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Townsville Post Office
DESCRIPTION
Name Townsville Post OfficeDescriptionCurrently the site of the Townsville Brewery the Post Office was constructed in 1886 at a cost of £17,235.
Dennis Kellcher submitted a tender and carried out extensions in 1888, while a clock tower was built by Henry L Davis & Co. Chimes were imported from England in 1889 and installed by 1891. As a result of severe bomb damage done to buildings in Darwin, the clocktower was dismantled in 1942 and the mechanism was stored away.
A greatly modified tower was built in 1963-64 by JE Allen & Co. of Townsville at a cost of £42,135.
The interior was also modernisation at this time. Because of its prominent location, the Post Office often became the scene of political rallies around a speaker on a soap box.
Information Provided by the Queensland Heritage Register
Geolocation[1] Address252,Flinders Street,Townsville,4810,Australia
Dennis Kellcher submitted a tender and carried out extensions in 1888, while a clock tower was built by Henry L Davis & Co. Chimes were imported from England in 1889 and installed by 1891. As a result of severe bomb damage done to buildings in Darwin, the clocktower was dismantled in 1942 and the mechanism was stored away.
A greatly modified tower was built in 1963-64 by JE Allen & Co. of Townsville at a cost of £42,135.
The interior was also modernisation at this time. Because of its prominent location, the Post Office often became the scene of political rallies around a speaker on a soap box.
Information Provided by the Queensland Heritage Register
Geolocation[1] Address252,Flinders Street,Townsville,4810,Australia
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Townsville Post Office. Townsville City Council, accessed 21/03/2025, https://stories.townsville.qld.gov.au/nodes/view/19969