Qld TOs listing

Queensland - Colonial period: 1861-1900.
Listing of Telegraph Offices to about 1890.

A listing of Telegraph Offices in Queensland to about 1920 is shown below. Hyperlinks lead to further details about that office.

First letter of Office name.	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H
I	J	K	L	M	N	O	P	Q
R	S	T	U	V	W	X	Y	Z

The tables can be copied into an Excel spreadsheet for further sorting and research.

The Telegraph offices in Queensland are listed alphabetically below. The type of office is coded as follows:

P&T: Post & Telegraph Office;
TO: Telegraph Office;
RS: Railway Station;
R&TO: Receiving & Telegraph Office;
T & T: Telegraph & Telephone Office.

A	Telegraph Office	Region of Qld.	Opening date		Type of Office	Notes
	Adavale	Central West	10 September	1888	P&T
	Albion	Suburban			P&T
	Aldershot	Brisbane Roma St Lawrence			P&T
	Alice				P&T
	Allora	South West	11 March	1872	P&T	New P&TO in 1908
	Allora R.S.	South West				Tenders for construction of P&T Office June 1882
	Alpha	Central West			P&T	ON
	Anakie	Brisbane Roma St Lawrence			P&T	ON
	Aramac	Central West	16 January	1879	TO
	Archer Park, Rockhampton	Brisbane Roma St Lawrence	4 January	1900	TO
	Ascot	Suburban			R&TO
	Augathella	Brisbane Roma St Lawrence			P&T
	Austral Downs				P&T	On the Queensland telegraph line although located in Northern Territory. Mainly a telephone office.
	Avon Downs	In SA to the west of Camooweal	16 February	1888	TO	Tenders closed on 23 May 1890 for the construction of a Post and Telegraph Office.
	Ayr	Burketown Cloncurry Mackay	September	1883	P&T
	Ayrshire Downs				P&T

B	Telegraph Office	Region of Qld.	Opening date		Type of Office	Notes
	Bald Hills R.S.	Suburban			TO
	Balfe's Creek	Central			R&TO
	Ballast Siding RTS		19 May	1898	RTS
	Banana	Brisbane Roma St Lawrence	4 January	1865	P&T
	Barcaldine	Central West	8 November	1886	P&T
	Barcaldine R.S.	Central West	31 July	1888	RST	An Official Station.
	Barronwater		10 February	1887	TO
	Bauhinia Downs				TO
	Beaudesert	South East	26 July	1886	P&T
	Beaudesert R.S.	South East	26 June	1888	TO	An Official Station.
	Beenleigh	South East	28 October	1874	P&T
	Beenleigh R.S.	South East			TO
	Bell	Brisbane Roma St Lawrence			P&T
	Bellevue Hotel	Suburban	30 July	1888	R&TO	CN to Alice Street in 1888.
	Bellevue Station	Suburban			R&TO
	Beta RTS	Central West	June	1893	RTS	Closed 28 May 1887.
	Bethania	Suburban			P&T
	Biggenden	Southern			P&T
	Bigges Camp	First line	1 July	1865	P&T	CN to Grandchester
	Bingera RTS	Brisbane Roma St Lawrence	4 August	1899	RTS
	Birdsville	Central West	No telegraph	office	opened	ever!!
	Blackall	Central West	9 April	1877	P&T	Jan 1878: proposed to construct a Telegraph Office and a Court House together.
	Blacksoil	South West
	Blackwater	Brisbane Roma St Lawrence			P&T	Closed and Comet opened 1 May 1878 (1879 Report, p. 2).
	Bloomsbury	Burketown Cloncurry Mackay	24 October	1866	TO
	Blythedale	South West				Closed 22 October 1880.
	Bogantungan	Brisbane Roma St Lawrence			P&T	ON
	Boggo Road	Suburban			TO	ON
	Bollon	South West	2 June	1884	P&T
	Boolboonda	Brisbane Roma St Lawrence	1 February	1882
	Boonah	Brisbane Roma St Lawrence	5 July	1899	P&T
	Boonah TO	Brisbane Roma St Lawrence			TO
	Boondooma TO	Brisbane Roma St Lawrence			TO
	Bororen RS	Brisbane Roma St Lawrence	12 October	1897	RTS	Previously called Lagoon Creek.
	Boulia	Central West			P&T
	Bowen	Burketown Cloncurry Mackay	24 October	1866	TO	CN from Port Denison in 1865.
	Bowenville	First line			TO	Between Dalby and Toowoomba.
	Boynedale	Brisbane Roma St Lawrence
	Brisbane	Brisbane CBD			CTO
	Brisbane Railway Station (Roma St.)	Brisbane CBD			TO
	Brisbane Signal Station	Suburban	18 June	1868	TO
	Brisbane Valley Junction	Suburban			TO
	Brisbane Works	Suburban			TO
	Brisbane - George St.	Brisbane CBD			P&T
	Broad Sound	Brisbane Roma St Lawrence			TO	AKA St. Lawrence. Nov 1874 - tenders wanted for construction of a Telegraph Office
	Broadmount Railway		25 July	1899	RTS
	Brookhill	Central West			RTS	CN from the railway station at the powder magazine (Northern Railway) in June 1893.
	Brunswick St R.S.				TO
	Bulimba	Suburban			P&T
	Bulwer	Suburban			TO	On Moreton Island
	Bundaberg	Brisbane Roma St Lawrence	21 May	1874	T&T	Approx date - between 15 April and 13 June.
	Bundaberg R.S.	Brisbane Roma St Lawrence			TO
	Bundamba	South West	22 May	1877	P&T
	Burdekin	Burketown Cloncurry Mackay	15 March	1869	P&T	The general area between Townsville and Bowen around the delta of the Burdekin River.
	Burketown	Gulf line	18 October	1886	P&T	Formerly Burke Town
	Burnett Heads Lighthouse	Brisbane Roma St Lawrence	26 January	1875	TO
	Bustard Head Lighthouse	Brisbane Roma St Lawrence	24 October	1877	TO	Lighthouse was constructed in 1868 - 1st in Qld. 1879 Report, p. 2 notes opened on 27 February 1878.

