80-723: The Wellington Post Office is a heritage-listed post office located at 21 Maughan Street, Wellington in the Dubbo Regional Council local government area of New South Wales , Australia. It was designed by Colonial Architect ’s Office, under the direction of James Barnet , and built between 1869 and 1904. The property, which is owned by Australia Post , was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 22 December 2000. The first official postal service in Australia
160-432: A flat roof and the concrete on brick loading dock adjacent, were probably constructed c. 1980 s. There was standard Australia Post retail fitout to the ground floor c. 1990 s. Intrusive elements to the appearance of Wellington Post Office include the western dock and post office box addition to the ground floor, and the first-floor modern bathroom fitout in the original bedroom. As at 12 July 2001,
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320-604: A clearly defined area of responsibility. The people from this area settled along the main rivers during the summer months and moved to other favoured and drier campsites in the winter months. Evidence of the occupation of the Wellington area by the Wiradjuri in pre-contact times survives in the form of rock shelters with deposits, carved trees, scarred trees, open camp sites, grinding grooves sites, bora (ceremonial) grounds and burial grounds (AHIMS). The name Nubrygyn derives from
400-466: A concrete floor and steps and boarded soffit painted cream with exposed joists and beams, and shaped cornices . The first-floor verandah has an asphalt lined floor with brown painted, paired timber posts, timber boarded soffit and vertical batten balustrade with fibro backing board painted green and cream. The western side of the first-floor verandah is also partially enclosed with asbestos cement sheet and batten, and glass louvres . The fenestration
480-476: A continuous service being provided from April. The service was further updated in January 1906 with a trunk line to Sydney becoming available. There have been a number of changes to the building since that time, including infill of the western and rear verandahs during the mid-twentieth century, the bathroom fitout on the first floor and division of the ground-floor southern room in the c. 1970 -80s, and
560-692: A group of Aboriginal Australian people from central New South Wales , united by common descent through kinship and shared traditions. They survived as skilled hunter-fisher-gatherers, in family groups or clans, and many still use knowledge of hunting and gathering techniques as part of their customary life. In the 21st century, major Wiradjuri groups live in Condobolin , Peak Hill , Narrandera and Griffith . There are significant populations at Wagga Wagga and Leeton and smaller groups at West Wyalong , Parkes , Dubbo , Forbes , Cootamundra , Darlington Point , Cowra and Young . The Wiradjuri autonym
640-713: A historic house requires consulting the urban planning administration bureau, and the real estate administration bureau. As of 31 June 2011, there are 287 declared historic houses in Hangzhou, proclaimed as 5 batches. In the near future, it is going to issue the sixth batch which includes 51 historic houses. [REDACTED] Colombia : National monuments of Colombia ; (in Spanish) Monumentos Nacionales de Colombia [REDACTED] Comoros : National Committee of Intangible Cultural Heritage (Comoros) [REDACTED] Republic of
720-416: A later door. There are louvres to the side and rear infills and additions, along with security doors and original multi-pane sash windows with rubbed red brick flat arches to the rear outbuildings. Ground-floor walls are a combination of rendered and painted masonry walls and internal partitions in the current standard Australia Post grey colour scheme. All fireplaces to this level have been bricked in, with
800-583: A local store or private residence. Post and telegraph offices operated separately until January 1870 when the departments were amalgamated, after which time new offices were built to include both postal and telegraph services. In 1881 the first telephone exchange was opened in Sydney, three years after the first tests in Adelaide . As with the telegraph, the telephone system soon began to extend into country areas, with telephone exchanges appearing in country NSW from
880-489: A move away from the larger more traditional buildings towards smaller shop front style post offices. For much of its history, the post office has been responsible for a wide variety of community services including mail distribution, an agency for the Commonwealth Savings Bank, electoral enrolments, and the provision of telegraph and telephone services. The town post office has served as a focal point for
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#1732783349188960-610: A new post office by the Government. On 3 May a public meeting was held concerning the matter, with tenders for a Post and Telegraph building being called for in November. The successful contractor was William Moffatt for A£1,298. The building would house both post and telegraph offices, which had operated separately since the arrival of the telegraph to Wellington in 1862. The new building was built in Maughan Street, close to
