919 – Master Set of Post Office Photographs (1901 - ). This series of historical photographs was originally assembled by Australia Post’s museum in Melbourne and later transferred to the National Archives. The photographs have been digitized and are available via “Record Search” on the National Archives website: www.naa.gov.au. 

We recorded Patrick's talk and you can see it here on our You Tube channel,   https://youtu.be/vfJjZ2iYSo0

In this post we will show you the Post Offices on the Koo Wee Rup Swamp and the towns bordering the Swamp - Lang Lang to the south; Nar Nar Goon, Tynong, Garfield and Bunyip to the north and Cardinia at the eastern end. Not every Post Office was photographed, for instance the Cora Lynn and Modella Post Office are not the collection. In the second post we look at the Post Offices in the old Shire of Cranbourne (see here). In the third post we look at the Post Offices from the old Shire of Berwick, located along the Highway or Railway line (see here).  In the fourth post we look at the Post Offices from the old Shire of Berwick, located in the Hills (see here). 

Many of these photographs were taken in the late 1960s and they are an interesting snapshot of our towns from fifty years ago as some of these buildings are no longer there, some are still in existence but are no longer Post Offices and a few are still being used as Post Offices. The photographs of the General Stores are especially interesting.

Bayles Post Office, 1969.

National Archives of Australia B5919, 149 Item ID 6528489

Bunyip Post Office.

This is an earlier photo than the two below.

National Archives of Australia B5919, 362 Item ID 6528702

Bunyip Post Office, 1968

National Archives of Australia B5919, 362 Item ID 6528702

Bunyip Post Office, 1968

National Archives of Australia B5919, 362 Item ID 6528702

Cardinia  Post Office, 1969

National Archives of Australia B5919, 421 Item ID 6528760

Catani Post Office, 1969

National Archives of Australia B5919, 453 Item ID 6528791

Garfield Post Office, 1969

National Archives of Australia B5919, 720 Item ID 6529062

Iona Post Office

National Archives of Australia B5919, 951 Item ID 9515098

The original Koo Wee Rup Post Office

National Archives of Australia B5919, 15/97 Item ID 5950839

Koo Wee Rup Post Office

National Archives of Australia B5919, 1066 Item ID 9515212

Koo Wee Rup Post Office, again.
Interesting view showing more of Station Street.
National Archives of Australia B5919, 1066 Item ID 9515212

Koo Wee Rup North Post Office, 1969

National Archives of Australia B5919, 1067 Item ID 9515213

Lang Lang Post Office, 1969

National Archives of Australia B5919, 1111 Item ID 9515527

Nar Nar Goon Post Office, 1968

National Archives of Australia B5919, 1531 Item ID 9515674

Pakenham South Post Office, 1968/1969. 

Incorrectly listed as Packenham South at the NAA.

National Archives of Australia B5919, 1654 Item ID 9515797

Tynong Post Office, 1968

National Archives of Australia B5919, 2165 Item ID 9699315

Vervale Post Office, c. 19671969

National Archives of Australia B5919, 2186 Item ID 9699336

Yannathan Post Office

National Archives of Australia B5919, 2378 Item ID 9699528

This post shows the Post Offices on the Koo Wee Rup Swamp and the towns bordering the Swamp - Lang Lang to the south; Nar Nar Goon, Tynong, Garfield and Bunyip to the north and Cardinia at the eastern end. In the second post we look at the Post Offices in the old Shire of Cranbourne (see here). In the third post we look at the Post Offices from the old Shire of Berwick, located along the Highway or Railway line (see here).  In the fourth post we look at the Post Offices from the old Shire of Berwick, located in the Hills (see here). 

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