C	Telegraph Office	Region of Qld.	Opening date		Type of Office	Notes
	Cabarlah				TO
	Caboolture	Brisbane Roma Mackay	26 July	1869	P&T	Previously Cabulture.
	Caboolture R.S.				TO
	Cairns	Cape York	25 September	1878	P&T	1879 Report, p.2 notes opening as 22 August 1878. March 1887 additions to P&T office In 1898 25,292 telegraph messages at Cairns
	Cairns R.S.	Cape York	27 December	1888	TO	An Official station.
	Caloundra				R&TO	Closed 15 January 1887.
	Camboon	Brisbane Roma St Lawrence	4 January	1865	P&T	Opened as a repeater station,
	Cambooya	Southern	30 March	1875	P&T	A new contract Post & Telegraph Office was opened in May 1907.
	Camooweal	Burketown Cloncurry Mackay	April	1890	P&T	On the border with the Northern Territory.
	Cape Bowling Green		19 October	1878	TO	29 km north of Ayr. Closed in 1920.
	Cape Capricorn		1 September	1880	TO	First line from the Pilot Station was completed on 10 March 1875 (1875 Report, p1 Note 9). 75 km east of Rockhampton. Closed 1967.
	Cape Cleveland				TO
	Cape Moreton	Suburban	20 August	1864	TO	Closed in 1956. Rated RRRR
	Cape York	Gulf Line	25 August	1887	TO
	Capella				P&T
	Cardwell	Burketown Cloncurry Mackay	3 January	1870	P&T	Station erected in 1869.
	Cashmere	Gulf line	23 October	1871		Closed 17 May 1881.
	Cawarral				P&T
	Channing	South West				Closed 1 December 1880.
	Charleville	South West	5 October	1874	P&T
	Charleville R.S.	South West			TO
	Charters Towers	Burketown Cloncurry Mackay	29 December	1874	T&T	March 1887 additions to P&T office
	Charters Towers R.S.	Burketown Cloncurry Mackay	September	1883	TO
	Charters Towers Racecourse		30 January	1878	TO	Open only on race days.
	Chelmer				P&T
	Cherry Gully	Southern & Western Railway	8 December	1880	RTS	Closed 16 May 1881.
	Childers	Brisbane Roma St Lawrence		1873	P&T
	Childers R.S.	Brisbane Roma St Lawrence	4 November	1887	RTS
	Chinchilla		18 January	1878	P&T
	Clare				P&T	CN from Mulgrave 1882.
	Clarke River			1879	TO	132 km NW Charters Towers. TO: 1879; RO 1896; PO: 1909, Closed: 1971.
	Clermont	Brisbane Roma St Lawrence	16 October	1867	P&T	Station erected in 1869.
	Clermont R.S.	Brisbane Roma Mackay			TO
	Cleveland	Suburban	23 February	1865	P&T	Closed between 1 and 8 October 1880.
	Cleveland R.S.				TO
	Clifton	South West	30 March	1875	P&T
	Clintonvale R.S.	South West			TO
	Cloncurry	Burketown Cloncurry Mackay	27 August	1883	P&T	Jan 1885 tender accpted for new P&T office £1155.
	Cluden R.S.			1880	TO	8 km south of Townsville. closed 6 August 1899; PO: 1949; CN to Wulguru 1958.
	Coen	Cape York	29 December	1886	P&T	TO 1886; RO: 1888; PO: 1893.
	Collaroy	Brisbane Roma St Lawrence	16 September	1874	P&T	100 km south of Mackay. TO: 1874; PO: 1895; closed 1921.
	Colton RTS			1887	RTS	An Official Station.
	Comet		1 May	1878	P&T	Opened on closure of Blackwater.
	Condamine	South West	17 November	1866	TO	On Dalby-Roma line.
	Cooktown	Cape York	25 April	1876	P&T	Tenders called to construct a Telegraph Office called in November 1877. March 1887 additions to P&T office
	Cooktown R.S.			1887	RTS	An Official Station.
	Coomera		23 April	1888	P&T	Changed status to RTS.
	Cooran				P&T
	Cooroy				P&T
	Coorparoo R.S.				TO
	Cordalba				P&T
	Cootharaba		8 July	1878		Closed 1 October 1880.
	Copperfield		3 April	1872	(PO)	Opening may be just after. Closed 30 June 1886.
	Corinda				P&T
	Creen Creek		3 January	1872
	Cressbrook				P&T
	Crow's Nest		17 October	1877	P&T	See 1877 Report, p. 2. Made an RTS in 1887.
	Croydon	Burketown Cloncurry Mackay	4 July	1887	P&T
	Croydon R.S.	Burketown Cloncurry Mackay			TO
	Croydon Junction R.S.	Burketown Cloncurry Mackay		1887	RTS	An Official Station.
	Cumberland				R&TO	Closed 5 July 1899.
	Cunnamulla	South West	13 July	1885	P&T	Extension from Charleville completed 1876-77.
	Cunnamulla Railway	South West			TO
	Currawildi		15 January	1878		Tenders for a new P&T office called in the Gazette on 14 September 1878.
	Curriwillinghi		17 October	1877		Renamed to Hebel