1040-407: A plain arch over the stair and some horizontal timber lining boards from the first floor up in the stair hall. Fireplaces to the first floor have been boarded over. Signage comprises the lettering across the front facade centre below the first floor level "Wellington Post Office", a small sign attached to the western column of the centre bay and the standard Australia Post sign on a post attached to
1120-501: A revised and expanded edition of Lancelot Threlkeld 's 1834 work on the Awabakal language, An Australian Grammar , in which he created his own names for groupings, such as Yunggai, Wachigari and Yakkajari. Tindale says that some of the later terms had entered the literature, although not based on fieldwork and lacking Aboriginal support, as artificial, collective names for his "Great Tribes" of New South Wales. He writes that there
1200-533: A single-storey telegraph office and residence. The original building was constructed in the Victorian Georgian style. A two-storey northern addition was completed in 1904. It is built in the Federation Arts and Crafts style, and has a complex hipped corrugated iron roof, with a gabled hip roof to the northern two-storey section and skillion additions. The two-storey roof is punctuated on
1280-471: A variety of techniques, including board and batten with a narrow coved cornice to the kitchen, hall, offices and majority of the retail area. The ceiling is boarded behind the counter to the eastern side of the retail area and adjacent mail room with an ovolo cornice and there are some exposed beams to the mail room and retail area. Lighting to the ground floor comprises suspended fluorescent tubing and air conditioning, including some exposed ducting and vents to
1360-478: Is aesthetically significant because it displays an unusual combination of the Victorian Georgian and Federation Arts and Crafts architectural styles, with strong visual appeal. The architectural style and location of the post office in a predominantly turn-of-the-century streetscape also make it a focal point of the Wellington civic precinct, endowing it with landmark qualities. The Wellington Post Office
1440-467: Is also considered to be significant to the community of Wellington's sense of place. The Wellington Post Office was listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 22 December 2000 having satisfied the following criteria. The place is important in demonstrating the course, or pattern, of cultural or natural history in New South Wales. The Wellington Post Office is associated with
1520-400: Is centred in Wiradjuri region. Jessica's best friend (Mary Simpson) was from Wiradjuri. Noel Beddoe's novel The Yalda Crossing also explores Wiradjuri history from an early settler perspective, bringing to life a little-known massacre that occurred in the 1830s. Andy Kissane's poem, "The Station Owner's Daughter, Narrandera" tells a story about the aftermath of that same massacre, and was
1600-488: Is derived from wiray , meaning "no" or "not", with the comitative suffix -dhuray or -dyuray meaning "having". That the Wiradjuri said wiray , as opposed to some other word for "no", was seen as a distinctive feature of their speech, and several other tribes in New South Wales, to the west of the Great Dividing Range , are similarly named after their own words for "no". A similar distinction
1680-605: Is important in demonstrating aesthetic characteristics and/or a high degree of creative or technical achievement in New South Wales. The Wellington Post Office is aesthetically significant because it is an unusual combination of architectural styles from two distinct periods; the original building is simply constructed in the Victorian Georgian style, and the 1904 addition is built in the Federation Arts and Crafts Style, with strong visual appeal. This addition has been well integrated, and has such distinctive characteristics as
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#17327833491881760-412: Is of heritage registers , inventories of cultural properties , natural and human-made, tangible and intangible , movable and immovable, that are deemed to be of sufficient heritage value to be separately identified and recorded. In many instances the pages linked below have as their primary focus the registered assets rather than the registers themselves. Where a particular article or set of articles on
1840-592: Is required to determine the exact construction date and extent of change to this building. The Wellington Post Office is historically significant because it is associated with both the Colonial Architect's Office under James Barnet and the NSW Government Architect's Office under Walter Liberty Vernon. The Colonial Architect's Office under Barnet designed and maintained a number of post offices across NSW between 1865 and 1890. The place
1920-536: Is showing signs of deterioration. There are a number of additions to the rear and western side of the building. These comprise weatherboard and vertical profiled steel sheet infills of the western side verandahs , post boxes, toilet additions, and rear awnings . The northern facade is symmetrical, with a two-storey verandah. The ground-floor arcade has five wide arched bays constructed with round header arches supported by painted, rock-faced sandstone imposts and brick piers with painted sandstone bases. It has
