The following Telegraph Offices are included in this page:
| Burketown.
The Telegraph Office opened on 9 October 1886.
The Post Office had opened on 1 July 1866 but closed on 30 June 1871.
It then reopened on
1 January 1883. |
Burketown Post Office in 1985.
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Burketown unframed postal date stamp.
Queensland at base.
30 July 19(0)7. |
Burketown postal date stamp.
QLD-AUST at base.
17 October 1955.
Premier Postal Auctions, January 2014 |
| Cashmere.
The Telegraph Office was opened on . It was officially designated as a repairing station.
In 1880, 141 messages were sent including 6 OHMS messages. The telegraph staff consisted of an 1 line repairer in charge and 1 labourer.
The station was closed on 17 May 1881. |
Croydon.
The Telegraph Office opened on 4 July 1887.
The goldfields township was located just off the main Gulf line between Creen Creek and Georgetown. |
| Georgetown.
In 1880, 4,052 messages were sent including 632 OHMS messages. The telegraph staff consisted of one Electric Telegraph Station Master and 1 line repairer. |
| Junction Creek.
The Telegraph Office opened on 23 October 1871.
The Estimates tabled in the House in September 1888 contained an item for the building of a Post and Telegraph Office at Junction Creek for £700. |
| Normanton.
The Telegraph Office was opened on 3 January 1872.
At the end of 1871, Normanton had a TO as "one of several fine buildings. There was a population of about seventy, consisting of Europeans, Celestial, Kanakas and Aborigines".
The staff of the telegraph section consisted of one Electric Telegraph Sation Master and one line repairer.
In 1880, 2,790 messages were sent including 375 OHMS messages. |
Normanton Post and Telegraph Office about 1920.
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Normanton Railway Station c. 1920.
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