D	Telegraph Office	Region of Qld.	Opening date		Type of Office	Notes
	Daintree				P&T
	Daisy Hill				TO	Renamed Slack's Creek about 1943.
	Dakabin	Brisbane suburban	1 July	1927	P&TO	Opening date is an (educated) guess
	Dalby	South West	16 November	1863	P&T	CN from Myall Creek in about 1855.
	Dalby R.S.	South West	30 March	1875	TO
	Dalrymple	Burketown Cloncurry Mackay				Extension from Charters Towers completed 1876-77. Tenders for a new P&T office called in the Gazette on 14 September 1878. Tender let for new telegraph office Nov 1878. Closed 21 December 1887.
	Dalveen			1885	P&T
	Dee River					Closed 3 June 1880.
	Degilbo				P&T
	Delta	Burketown Cloncurry Mackay		1925	TO	Had a T.O. date stamp. Closed about 1970.
	Dingo	Brisbane Roma St Lawrence			P&T
	Dinmore				P&T
	Dirranbandi	South West			P&T	Closed on 30 June 1887 but reopened on 5 October 1888.
	Donaldson				P&T
	Donors Hill				P&T
	Double Island Point			1885	TO	59 km north-east of Gympie. Closed 1956.
	Drayton	First line	15 October	1861	P&T	Closed 20 August 1887; reopened 3 September 1887; closed 31 August 1888.
	Drum Range T.O.K.	South West			T.O.
	Dry River	North (upper)	17 February	1879
	Duaringa		26 November	1878	P&T
	Dugandan		22 October	1887	RTS
	Dulacca		19 March	1879	P&T
	Dulbydilla				RTS	Closed 17 September 1887.
	Dundathu		14 June	1877		Extension from Woody Island completed 1876-77.
	Dunwich	Suburban		1865	P&T	On North Stradbroke Island.
	Durah	Brisbane Roma St Lawrence	4 January	1865	P&T	Closed 31 August 1880.