2000-459: Is symmetrical to the front facade, with French doors to the first-floor verandah and paired arched windows either side of the front door at ground floor centre. The ground-floor interior of the post office comprises four main areas. These include the carpeted northern retail area and offices to the eastern side, sheet vinyl and tiles to the mail rooms and amenities to the southern end of the building. The ground-floor ceilings are constructed using
2080-636: The Bell and Macquarie rivers. Oxley called the valley "The Vale of Tempe" after the Duke of Wellington . In 1823 the first penal settlement west of the Blue Mountains was established near the Bell River. The convict settlement operated until 1832 when the site became a joint Anglican / Lutheran mission. Wellington was declared a town in 1849 and a municipality in 1879. The railway arrived in 1880 and by
2160-1158: The Bundesdenkmalamt [REDACTED] Azerbaijan : State Register of Intangible Cultural Heritage Samples of Azerbaijan [REDACTED] Bahamas : Bahamas National Trust [REDACTED] Bahrain : Bahrain Authority for Culture and Antiquities [REDACTED] Bangladesh : Cultural Heritage of Bangladesh and National Heritage Foundation of Bangladesh [REDACTED] Barbados : Barbados National Trust [REDACTED] Belarus : Cultural Properties of Belarus [REDACTED] Belgium : National Heritage Site (Belgium) ; (in Dutch) Lijsten van cultureel erfgoed [REDACTED] Benin : (in French) Liste du patrimoine mondial au Bénin [REDACTED] Bolivia : Bolivian cultural heritage [REDACTED] Bosnia : List of National Monuments of Bosnia and Herzegovina , as maintained by
2240-492: The Grave of Yuranigh . They are generally to be found near rivers where the softer earth allowed easier burial. Alfred William Howitt remarked that these trees incised with taphoglyphs served both as transit points to allow mythological cultural heroes to ascend to, and descend from, the firmament as well as a means for the deceased to return to the sky. The Wiradjuri diet included yabbies and fish such as Murray cod from
2320-776: The KONS of Bosnia and Herzegovina; State level Local level (entities, district Brčko, cantonal, and regional) [REDACTED] Botswana : Sites and monuments in Botswana [REDACTED] Brazil : List of National Historic Heritage of Brazil , as maintained by the National Institute of Historic and Artistic Heritage ; (in Portuguese) Listas de patrimônio do Brasil [REDACTED] Bulgaria : National Institute of Immovable Cultural Heritage [REDACTED] Cambodia : Law on
2400-459: The "nations" concept. However, Tindale refers to Wiradjuri in his own work (p. 200): "Wiradjuri 'Wiradjuri (Wi'raduri)". Wiradjuri is a Pama–Nyungan family and classified as a member of the small Wiradhuric branch of Australian languages of Central New South Wales. The Wiradjuri language is effectively extinct, but attempts are underway to revive it, with a reconstructed grammar, based on earlier ethnographic materials and wordlists and
2480-524: The 1850s there were still corroborees around Mudgee , but there were fewer clashes. The short story Death in the Dawntime , originally published in The Mammoth Book of Historical Detectives (Mike Ashley, editor; 1995), is a murder mystery that takes place entirely among the Wiradjuri people before the arrival of Europeans in Australia. In Bryce Courtenay 's novel Jessica , the plot
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2560-677: The Aboriginal name "Lubrygee", said to mean junction of the two creeks. The first Europeans officially travelling through this country were members of the expedition party led by John Oxley , Surveyor-General for the Colony. It was during his exploration of the Lachlan Valley that he discovered the Wellington Valley on 19 August 1817, when the explorers entered the valley through Glenfinlass (Curra Creek) finding and naming
2640-744: The Congo : National Inventory of the Cultural Heritage of the Democratic Republic of the Congo [REDACTED] Denmark : National Register of Sites and Monuments, as maintained by the Danish Agency for Culture [REDACTED] Djibouti : List of monuments of Djibouti Wiradjuri The Wiradjuri people ( Wiradjuri northern dialect pronunciation [wiraːjd̪uːraj] ; Wiradjuri southern dialect pronunciation [wiraːjɟuːraj] ) are
2720-911: The Congo : Protection of Cultural Heritage in the Republic of the Congo [REDACTED] Costa Rica (in Spanish) Monumento Nacional de Costa Rica [REDACTED] Croatia : Register of Protected Natural Values of the Republic of Croatia [REDACTED] Cuba : Consejo Nacional de Patrimonio Cultural [REDACTED] Cyprus : Heritage Gazetteer of Cyprus [REDACTED] Czech : (in Czech) Seznam národních kulturních památek České republiky , (in German) Liste der Nationalen Kulturdenkmale Tschechiens , as featuring on MonumNet [REDACTED] Democratic Republic of
