Post Office Site No.4

Statement of Significance

The site is significant due to its association with postal & telephone communications and
also for its linkage with pioneering families.

Physical Description

The building is a long narrow structure which faces Robinson Road, opposite the Hall
and Shire buildings.

It had a dual purpose being a post office and telephone exchange with separate ends of
the building used for these specific purposes. (Western end postal, eastern section
telephone).

History

Previously the post office was located in the stone building situated north of the hotel on
Burt Road.

To accommodate the required facilities for existing postal and expanding telephone series
a new building was required. These services were managed from the house between the
new building and Richardson's & Co store. It had a succession of owners/operators
including the Spencer, Houston, Chamberlain and White families. The latter (Murray
White) also operated the school bus run (to Katanning in Cartmeticup) and the mail run.

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