| LOCATION |
| Map |
Show Map
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| Address |
6 Bay Road MOUNT GAMBIER |
| Locality |
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| Accuracy |
H - high level confidence |
| Council Area |
Mount Gambier Council |
| Polygon Type |
B - Building footprint |
| DESCRIPTION |
| Details (Known As) |
Mount Gambier Post (originally Telegraph) Office |
| Registered Name |
Mount Gambier Post Office |
| Significance |
Constructed in 1865 as the second Telegraph Office for Mount Gambier, this building provided both postal and telegraph services from 1887 and was extended in 1906. It was an important part of the communication system between Mount Gambier, Adelaide and Melbourne and further afield. The building demonstrates the evolution of the communication system between towns and cities at both a state and national level and represents the increasing use of this method of communication in South Australia in the latter half of the 19th century (Mt Gambier Heritage Survey, 1994). |
| Subject Index |
Communication (postal and tele) - Post Office |
| Class |
State |
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| STATUS |
| Status Code |
REG - Confirmed as a State Heritage Place in the SA Heritage Register |
| Status Date |
10-AUG-1995 |
| REFERENCE |
| LGA |
Mount Gambier |
| State Heritage ID |
14689 |
| Heritage Number |
13657 |
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| SECTION 16 INFORMATION |
| Section 16 |
a - it demonstrates important aspects of the evolution or pattern of the State's history
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| PLAN PARCEL & TITLE |
| As listed in the SA Heritage Register |
| Plan Parcel & Title Information |
CT 5328/761 D40253 A101 |