E	Telegraph Office	Region of Qld.	Opening date		Type of Office	Notes
	Eagle Farm Racecourse	Suburban			TO	During Race Meetings only.
	Eagle Junction				P&T
	Eidsvold		5 March	1888	P&T
	Einasleigh					Opened as a subsidiary to TO at Junction Creek August 1908
	Elliottown		22 July	1878		Probably closed in August 1879 because "it was not self-supporting".
	Elliott R.S.		10 January	1889	RTS	An Official station.
	Emerald Creek	Cape York	about	1950	TO	PO September 1556; Closed 31 January 1972.
	Emerald (Downs)	Brisbane Roma St Lawrence	3 May	1879	P&T
	Emerald R.S.	Brisbane Roma St Lawrence			TO
	Emu Creek		19 September	1877	TO
	Emu Park R.S.		14 January	1889	RTS	An official station. CN from Hewittville.
	Emu Vale				P&T
	Englesburg		10 July	1897	P&T
	Enoggera RTS		24 July	1899	RTS
	Ernest Junction				TO
	Esk				P&T
	Esk R.S.			1887	RTS	An Official Station.
	Etheridge	Gulf line				CN to George Town (Georgetown).
	Eton				P&T
	Eulo	South West	23 May	1881	P&T
	Exchange				P&T
	Explosives				TO

F	Telegraph Office	Region of Qld.	Opening date		Type of Office	Notes
	Fairview	Cape York	16 December	1887	TO	Formerly known as "The Black Soil"
	Fanning				R&TO
	Fassifern		12 September	1877	??	Closed 10 July 1897. Re-opened September 1882.
	Fernlees (Springsure extension)	Brisbane Roma St Lawrence	8 December	1886	RTS
	Fernvale		20 May	1876.	TO
	Fernvale R.S.		1 Dec	1888	TO	CN from Fernvale R.T.S.
	Five-Mile Camp		23 November	1877
	Flagstone Creek	South West
	Flat-Top Island		12 May	1877	TO	Extension from Mackay completed 1876-77. 7 km east of Mackay. Closed 1940.
	Floraville	Burketown Cloncurry Mackay	15 October	1886	P&T
	Fortitude Valley	Suburban	7 August	1877	P&T

G	Telegraph Office	Region of Qld.	Opening date		Type of Office	Notes
	Gatcombe Head		20 January	1887	TO
	Gatton	Suburban	28 April	1861	P&T	Operated on first line but opened to public on 6 Sept 1861. Closed in 1868 following the completion of the railway telegraph. Re-opened in 1874.
	Gayndah	Brisbane Roma St Lawrence	27 February	1865	P&T
	Georgetown	Gulf line	23 October	1871	P&T	CN from Etheridge and George Town.
	Geraldton	Cape York			P&T	CN to Innisfail in 1911
	Gilbert River	Central Section	3 January	1872	TO	TO: 1872; RO: 1896; PO 1898. Closed 1965.
	Gin Gin	Brisbane Roma St Lawrence	1 May	1873	P&T
	Gladstone	Brisbane Roma St Lawrence	11 January	1865	P&T
	Gladstone R.S.	Brisbane Roma Mackay	2 July 1897		RTS
	Golden Fleece		27 February	1865	TO	Closed during 1868.
	Goodna (R.S.)	First line	8 Nov 64	1864	TO	CN from Woogaroo.
	Goode Island				TO
	Goodwood				P&T
	Goondiwindi	South West	10 June	1872	P&T	Qld-NSW border town.
	Gordon Downs RTS				RTS	Closed 30 April 1887.
	Gowrie Junction		30 March	1875	P&T
	Gracemere				P&T
	Grandchester		21 May	1874	P&T	CN from Bigges Camp. Closed in 1868 following the completion of the railway telegraph. Approximate re-opening date - between 15 April and 13 June 1874.
	Grantham				P&T
	Greenmont R.S.				TO
	Gregory		11 August	1887	RTS
	Gundiah				P&T
	Gympie	Brisbane Roma St Lawrence	9 December	1868	P&T
	Gympie R.S.	Brisbane Roma St Lawrence			TO

H	Telegraph Office	Region of Qld.	Opening date		Type of Office	Notes
	Halifax				P&T
	Hapsburg				T&TO
	Harrisville		26 July	1877	P&T
	Haughton				R&TO
	Hawkwood	Brisbane Roma St Lawrence	4 January	1865	P&T
	Hebel	South West
	Helidon	South West	18 June	1868	P&T
	Hendon		30 March	1875	P&T
	Herberton	Cape York	6 April	1887	P&T	Tender accepted for construction of P&T Office with Theo. Tripke.
	Herberts Creek				RTS	Closed 15 August 1887.
	Herbert River		26 January	1875	??
	Hidden Valley	Brisbane Roma St Lawrence			TO	Below Yeppoon.
	Highfields	South West	21 May	1874		Approx date - between 15 April and 13 June.
	Hillgrove		22 December	1887	P&T
	Homestead				P&T
	Howard RTS			1887	RTS	An Official Station. Closed 28 August 1897.
	Hughenden	Normanton Cloncurry Mackay	31 July	1886	P&T	Jan 1885 Tender let for £440 additions to P&T office
	Hughenden R.S.				R&TO
	Hungerford	Too complex	see entry		P&TO
	Huxley				TO

