A post office is a public facility and a retailer that provides mail services, such as accepting letters and parcels , providing post office boxes , and selling postage stamps , packaging, and stationery . Post offices may offer additional services, which vary by country. These include providing and accepting government forms (such as passport applications), and processing government services and fees (such as road tax , postal savings , or bank fees). The chief administrator of a post office is called a postmaster .
31-590: The Peninsula Developmental Road (PDR) runs 571 km (355 mi) from Lakeland to Weipa . It is the main road transport link within Cape York Peninsula and to the rest of the Australian mainland. The segment from Weipa Town to 43 km (27 mi) south of the town is within the Rio Tinto mine lease. The 43 km (27 mi) within the Rio Tinto mine lease boundary is not part of
62-571: A part owner of the adjacent Spring Vale Station. These two stations comprise the majority of the current locality of Lakeland. Mining had commenced on the West Normanby Goldfield by the end of 1874. This goldfield should not be confused with the Normanby Goldfield near Bowen, which opened in 1871. Mining continued intermittently, depending on gold prices, until 1999. The Normanby Diggings Native Mounted Police camp
93-671: A total of 173 km (107 mi) will be sealed under the package, leaving only 200 km (124 mi) of 571 km (355 mi) unsealed. The Roads of Strategic Importance initiative, last updated in March 2022, includes the following projects for the Peninsula Developmental Road. A lead project to upgrade the Cooktown to Weipa corridor, including the Peninsula Developmental Road and surrounding state and council roads, at an estimated cost of $ 323.1 million,
124-526: Is Cooktown State School in Cooktown to the north-east. Given the distances involved, distance education and boarding school are other options. The Lakeland Agricultural Area Water Quality Monitoring Program is a project to work with landowners to monitor water quality. In 2016 the Queensland Government purchased Springvale Station, a 56,295-hectare (139,110-acre) property situated in
155-725: Is a rural town and locality in the Shire of Cook , Queensland , Australia. In the 2021 census , the locality of Lakeland had a population of 333 people. Lakeland is a small farming centre on the Cape York Peninsula . It is at the junction of the main Peninsula Developmental Road (which is paved all the way from Cairns to Lakeland), and the Mulligan Highway (formerly the Cooktown Developmental Road). An area of basalt in
186-402: Is identified by its PIN. Post offices coming under Department of Posts, Ministry of Communication, Government of India have a history of one hundred fifty years. Private courier and delivery services often have offices as well, although these are usually not called "post offices", except in the case of Germany , which has fully privatised its national postal system . As abbreviation PO
217-464: Is instead known as a sorting office or delivery office, which may have a large central area known as a sorting or postal hall. Integrated facilities combining mail processing with railway stations or airports are known as mail exchanges. In India , post offices are found in almost every village having panchayat (a "village council"), towns, cities, and throughout the geographical area of India. India's postal system changed its name to India Post after
248-407: Is named for William (Billy) Lakeland who was one of the earliest prospectors of Cape York Peninsula. The township of Lakeland Downs came into being to service this development, and is now known as Lakeland. Butcher's Hill State School opened on 23 August 1969. The first teacher was Lorraine Woergoetter. Within two years it had been renamed Lakeland Downs State School. In the 2011 census ,
279-539: Is no public access on the Nature Refuge. Lakeland has a hotel, a cafe, and roadhouse and a hardware store. James Earl Lookout is off the Mulligan Highway, 14.7 kilometres (9.1 mi) SSE of the town ( 15°58′30″S 144°49′44″E / 15.9751°S 144.8289°E / -15.9751; 144.8289 ( James Earl Lookout ) ). See James Earl for more information regarding
310-433: Is used, together with GPO for General Post Office and LPO for Licensed Post Office. There is evidence of corps of royal couriers disseminating the decrees of Egyptian pharaohs as early as 2400 BCE, and it is possible that the service greatly precedes that date. Similarly, there may be ancient organised systems of post houses providing mounted courier service, although sources vary as to precisely who initiated
