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A postal receiving office was established in 1889 .On 1 December 1892, the Hopetoun Post Office was opened at Kilcoy in rented premises in Royston Street. It was named after Louis Hope (the uncle of the first Governor General of Australia, Lord Hopetoun , who was a visitor to Kilcoy Station). [ 27 ]
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A Travelling Post Office (TPO) is a postal receiving, sorting and delivery service situated on a train, usually in a specially designated carriage that is part of a passenger train. In Queensland , Australia, the service was provided from 1877 to 1932.
Following the successful centenary publications of the Kilcoy State School and St. Mary's Anglican Church by volunteers in the 1990s, the Kilcoy District Historical Society have scanned several thousand images from private collections and recorded oral stories on film, retelling the personal lives of many of the district's pioneer families.
Peachester Post Office opened by 1918 (a receiving office had been open from 1895) and closed in 1974. [14] Between the 1930s and 1950s, Peachester was known as the home of Inigo Jones, the long range weather forecaster. [9] A fruit case factory for fruit growers operated in the 1920s and post World War II years. [9]
Neurum Post Office opened on 11 December 1880 (known as Neurum Creek between 1887 and 1913) and closed in 1957. [ 15 ] The Kilcoy railway line opened from Woodford to Kilcoy in 1913 with Neurum being served by the Neurum railway station immediate north of the town ( 26°57′40″S 152°41′56″E / 26.9610°S 152.6990°E / -26. ...
The term "post-office" [3] has been in use since the 1650s, [4] shortly after the legalisation of private mail services in England in 1635. [5] In early modern England, post riders—mounted couriers—were placed, or "posted", [6] every few hours along post roads at posting houses (also known as post houses) between major cities, or "post towns".
Sandy Creek is located northeast of Kilcoy in South East Queensland. [3]Many parts of Sandy Creek are elevated along the southern Conondale Range and some of the range is protected within Bellthorpe National Park.