I	Telegraph Office	Region of Qld.	Opening date		Type of Office	Notes
	Ilfracombe	Central West			P&T
	Indooroopilly				P&T
	Ingham	Burketown Cloncurry Mackay			P&T	Tenders for quarters for P&T Postmaster June 1882
	Inglewood	South West	20 August	1872	P&T
	Inkerman	Burketown Cloncurry Mackay	15 March	1869		Probably a repeater station
	Innisfail	Cape York	8 April	1885	P&T	CN from Geraldton in 1911.
	Inskip Point		20 November	1875	TO
	Ipswich	First line	13 April	1861	P&T	Connection made 11 April.
	Ipswich North	Brisbane Roma St Lawrence			P&T
	Ipswich R. S.	First line	21 May	1874	TO	Approx date - between 17 March and 13 June 1913.
	Irvinebank		29 September	1897	P&T
	Isisford	Central West			P&T
	Isis Junction		11 August	1887	RTS
	Iveragh RTS		12 October	1897	RTS

J	Telegraph Office	Region of Qld.	Opening date		Type of Office	Notes
	Jericho	Central West			P&T
	Jimbour	Brisbane Roma St Lawrence	15 May	1878	P&T	Closed 1 October 1887; re-opened 13 August 1888.
	Johnstone River	Burketown Cloncurry Mackay	1 November	1882	PO	CN to Geraldton and then Innisfail.
	Jondaryan		30 March	1875	P&T
	Junction Creek	Gulf line	23 October	1871	R&TO	CN from Rosella Plains. Tenders called for P&T May 1882,
	Julia Creek	Burketown Cloncurry Mackay
	Jundah	Central West			P&T

K	Telegraph Office	Region of Qld.	Opening date		Type of Office	Notes
	Kabra		2 August	1887	RTS
	Karumba				P&T	CN from Kimberley in 1887.
	Kamerunga (R.T.S.)		27 December	1888
	Keppel Bay (Pilot Station)	Brisbane Roma St Lawrence	11 September	1867	TO	TO closed in 1921.
	Kilcoy	Brisbane Roma St Lawrence			P&T
	Kilkivan	Brisbane Roma St Lawrence	(at RS) 11 July (new) 21 June	1878 1885	P&T	Opened at Railway Station in July. Tenders for a new P&T office called in the Gazette on 14 September 1878 and in Nov 1878 tender let for new telegraph office
	Kilkivan Junction				P&T
	Killarney	South East	7 July	1887	RTS
	Killarney RTS	South East			RTS	Closed 16 March 1887.
	Kimberley				P&T	CN to Karumba in 1887.
	Kingsborough		10 July	1878
	Kingston				P&T
	Kuranda				P&T
	Kynuna				P&T
	Kyoomba	South East			P&T

L	Telegraph Office	Region of Qld.	Opening date		Type of Office	Notes
	Laidley	South West	21 May	1874	P&T	Approx date - between 15 April and 13 June. On 1 Jan 1863, Laidly had opened but only for transmission of messages.
	Laidley R.S.				TO
	Lake's Creek (R.T.S.)		26 April	1889	RTS
	Landsborough				P&T
	Langton RTS				RTS	Closed 30 April 1887.
	Laura	Cape York			P&T	Closed 12 December 1887.
	Laura (R.T.S.)		29 January	1889	RTS
	Leyburn	South West	10 June	1872	P&T
	Lochnagar RTS		3 September	1897	RTS	Closed 5 October 1897.
	Logan Village RTS		11 August	1886	RTS
	Longreach	Central West	21 December	1891	P&T
	Longreach R.S.				RTS
	Lowood RTS		25 March	1887	RTS	Closed 10 August 1886; re-opened 25 March 1887.
	Lucinda	Burketown Cloncurry Mackay			P&T
	Lutwyche	Suburban
	Lytton	Suburban	8 June	1861	P&T

