| The Old Toodyay Post Office | |||||||||
| Former Names: | Newcastle Post & Telegraph Office | ||||||||
| Image Alt: | Photograph of the post office from the north-east, showing the main entrance. | ||||||||
| Address: | 115 Stirling Terrace | ||||||||
| Location Town: | Toodyay | ||||||||
| Location Country: | Australia | ||||||||
| Coordinates: | -31.5502°N 116.4669°W | ||||||||
| Start Date: | May 1897[1] | ||||||||
| Completion Date: | 1897 | ||||||||
| Renovation Date: | 1970 | ||||||||
| Architect: | George Temple-Poole | ||||||||
| Main Contractor: | Herbert Parker | ||||||||
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| References: | Toodyay municipal inventory | ||||||||
The Toodyay Post Office and residence is located in Toodyay, Western Australia on the corner of Stirling Terrace and Duke Street North.
It was designed by colonial architect George Temple-Poole and was part of a scheme by the Public Works Department. Over 100 post offices were built to a standard design during the late 1890s; the Toodyay Post Office is one of the few remaining examples.[2]
Postal services began in Toodyay in 1842.
The telephone was connected in 1907, and by 1949 the Toodyay (telephone) Exchange serviced about 120 local connections. At this time the staff comprised three postal assistants and four telephonists. Nine mails were despatched weekly to Perth and ten were received via a taxi service ("Miss Toodyay" operating out of the Toodyay Garage) or by rail.[3]
Some weather measurements were taken at the post office in Toodyay in the 1940s.[4]
It was added to the State Heritage Register in 1995, with the listing noting that the building was "a fine example of both turn-of-the-century Public Works architecture and civic architecture of George Temple-Poole".[5]
As at 2019, the building is no longer used for postal services which are provided from a new location on Piesse Street.[6]
Since 2011, Uniquely Toodyay, a Co-operative store- run by locals who make/grow/produce and then sell there products, have called it home.