2800-815: The Consejo de Monumentos Nacionales [REDACTED] China : Major Historical and Cultural Site Protected at the National Level (全国重点文物保护单位), designated by State Administration of Cultural Heritage Sites Protected at the City Level of Hangzhou are districts, artifacts or buildings legally declared to be "protected". According to the "Regularations of historic districts and historic buildings in Hangzhou" effectivated from 1 January 2005, historic buildings are those artifacts or districts that have lasted more than 50 years, and of significant values for history, science, and art study. In Hangzhou, declaring
2880-733: The Department of the Interior responsible during World War II. On 22 December 1975, the Postmaster General's Department was abolished and replaced by the Post and Telecommunications Department. This was the creation of Telecom and Australia Post. In 1989, the Australian Postal Corporation Act established Australia Post as a self-funding entity, heralding a new direction in property management, including
2960-519: The First World War, the population numbered around 3,000. The Wellington Valley was settled as a convict stock station for the breeding of cattle, far removed from the interference of free settlement and any comforts that they may provide. Despite this, free settlers soon followed using Wellington as a staging post for settlement further west. Free settlement began in the late 1820s and the town of Wellington began to grow. The first post office
3040-574: The Government Architect's Office was cut from 1893 to 1895, causing Vernon to postpone a number of projects. Following Federation in 1901, the Commonwealth Government took over responsibility for post, telegraph and telephone offices, with the Department of Home Affairs Works Division being made responsible for post office construction. In 1916 construction was transferred to the Department of Works and Railways, with
3120-637: The Postmaster General, W. H. Christie noted that accommodation facilities for postmasters in some post offices was quite limited, and stated that it was a matter of importance that "post masters should reside and sleep under the same roof as the office". The first telegraph line was opened in Victoria in March 1854 and in NSW in 1858. The NSW Colonial Government constructed two lines from the Sydney GPO , one to
3200-530: The Protection of Cultural Heritage [REDACTED] Cameroon (in French) : Liste de monuments du Cameroun [REDACTED] Canada : The Canadian Register of Historic Places , while it confers no historic designation or protection itself, endeavours to list all federal, provincial, territorial and local sites. [REDACTED] Chile : National Monuments of Chile , as maintained by
3280-555: The South Head Signal Station, the other to Liverpool. Development was slow in NSW compared to the other states, with the NSW Government concentrating on the development of country offices before suburban ones. As the line spread, however, telegraph offices were built to accommodate the operators. Unlike the post office, the telegraph office needed specialised equipment and could not be easily accommodated in
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3360-488: The Wellington Post Office was significant at a State level for its historical associations, strong aesthetic qualities and social value. The Wellington Post Office is associated with the early development of the town, as it is linked with the original post office built in 1838. Wellington Post Office is also historically significant because it is associated with the development of communications services in
3440-510: The Wiradjuri's southern boundary and the change from woodland to open grassland marks their eastern boundary. The Wiradjuri were organised into bands. Norman Tindale quotes Alfred William Howitt as mentioning several of these local groups of the tribe: The Wiradjuri, together with the Gamilaraay (who however used them in bora ceremonies ), were particularly known for their use of carved trees which functioned as taphoglyphs , marking
3520-401: The attached kitchen block between the main building and stables building. It appears that the original slate to the roof of the former stables has been retained under the current corrugated iron cladding. There is some mortar loss to the western wall, some brick deterioration and cracking and it is generally in fair condition. As at 12 July 2001, generally, the exterior of Wellington Post Office
3600-401: The bathroom with a modern fitout. Internal doors to the first floor are original four panel with beehive hardware and fanlights, and there are original French doors to the verandah with adjustable fanlights. Walls to the first floor are rendered and painted masonry, with varying colour schemes of cream to the hall, powder blue to the northeastern room and mauve to the northwestern room. There is
3680-597: The building and maintenance of 169 post offices and telegraph offices in NSW. The post offices constructed during this period featured in a variety of architectural styles, as Barnet argued that the local parliamentary representatives always preferred "different patterns". The construction of new post offices continued throughout the Depression years under the direction of Walter Liberty Vernon , who held office as Colonial Architect from 1890 to 1911. While twenty-seven post offices were built between 1892 and 1895, funding to
