Reference numberE000197DescriptionThe tender for Fremantle Post Office was let on 5 September 1906 to Atkins and Law for ?·7926 to construct a new post office to the design of Hillson Beasley, the Chief Architect of the Public Works Department. On 1 January 1907, the postal service was granted Australia Post status, in anticipation of completion of the new building, and on the 22 July 1907, Fremantle Post Office, on the southern corner of Market and Short Streets, opened for business. The new Fremantle Railway Station (1907), on the other side of Pioneer Reserve, opened in the same weekDate1985PhotographerWatkins, SkipPhotograph FormatPhotographDigital ItemYes
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