Wynnum Post and Telegraph Office

Stage Number: MBSH.04.02.19

Group: Eastern & Bay

Local Study Area: Wynnum-Wynnum West-Manly-Lota-Manly West

Epoch: Early 20th Century

Street Address: 155 Bay Tce. Wynnum

Latitude & Longitude: -27.44502222,153.17468611

Time Link: 1923

Map Link: 1923

Image Time Point: 1923

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Built 1923. Wynnum’s second post office, this masonary premises was opened by the Commonwealth’s Postmaster General’s Department (P.M.G.) in 1923. It is a standard P.M.G. interwar design featuring twin open porches. The right-hand porch has been altered, while the interior has been revamped to suit the changing postal services. In 1975, the P.M.G. was split into two businesses of Telecom (now Telstra) and Australia Post.

Citations

Brisbane City Council, Heritage Trail – Wynnum-Manly Series No.8 [1st Edition], (Brisbane: Brisbane City Council, 1991)

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Map References

QSA. QSA Series ID 2058 Moreton District Maps – A Series. 6 miles to the inch. Moreton District. 6 miles to the inch. Survey Office, Brisbane.. 634900