3760-400: The burial site of a notable medicine-man, ceremonial leader, warrior or orator of a tribe. On the death of a distinguished Wiradjuri, initiated men would strip the bark off a tree to allow them to incise symbols on the side of the trunk which faced the burial mound . The craftsmanship on remaining examples of this funeral artwork displays notable artistic power. Four still stand near Molong at
3840-581: The centre of town, with the Colonial Architect reporting it completed on 12 October 1868. Curiously, while the telegraph was relocated to the new building and a branch of the Government Savings Bank opened in December 1871, the post office was still operating out of a private dwelling in 1872. The delay had been caused by the joint duties of Thomas Croft as telegraph master and postmaster. With seventy miles of telegraph line to maintain, Croft
3920-618: The community, most often built in a prominent position in the centre of town close to other public buildings, creating a nucleus of civic buildings and community pride. At the time of European settlement, the land between Bathurst and Wellington was occupied by the Wiradjuri people whose land extended from the Great Dividing Range in the east and bordered by the Macquarie , Lachlan and Murrumbidgee rivers. The rivers acted as an important travel and trade routes with each clan group having
4000-448: The district during the second half of the nineteenth century. The two distinct phases in the development of the post office reflect the growth of the town in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The Wellington Post Office is also historically significant because it is associated both the Colonial Architect's Office under James Barnet and the NSW Government Architect's Office under Walter Liberty Vernon. The Wellington Post Office
4080-448: The early development of the town and with the original post office built in 1838. Wellington Post Office is also historically significant because it is associated with the development of communications services in the district during the second half of the nineteenth century. The two distinct phases in the development of the post office reflects the growth of the town in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The decision to extend
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#17327833491884160-421: The east and west sides by two single face brick chimneys with corbelled tops and terracotta chimney pots. There are five corbelled face brick chimneys to the single-storey southern section of building and a rendered corbelled chimney to the kitchen block. Construction of the main building is a combination of stretcher bond and English bond red brickwork, with tuck pointing to sections of the front facade that
4240-489: The existing post office rather than construct a new building also reflects the economic limitations of the Postmaster General's Office at the turn of the century. The Wellington Post Office also provides evidence of the changing nature of postal and telecommunications practices in NSW. The apparent retention of the original stable outbuilding and kitchen wing is also historically important, as few stables associated with post offices appear to have survived. However, further research
4320-522: The final stage of construction was completed, creating a two-storey section to the north of the original single-storey building, with residence on the first floor. Weatherboard infill of western and rear verandahs and addition of southwestern corner toilets, possibly c. 1950 s–60s. The first floor bathroom fitout to the southwestern former bedroom and the division of the ground floor southern room for two long storage rooms probably occurred during c. 1970 –80s. A western post box addition with
4400-458: The first post offices outside of Sydney were established, with offices in Bathurst , Campbelltown , Parramatta , Liverpool , Newcastle , Penrith and Windsor . By 1839 there were forty post offices in the Colony, with more opened as settlement spread. During the 1860s, the advance of postal services was further increased as the railway network began to be established throughout NSW. In 1863,
4480-661: The foothills of the Blue Mountains east of Lithgow and Oberon , and east of Cowra , Young and Tumut and south to the upper Murray at Albury and east to about Tumbarumba . The southern border ran to Howlong . Its western reaches went along Billabong Creek to beyond Mossgiel . They extended southwest to the vicinity of Hay and Narrandera . Condobolin southwards to Booligal , Carrathool , Wagga Wagga , Cootamundra , Parkes , Trundle ; Gundagai , Boorowa , and Rylstone , Wellington , and Carcoar all lay within Wiradjuri territory. The Murray River forms
4560-434: The front of the western post office box addition. There is an abundance of vegetation around the building, including several large trees to the western boundary, grassed area to the rear of the kitchen block, garden beds with palms and geraniums, and concrete driveway and parking area to the rear and western side. Outbuildings include the former stables building to the south of the site, probably constructed during 1869 and
