Staverton Railway (Station)

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).

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• see Google Map for an enlargement

• the post office opened on 13-SEP-1915 and was renamed Dasher on 03-JAN-1917

• Dasher was then renamed Roland on 30-AUG-1917

Datestamp

Type R1

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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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Other Information

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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

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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