Australia Post, formally known as the Australian Postal Corporation, is a Commonwealth government-owned corporation that provides postal services throughout Australia. Australia Post's head office is located on Bourke Street, Melbourne, above the Bourke Street Post Office.
The Postmen of New South Wales (1887)
The Sydney General Post Office circa 1900
A pillar box in Marrickville
Express (yellow) and normal (red) street posting boxes in 2005
Postmaster-General's Department
The Postmaster-General's Department (PMG) was a department of the Australian federal government, established at Federation in 1901, whose responsibilities included the provision of postal and telegraphic services throughout Australia. It was abolished in December 1975 and replaced by the Postal and Telecommunications Department. Two separate legal entities had been established in July 1975 to take over the department's operations: Telecom Australia and Australia Post.
Manual telephone, c. 1950. The phone and lines remained the property of the PMG.
The "PMG" stamp can still be found on many manhole covers, such as this one in central Perth.
Image: John Forrest Greenham and Evans (cropped)
Image: Portrait of James George Drake, ca. 1900 (cropped)