4640-557: The harshness of his own people's behaviour, since the Wiradjuri were in his view, fond of white people, as they would call them. Clashes between the British settlers and the Wiradjuri however multiplied as the influx of colonist increased, and became known as the Bathurst Wars . The occupation of their lands and their cultivation began to cause famine among the Wiradjuri, who had a different notion of what constituted property. In
4720-428: The kitchen hearth transformed to a cupboard, and the surrounds retained to the kitchen, contractor's room and Postal Manager's Office. The main stair is unusual, being straight with a single landing halfway. It is carpeted with polished turned timber posts and balusters , with a shaped rail. Original or early skirting is painted brown and the stair hall has a partially raked board and batten ceiling. The first floor of
4800-409: The late 1880s onwards. Again the post office was responsible for the public telephone exchange, further emphasising its place in the community as a provider of communications services. The appointment of James Barnet as Acting Colonial Architect in 1862 coincided with a considerable increase in funding to the public works program. Between 1865 and 1890 the Colonial Architect's Office was responsible for
4880-419: The mail coach being held up twice in the year 1840. In 1848 the mail service ran between Penrith and Bathurst three times a week and then onto Wellington, and Molong once per week and was worth A£ 1,200 per annum, with Henry Rotton being named as the successful contractor. In 1862 Cobb & Co. extended their service into western NSW, buying the mail contract for Wellington in the same period. Bushranging
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#17327833491884960-484: The memories of Wiradjuri families, which is now used to teach the language in schools. This reclamation work was originally propelled by elder Stan Grant and John Rudder who had previously studied Australian Aboriginal languages in Arnhem Land . The Wiradjuri are the largest Aboriginal group in New South Wales. They once occupied a vast area in central New South Wales, on the plains running north and south to
5040-501: The north of the original, joining it at the northern wall. Matching bricks were used in the construction. Adjoining the office to the rear was a single-storey kitchen block, with a stable, a store, fuel store and toilets also in the back yard. The entire site was enclosed by a picket fence with gardens on the east and west. In March 1905, the Wellington Telephone Exchange was opened within the post office, with
5120-424: The post office comprises two carpeted former bedrooms to the north and a tiled bathroom to the southwestern corner. The first-floor ceilings are v-joint boarded throughout with an ovolo cornice, with attached fluorescent lights and no air conditioning or fans. Architraves appear original and in good condition, with a picture rail retained to the northwestern former bedroom and original skirting to all spaces excepting
5200-460: The project was A£2,450. In 1902 the PMG decided to spend A£1,200 on renovating and extending the old building and to rent a temporary premises for A£25 per annum while the alterations were carried out. The new post office was finished on 8 February 1904 at the cost of A£1,391.7s.0d, and opened on 26 March by Postmaster General Sir Philip Fysh. The new office was an extension of the 1868 building, built to
5280-495: The prominence of the building in the streetscape and its overall form, scale and style. Original single-storey building constructed in 1869 comprising Telegraph Office and residence. It is also presumed that the former stables building and kitchen to the south of the site was constructed at around the same time. In October 1872 the post office was moved into the Maughan Street Telegraph Office. In 1904
5360-451: The prominent roof forms accentuated by two slender symmetrical chimneys, large arched openings and the arcaded porch. The architectural style and location of the post office in a predominantly turn-of-the-century streetscape also make it a focal point of the Wellington civic precinct, endowing it with landmark qualities. The architectural style of the post office complements that of the courthouse nearby. Heritage register This list
5440-447: The retail area, with some window air conditioning units and fans installed to offices. Architraves appear original to the existing fabric and skirting appears original or early, with modification in some areas. Internal doors to the ground floor are a combination of many original four-panel doors and some modern flush and half glazed doors. Windows to the front facade comprise fixed lights, small casement and fixed arched fanlights with
5520-405: The rivers. In dry seasons, they ate kangaroos, emus and food gathered from the land, including fruit, nuts, yam daisies ( Microseris lanceolata ), wattle seeds, and orchid tubers. The Wiradjuri travelled into Alpine areas in the summer to feast on Bogong moths . The Wiradjuri were also known for their handsome possum-skin cloaks stitched together from several possum furs. Governor Macquarie