M	Telegraph Office	Region of Qld.	Opening date		Type of Office	Notes
	Macalister	Sthn & Western Railway.	8 June	1880	P&T
	McDonnell		25 August	1887	TO
	Mackay	Brisbane Roma St Lawrence	24 October	1866	P&T	Station erected in 1869.
	Mackay R.S.		17 May	1888	RS	An Official Station.
	McKinlay	Burketown Cloncurry Mackay			P&T
	Magazine Island		11 October	1888		Cleveland Bay. An Official Station.
	Magnetic Island (Quarantine Station)		2 September	1886	TO	TO: 1886; RO: 1900-1910 and 1912 to 1927; PO 1927. CN to Picnic Bay 1935.
	Manly				P&T
	Marburg		1 September	1888	P&T	Closed 1 February 1898 and transferred to being a Telephone Station.
	Mareeba	Cape York	11 August	1899	RTS
	Marlborough	Brisbane Roma St Lawrence	19 May	1865	P&T	In Jan 1878 there were considerable repairs to the Telegraph office
	Maroochie			1875
	Maryborough	Brisbane Roma St Lawrence	27 February	1865	T&T
	Maryborough R.S.	Brisbane Roma St Lawrence			TO
	Mayne Junction				TO
	Mayne RTS		13 November	1899	RTS
	Maytown	Cape York	25 April	1876	P&T	Was to be called Edwardstown - P&T by 1880 (?). Telegraph Office closed 2 October 1899.
	McDonnell	Cape York		1880s		260 km NNW of Coen. Closed 1930.
	Mein	Cape York	13 October	1886	R&TO	Line finished on 13 October 1886 and new station opened 14July 1887.
	Meringandan				P&T
	Miles	South West	22 August	1878	P&T	On Dalby-Roma line.
	Miles R.S.	South West			TO
	Millchester	Normanton Cloncurry Mackay	28 November	1874	P&T	TO closed 31 August 1888. Then PO only.
	Mirani				P&T
	Miriam Vale	Brisbane Roma St Lawrence	21 January	1875	TO	Building completed November 1874 (?). Closed 21 October 1897 and transferred to being a Telephone Station.
	Mitchell Downs	South West	5 October	1874	P&T	CN to Mitchell. May 1877 tender called for new teleg office
	Mitchell R.S.				TO
	Monkland				P&T
	Montalbion					Closed 29 September 1897 and transferred to being a Telephone Station..
	Moonmera RTS		21 June	1898	RTS
	Mooraree				TO
	Moreton	Cape York	1 September	1887	TO	175 km NNW of Coen. TO: 1887; RO: 1896; PO 1 July 1927; TO Sept 1961; Closed 28 Feb 1977.
	Moreton Island (Southern End)		14 April	1872		Ref: 1873 Report, p.1.
	Moreton Island (Pilot Station)	Suburban	20 August	1864	TO
	Morven RS			1887	RTS	An Official Station.
	Mount Britton					Closed 28 April 1887.
	Mount Chalmers	Brisbane Roma St Lawrence
	Mount Charlton	Burketown Cloncurry Mackay				NW of Mackay.
	Mount Cuthbert	Burketown Cloncurry Mackay				North of Mount Isa and Cloncurry. Opened as a Receiving Office in 1908; upgraded to a Post Office about June 1910; closed 31 December 1927. The Office at the Railway station opened in March 1917 and closed in March 1918.
	Mount McConnell	Burketown Cloncurry Mackay	27 January	1888	P&TO	120 km SE of Charters Towers. PO: 1866-68; TO: 1888; RO: 1896; PO 1927. CN to Mount McConnel 1938.
	Mount Morgan	Brisbane Roma St Lawrence	18 March	1887	P&T
	Mount Morgan R.S.	Brisbane Roma St Lawrence			TO
	Mount Perry	Brisbane Roma St Lawrence	10 May	1873	P&T	Approx date - between 15 April and 13 June.
	Mount Perry R.S.	Brisbane Roma St Lawrence	6 August	1888	RS	An Official Station.
	Mount Sturt	Southern			RS	Opened June 1884.
	Muckadilla				P&T
	Mulgowie	South West
	Mulgrave					CN to Clare 1882.
	Munbilla				P&T
	Mungar		26 November	1877	P&T	Closed 31 October 1880.
	Mungindi	NSW	9 May	1881	P&T	Closed 7 October 1887; re-opened 19 December 1887.
	Murgon	Brisbane Roma St Lawrence
	Murphy's Creek	South West	21 May	1874	P&T	Approx date - between 15 April and 13 June.
	Musgrave	Cape York	23 December	1886	TO	TO: 1886; RO 1896; PO 1927; Telephone Office 1930 to 1956.
	Muttaburra	Central West	30 October	1881	P&T

