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Location: 41° 23' 60 S, Longitude: 146° 13' 60 E
- railway station on the Tasmanian Government Railways line from Railton via Sheffield.
- the coordinates given above are for Roland, the final name of this post office location (see below).
- see Google Map for an enlargement
- the post office opened on 13-SEP-1915 and was renamed Dasher on 03-JAN-1917
Datestamp[edit]
Reads "Staverton Rly. · Tasmania" as the office name
- Earliest recorded date: 04-OCT-1915 · Latest recorded date: 09-NOV-1916
- Rated RRRR
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| To the Index of Tasmanian Post Offices and Postal Markings
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Other Information[edit]
The reason for the name change in January 1917 to Dasher remains obscure but this notice of proceedings of the Kentish Municipal Council published in The Examiner on Wednesday, 08-AUG-1917 sheds some light on the name change from Dasher to Roland later in the same year.
Links & References[edit]
| To the Index of Tasmanian Post Offices and Postal Markings
To the Tasmanian Datestamp Types main page |
- Book: "The Railton-Roland Branch Line: A History Of Railways In The Municipality Of Kentish" by L. Fisher & B. Wells; 2nd edition 2008; ISBN 9780646489186
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