Post Office Centenary - Cooma, NSW, Australia
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Grahame Cookie
S 36° 14.063 E 149° 07.410
55H E 690831 N 5987963
At the side of the entry to the Post Office is a Community Commemoration plaque.
Waymark Code: WM10FN0
Location: New South Wales, Australia
Date Posted: 04/29/2019
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member TeamBPL
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This building was first occupied
on the 1st July 1879
. . . . .
Unveiled by
..... D.M.S. BRIGHT .....
Deputy Chairman
Australian Postal Commission
.....
ON 7th July 1979

On the footpath between the Post Office and the historic Court House is a Historical Marker, with a section on the Post Office, which reads: 

Cooma Post Office
"In 1877 it was decided that the rented premises occupied by the post office were no longer appropriate and that a new building was needed. In February of that year the tender of builder John Harris was accepted, work commenced and after some delays completed un June 1879 for a cost of £1,500. John Kirwan, Cooma's postmaster since 1869, remained in charge of postal services until 1895. The building is designed in the Victorian Italianate style and built of ashlar granite gneiss."

Visited: 1626, 1634, Sunday, 30 December, 2018

Subject: Town

Commemoration: 7th July 1979

Date of Founding: 1st July 1879

Date of Commemoration: 7th July 1979

Address:
Cooma, NSW,

Overview Photograph:

Yes


Detail Photograph:

Yes


Web site if available: Not listed
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