N	Telegraph Office	Region of Qld.	Opening date		Type of Office	Notes
	Nambour	Brisbane Roma St Lawrence			TO
	Nanango	Brisbane Roma St Lawrence			P&T	Extension completed 1876-77.
	Nangwee	South West			TO	West of Toowoomba below Dalby.
	Nebo	Brisbane Roma St Lawrence	24 October	1866	P&T	Formerly Fort Cooper. Station erected in 1869.
	Nelson				P&T
	Nerang (Creek)	South East	6 February	1875	P&T
	Nerang R.S.	South East			TO
	Newmarket RTS		24 July	1899	RTS
	Nive	South west				Closed 10 January 1887.
	Nive Downs		23 January	1876
	Nobbys				P&T
	Normanby R.S.		4 March	1889	P&T	An Official station.
	Normanton	Burketown Cloncurry Mackay and Gulf line	3 January	1872	P&T
	Normanton R.S.	Burketown Cloncurry Mackay			TO
	Norman Mouth	Burketown Cloncurry Mackay	3 January	1872		in lieu of Kimberley.
	Northcote					Closed 6 February 1887.
	North Bundaberg R.S.	Brisbane Roma St Lawrence			TO
	North Ipswich	Brisbane Roma St Lawrence	12 April	1887	TO	Closed 30 November 1888.
	North Pine River R.S.		October	1884	TO @RS
	North Rockhampton R.S.		14 January	1889	RTS
	Norwood	Central	June	1881
	Nudgee R.S.				TO
	Nundah R.S.				TO

O	Telegraph Office	Region of Qld.	Opening date		Type of Office	Notes
	Oakey	South West			P&T	CN from Oakey Creek in ??
	Oakey Creek	South West	30 March	1875
	Olio RTS		7 September	1899	RTS	Closed 10 November 1899.
	Oondooroo RTS		27 July	1899	RTS
	Oxley (West)		23 October	1874	P&T	CN from Oxley West in ??

P	Telegraph Office	Region of Qld.	Opening date		Type of Office	Notes
	Palmerville	Cape York	8 May	1876	P&T	Tenders called to construct a Telegraph Office called in November 1877.
	Palmer Road RTS		28 March	1887	RTS	Closed 5 July 1887.
	Park Road				TO
	Parliament House	Brisbane	1 January	1878	Electric Teleg. Station	Opened during sitting Session. Closed 1 August 1888. Re-established in June 1889 (during the session).
	Paterson (Cape York)	Gulf Line	25 August	1887	TO	Closed 14 September 1960.
	Paterson	East Coast Line.				44 km SW of Maryborough. TO: 1887; RO: 1910; PO: 1927. Closed 1972.
	Peak Downs	Brisbane Roma St Lawrence			P&T	SW of Nebo
	Peel Island				TO	8 km ENE of Cleveland. Closed 1956.
	Pengarry Junction RTS			1887	RTS	An Official Office.
	Pentland				P&T
	Petrie Terrace				P&T
	Pialba				P&T	Closed 18 October 1897.
	Pile Light(house)		August	1884	TO	Mouth of the Brisbane River. Closed 1956.
	Pimpama		2 December	1878
	Pine Hill				P&T
	Pine River (North) R.T.S.			1888		Pine River (North) changed status to RTS.
	Pinkenba RS	Suburban	3 September	1897	RTS
	Pittsworth				P&T
	Point Archer			1880s	TO	16 km SSE of Cooktown. Closed (temporarily) 31 August 1887; re-opened 5 March 1888. CN to Archer Point 1950.
	Port Alma	Brisbane Roma St Lawrence	6 September	1883	TO	Tenders called for a P&T office November 1882. Closed 21 April 1887.
	Port Denison					CN to Bowen in 1865.
	Port Douglas	Cape York	23 May	1879	P&T
	Prairie RTS		29 December	1886	RTS

Q	Telegraph Office	Region of Qld.	Opening date		Type of Office	Notes
	Quarantine Station		10 March	1875	TO
	Queenton	Burketown Cloncurry Mackay			P&T
	Queenton R.S.	Burketown Cloncurry Mackay			P&T	Made an ordinary telegraph station in 1887.
	Quinalow	South West	As a Telegraph Office:	1924	TO	Opened as a Receiving Office about 1892.

