The Merredin Post Shop operates within the 100 year old Merredin Post Office Group at 84 Barrack Street, and provides a full range of services including post office boxes and passport business. It is open Monday to Friday from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM, closed Saturday and Sunday.
Merredin is a town in Western Australia, located in the Central Wheatbelt roughly midway between Perth and Kalgoorlie, on Route 94, Great Eastern Highway.
The Merredin Post Office is a fine example of the type of small scale public building
built during the early decades of the twentieth century in the Federation Free
style. The former Post Office Residence is a good example of the Federation
Bungalow style. Both buildings were designed by Hillson Beasley, the Chief
Government Architect from 1905 to 1916.
Merredin Post Office Group, comprising a single-storey brick and iron Post
Office building constructed in Federation Free Style; the former Post Office
Residence, a single-storey brick and iron residence constructed in
Federation Bungalow Style; and the former Telephone Line Equipment (Land Line Exchange; L.L.E.) Building, a utilitarian structure of concrete
block and iron construction, has cultural heritage significance for the
following reasons:
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the Post Office and the former Post Office Residence contribute to the
town and surrounding agricultural community’s sense of place,
being integral in the town’s commercial and retail precinct and
contributing to the townscape and character of Merredin;
the Post Office is a landmark on a prominent corner in the
Merredin town and is typical of regional town post office locations;
the establishment of dedicated postal facilities reflects the growth
and importance of the Merredin locality in the early decades of the
twentieth century, as a result of the operation of the Eastern
Goldfields Railway and the associated development of the central
eastern wheatbelt district of Western Australia;
the place, particularly the Post Office, is valued by the community
for its service to the public and as a point of social contact from 1913;
and,
the Post Office and former Post Office Residence are fine examples of
post office facilities designed in the Federation Free and Federation
Bungalow styles, by Government architect, Hillson Beasley.
The former L.L.E. Building is of low aesthetic value and intrudes on the
setting of the other elements of the place. |
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