5600-625: The west of the Blue Mountains . The area was known as "the land of the three rivers", the Wambuul (Macquarie) , the Kalare later known as the Lachlan and the Murrumbidgee , or Murrumbidjeri . Norman Tindale estimated the territorial range of the Wiradjuri tribal lands at 127,000 km (49,000 sq mi). Their eastern borders ran from north to south from above Mudgee , down to
5680-558: The western post box addition in the 1980s. The Wellington Post Office is located within a civic precinct of face brick buildings that includes the Court House, a recent ambulance station and a Telstra building. The post office is situated within a predominantly one to two storey, late nineteenth to early-twentieth century retail and commercial streetscape. The post office is a two-storey face red brick building that has undergone several changes from its original construction in 1868 as
5760-626: Was established in April 1809, when the Sydney merchant Isaac Nichols was appointed as the first Postmaster in the Colony of New South Wales . Prior to this, mail had been distributed directly by the captain of the ship on which the mail arrived, however this system was neither reliable nor secure. In 1825 the colonial administration was empowered to establish a Postmaster General 's Department, which had previously been administered from Britain. In 1828
5840-488: Was in very good condition, with only some minor concrete cracking to the front ground-floor verandah. Wellington Post Office appears largely intact structurally, with the majority of original fabric from both phases of construction retained. The post office also retains the features which make it culturally significant including architectural features such as the large round arches, prominent roof forms with slender symmetrical chimneys, arcaded porch at street level, along with
5920-428: Was made between Romance languages in medieval France , with the langues d'oc and the langues d'oïl distinguished by their word for "yes". In his book Aboriginal Tribes of Australia (1974), Norman Tindale wrote that Wiradjuri was one of several terms coined later, after the 1890s had seen a "rash of such terms", following the publication of a work by ethnologist John Fraser . In 1892, Fraser had published
6000-409: Was often away from the town for several days doing repairs and checks. Due to illness, his wife was unable to take charge of the post office duties so Henry Lambert operated the post office from a "suitable premise" in Wellington. A petition forwarded by residents in 1872 asked that the post office be conducted from the new Government building, as it was currently inconveniently located. The post office
6080-569: Was opened in Wellington on 1 April 1838 with William Turner , the Clerk of the Chamber of Magistrates, as Postmaster. The post office initially operated out private homes and businesses in Montefiores, where the early settlement was centred, on the opposite side of the river to Wellington proper. The early years of the mail service between Sydney and Wellington were hampered by bushrangers , with
6160-436: Was presented with one of these cloaks by a Wiradjuri man when he visited Bathurst in 1815. Wiradjuri territory was first penetrated by British colonists in 1813. In 1822 George Suttor took up an extensive lot of land, later known as Brucedale Station, after Wiradjuri guides showed him an area with ample water sources. Suttor learnt their language, and befriended Windradyne, nicknamed "Saturday" , and attributed conflict to
6240-480: Was relocated to the new building in 1872, operating from here until 1904. In 1900 the PMG directed that a new post office building should be built in Wellington, as it was no longer viable to "patch up or add to the present structure". Plans were drawn up for a new building which included a 2.8-square-metre (30 sq ft) office, mail room, public space and telegraph room. A residence was included with living room, sitting room and five bedrooms. The estimated cost for
6320-509: Was still a concern for mail coaches particularly after the 1850s when gold was discovered in the western districts. Both the Orange to Wellington coach and the Bathurst coach were bailed up in March 1864. Gold bought several thousand miners into the Wellington district, creating a boom period through the 1850s and 1860s. In 1868 the people of Wellington made representations for the erection of
6400-817: Was such a "literary need for major groupings that [Fraser] set out to provide them for New South Wales, coining entirely artificial terms for his 'Great tribes'. These were not based on field research and lacked aboriginal support. His names such as Yunggai, Wachigari and Yakkajari can be ignored as artifacts...During the 1890s the idea spread and soon there was a rash of such terms...Some of these have entered, unfortunately, into popular literature, despite their dubious origins." He lists Wiradjuri (NSW) as one of these artificial names, along with Bangarang ( Pangerang ) (Vic.); Booandik (Vic. & SA); Barkunjee ( Barkindji ) (NSW), Kurnai (Vic.), Thurrawal ( Dharawal ) (NSW), and Malegoondeet (?) (Vic.). He also mentions R. H. Mathews , A. W. Howitt and John Mathew as promulgators of
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