Local Government
Mandurah
Region
Peel
32 Pinjarra Rd Mandurah
Lot 700 on Plan 98323
Mandurah
Peel
Constructed from 1945
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| Municipal Inventory | Adopted | 27 May 2014 | Category 3 | |
• Significant point of communication between residents and businesses located in Mandurah and the outside world. • Significant meeting place of local residents.
The Post Office has a significantly modified interior and additions completed in the early 1980’s attempted to blend the newer part of the building with the original building. Further additions undertaken in approximately 2000.
Mandurah’s first official post office was built in 1890. It was a four-roomed brick house with a galvanised iron roof, with one or both of the front two rooms functioning as the post office. It was situated on the present post office block. By the early 1940s Mandurah residents felt that this post office was no longer adequate for their needs, however it was not until after World War Two that it was replaced. In 1945 a new post office was constructed, which forms part of the current building (that section extending to the north and the west on the corner). The original post office (next door) became the Post Master’s residence and was demolished circa 1970. In a report by B Pope et al, ‘Historical and architectural assessment of post offices in Western Australia owned by Australia Post as at 21 July 1991’, the Mandurah Post Office is rated ‘Priority 3’: of little or no current interest. However the post office was a significant contributor to the efficient communications of Mandurah before present day communications systems were established, before improved roads made travel by car feasible, and before the present bridge was constructed. For a time the post office was also home to telephonists who connected all telephone calls to Mandurah. Socially, post offices are also generally places of social interaction and information exchange, and there is no reason to doubt that this was not the case at Mandurah’s post office.
Authenticity : Low/Medium (Additions/Extensions)
Good
| Ref ID No | Ref Name | Ref Source | Ref Date |
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| Pope, B. et al 'Historical and architectural assessment of post offices in Western Australia owned by Australia Post as at 21 July 1991' | Mandurah Community Museum | ||
| Ronald Richards "Mandurah and the Murray: a sequel to the history of the old Murray District of Western Australia" | Shire of Murray and City of Mandurah | 1993 |
Individual Building or Group
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| Present Use | Transport\Communications | Comms: Post or Telegraph Office |
| Original Use | Transport\Communications | Comms: Post or Telegraph Office |
| Type | General | Specific |
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| Roof | METAL | Zincalume |
| Wall | BRICK | Other Brick |
| Roof | TILE | Other Tile |
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