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Thanks very much Ross. Apologies for what I’m sure is a very elementary question but does the JU stand for June or July? Is the 95 discernible on the original or is it written elsewhere on the card (I can’t really see much on the image). It is amazing to think that the card in the image was stamped ...

The Upper Macquarie Street post office was located at the western corner of Washington and Wentworth Streets from 1874 to 1884 (shown on Butchers, 1870 map of Hobart and Suburbs). The post office moved to Cascade Road where it was known as the Cascade Road post office from from 1884 to 1895, then th...

Thanks very much Jerry for the information from the Government Gazette. Yes, there are a couple of inconsistencies between the information in the Government Gazette and Wise Street Directory but combined they give the following more complete chronology of postmistresses at Cascade Road/Hobart South:...

Thanks Pete for your welcome and posting this information. I have updated the notes that I have been compiling regarding the history of the Cascade Road/South Hobart Post Office with the information that you have provided and include them below. It appears that the Upper Macquarie St post office exi...

I have just become aware of this forum and thank you for allowing me to join. I understand that my home on Cascade Road in South Hobart was the Cascade/South Hobart Post Office between approximately 1888-1919. I am therefore very interested in any information, or photographs of the Cascade Post Offi...