341-609: The Department of Agriculture and Fisheries , and erosion, water quality and vegetation scientists to develop the Springvale Erosion Management Plan. Springvale Station Nature Refuge provides important habitat for endangered or vulnerable flora and fauna including the Cooktown orchid , ghost bat , northern quoll , red goshawk , spectacled flying-fox , spotted-tailed quoll , Semon's leaf nosed bat and large eared-horseshoe bat . There
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#1732780636921372-552: The Holy Roman Empire . The British Postal Museum claims that the oldest functioning post office in the world is on High Street in Sanquhar , Scotland . The post office has functioned continuously since 1712, during which horses and stagecoaches were used to carry mail. Rural parts of Canada in the 19th century utilised the way office system. Villagers could leave their letters at the way office which were then taken to
403-751: The Post Office Department began to require that post office names not be duplicated within a state . The term "post-office" has been in use since the 1650s, shortly after the legalisation of private mail services in England in 1635. In early modern England, post riders — mounted couriers —were placed, or "posted", every few hours along post roads at posting houses (also known as post houses) between major cities, or " post towns ". These stables or inns permitted important correspondence to travel without delay. In early America, post offices were also known as stations. This term, as well as
434-567: The Queensland Department of Transport and Main Roads controlled road. The department excluded this 43 km (27 mi) section from its official PDR calculations. The segment from Lakeland to the Rio Tinto boundary is 466 km (290 mi) and is under Transport and Main Roads control. 200 km (120 mi) of 571 km (355 mi) from Lakeland to Weipa is currently unsealed road (as of April 2022). The condition of
465-477: The 2000 A.D., post offices would collect fees for radio licenses, recruitment for government jobs, and the operation of public call telephone (PCO) booths. Postmen would deliver letters, money orders, and parcels to places that are within the assigned area of a particular post office. Each Indian post office is assigned a unique six-digit code called the Postal Index Number , or PIN. Each post office
496-565: The Lakeland region contains locally significant groundwater supplies which feed numerous springs, and also provides irrigation water and fertile soils for farming. Lakeland has the following mountains: Yalanji (also known as Kuku Yalanji , Kuku Yalaja , Kuku Yelandji , and Gugu Yalanji) is an Australian Aboriginal language of Far North Queensland . The traditional lands of the Western Yalanji people commence just north of
527-536: The Normanby catchment, with most occurring in the Lakeland area. Many of the dams are located on small creeks. Honey Dam is the largest and is located on Bullhead Creek, which flows into the Laura River. Dams are only permitted to store wet season run off. The main products are cattle and cropping, including bananas. Lakeland State School is a government primary (Early Childhood-6) school for boys and girls on
558-580: The advent of private courier companies in the 1990s. It is run by the Indian government's Department of Posts. India Post accepts and delivers inland letters, postcards, parcels, postal stamps, and money orders (money transfers). Few post offices in India offer speed post (fast delivery) and payments or bank savings services. It is also uncommon for Indian post offices to sell insurance policies or accept payment for electricity, landline telephone, or gas bills. Until
589-437: The clearing of land intended for agriculture, and two irrigation dams were constructed. Dry land and irrigated cropping commenced with plantings of maize and sorghum and later of peanuts and coffee. More intensive cattle grazing also commenced. Eventually 70,000 acres (28,000 hectares ) were cleared. In the 1980s Lakeland Downs was sold, divided into freehold farms averaging about 990 acres (400 ha). Lakeland Downs
620-426: The corner of Peninsula Developmental Road and the Mulligan Highway ( 15°51′25″S 144°51′24″E / 15.8569°S 144.8568°E / -15.8569; 144.8568 ( Lakeland State School ) ). In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 17 students with 2 teachers and 4 non-teaching staff (2 full-time equivalent). There is no secondary school in Lakeland. The nearest government secondary school
651-631: The east of the locality. Springvale Station was purchased to add to the State's protected area network and complement activities being taken to reduce sediment run-off entering the Normanby River catchment that flows into Princess Charlotte Bay and the Great Barrier Reef . The Department of Environment and Science contracted Cape York Natural Resource Management (Cape York NRM) to work with traditional owners , Griffith University ,
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#1732780636921682-481: The locality of Lakeland had a population of 227 people. In the 2016 census , the locality of Lakeland had a population of 299 people. In the 2021 census , the locality of Lakeland had a population of 333 people. Lakeland has a number of heritage-listed sites, including: At Lakeland, most of the irrigation water comes from farm dams. Licenses are required to extract surface or bore water for irrigation purposes. In 2012 there were 16 licenses to impound water in
713-484: The lookout namesake. Lakeland Airport (YLND) is located north of the township, beside the Mulligan Highway. Post office Before the advent of postal codes and the post office, postal systems would route items to a specific post office for receipt or delivery. During the 19th century in the United States , this often led to smaller communities being renamed after their post offices, particularly after
744-499: The nearest post office, as well as pick up their mail from the way office. In parts of Europe, special postal censorship offices existed to intercept and censor mail. In France, such offices were known as cabinets noirs . In many jurisdictions, mailboxes and post office boxes have long been in widespread use for drop-off and pickup (respectively) of mail and small packages outside post offices or when offices are closed. Germany's national postage system Deutsche Post introduced
775-602: The other providing sturdy oxen for bulk shipments. The Byzantine historian Procopius , though not unbiased, records the Cursus Publicus system remained largely intact until it was dismantled in the Byzantine empire by the emperor Justinian in the 6th century. The Princely House of Thurn and Taxis family initiated regular mail service from Brussels in the 16th century , directing the Imperial Post of
806-1136: The practice. In the Persian Empire , a Chapar Khaneh system existed along the Royal Road . Similar postage systems were established in India and China by the Mauryan and Han dynasties in the 2nd century BCE. The Roman historian Suetonius credited Augustus with regularising the Roman transportation and courier network, the Cursus Publicus . Local officials were obliged to provide couriers who would be responsible for their message's entire course. Locally maintained post houses ( Latin : stationes ) privately owned rest houses ( Latin : mansiones ) and were obliged or honored to care for couriers along their way. The Roman emperor Diocletian later established two parallel systems: one providing fresh horses or mules for urgent correspondence and
837-438: The term "post house", fell from use as horse and coach services were replaced by railways , aircraft , and automobiles . The term "post office" usually refers to government postal facilities providing customer service. " General Post Office " is sometimes used for the national headquarters of a postal service, even if the building does not provide customer service. A postal facility that is used exclusively for processing mail
868-602: The township of Lakeland and continue southwards past the southern boundary of the locality of Lakeland. James Earl was granted a lease to occupy pastoral land in March 1877. He named his station Butcher's Hill after Butcher’s Hill Farm in Littleport, Cambridgeshire, England where he lived as a child. It was also known as Turalba Station. The locality was variously known as being in the Cooktown or Laura districts. In September 1899 Earl's daughter Sarah Campbell Earl of Turalba Station married Samuel William Wellington Cook,
899-564: The unsealed road is highly variable. Mud, sand, dust, gravel and dirt corrugations are some of the road conditions subject to change of weather conditions. A five-year program of sealing work joint funded by the Federal and State governments through the Cape York Region Package commenced in 2014. As of December 2015, 68.8 km (42.8 mi) of new road has been sealed through the Cape York Region Package. As at June 2019,
930-528: Was commenced in 2020, with an expected completion in mid-2024. A project for progressive sealing of sections of the Peninsula Developmental Road at a cost of $ 190 million is planned to be completed by mid-2024. A project to upgrade five roads that link Cape York communities to the Peninsula Development Road, at a cost of $ 47.5 million is due for completion in mid-2024. Lakeland, Queensland Download coordinates as: Lakeland
961-545: Was located on the West Normanby River just south-east of Butchers Hill and operated for 7 years between 1885 and 1892. The Normanby Reefs Post Office was renamed Earlton (Earltown) Post Office in 1890. It was closed in December 1892. Clive J Foyster was an entrepreneur, mining company chief and farmer who bought Butchers Hill in 1968. In a private venture known as Lakeland Downs development began with