R	Telegraph Office	Region of Qld.	Opening date		Type of Office	Notes
	Racecourse, Charters Towers		30 January	1878	TO	Open only on race days
	Raglan		21 November	1878	P&T
	Ravenswood	Burketown Cloncurry Mackay	20 August	1872	P&T
	Ravenswood R.S.	Burketown Cloncurry Mackay			TO
	Ravenswood Junction	Burketown Cloncurry Mackay			P&T	Renamed Mingela 13 March 1931.
	Redbank	Suburban	November	1884	TO&R
	Redbank Plains				P&T
	Redcliffe				P&T
	Redlynch R.S.		27 December	1888	RTS	An Official station.
	Red Hill	Suburban		1899
	Reid River R.S.		23 September	1880	RTS
	Richmond	Burketown Cloncurry Mackay	22 September	1886	TO	CN to Richmond Downs 1888.
	Richmond Downs	Burketown Cloncurry Mackay		1888	P&T	CN from Richmond in 1888.
	Risenshine	Burketown Cloncurry Mackay			TO
	Rita Island	Burketown Cloncurry Mackay	April	1937	TO	Near Ayr. RO May 1923; PO 1 July 1927; closed 1965.
	River Dee	Brisbane Roma St Lawrence	24 March	1872	TO
	Riverleigh		June	1965	TO	RO August 1924; PO 1 July 1927; closed 1975.
	Rivermead	Burketown Cloncurry Mackay	12 August	1952	TO	18 k SW of Ayr.
	Rockhampton	Brisbane Roma St Lawrence	4 January	1865	T&T
	Rockhampton R.S.	Brisbane Roma St Lawrence			TO
	Rocklea	Suburban			P&T
	Rockwood		19 July	1886	P&T
	Rocky RTS				RTS	Closed 28 May 1887.
	Rocky Creek		30 November	1874
	Rolleston		19 April	1887	P&T
	Roma	South West	17 November	1866	P&T
	Roma R.S.	Southern & Western Railway.	17 September	1880	RTS	An Official Station from 1887.
	Rosedale	Brisbane Roma St Lawrence			P&T
	Rosewood	South West	30 April	1877	P&T

S	Telegraph Office	Region of Qld.	Opening date		Type of Office	Notes
	Saltern	Central west	May	1890	TO
	Sandgate	Suburban	3 March	1871		Closed 13 August 1897 and transferred to being a Telephone Station.
	Sandgate, R.S. Central	Suburban			TO
	Sandgate R.S.	Suburban			TO
	Sandy Cape	Brisbane Roma St Lawrence		1915	TO	Lighthouse 96 kn ENE of Maryborough. Closed 1936.
	Sea Hill (Keppel Bay)		1 November	1875	P&T	Quarantine Station
	Sellheim				P&T
	Sherwood				P&T
	Somerset	Cape York	18 August	1887
	South Antigua RTS	Central West	April	1893	RTS
	South Brisbane	Suburban	4 September	1877	P&T
	South Brisbane R.S.				TO
	South Johnstone	Cape York
	South Passage	Suburban		1873	TO	Under construction in January 1873. Situated on Moreton Island. Closed 1922.
	Southport		15 October	1879	P&T	See also the Pacific Cable office at Southport.
	Southport R.S.		23 January	1889	RTS	An Official station.
	Spottiswood		23 January	1888	P&T
	Spring Bluff				P&T
	Springsure	Brisbane Roma St Lawrence	10 April	1872	P&T
	Springsure R.S.	Brisbane Roma St Lawrence			TO
	St. George	South West	2 December	1874	P&T	Feb 1885 tenders call for new P&T Office
	St. Lawrence	Brisbane Roma St Lawrence	10 March	1865	P&T	CN from Waverley and AKA Broad Sound. Jan 1878 new Teleg office completed
	Stamford RTS		13 April	1898	RTS
	Stanthorpe		19 August	1872	P&T
	Stanthorpe R.S.		4 May	1881	RTS
	Stamwell				P&T
	Stewart's Creek R.S.		15 July	1897	RTS
	Stockyard Creek	South West
	Strathpine R.S.		9 August	1897	RTS
	Sunny Bank R.S.		21 September	1888	RTS	Sunnybank RS closed 13 April 1887 then re-opened in 1888 as an Official Station.
	Surat	South West	2 December	1874	P&T
	Swan Creek				P&T

T	Telegraph Office	Region of Qld.	Opening date		Type of Office	Notes
	Tallebudgera	South east	12 December	1879	P&T	Closed 31 December 1880.
	Tambo	Central West	16 June	1874	P&T	1876 Report, p.1 notes line completed 26 August 1875.
	Tanby RTS		14 January	1889	RTS
	Tangorin				P&T
	Taringa				P&T
	Taroom	Brisbane Roma St Lawrence	29 December	1865	P&T
	Tate	Cape York	15 May	1876	TO	Tenders called to construct a Telegraph Office called in November 1877.
	Tenengering		1 May	1873
	Tenterfield Repeating Station	NSW
	Tewantin	Brisbane Roma St Lawrence	6 May	1875		Closed 4 February 1898 and transferred to being a Telephone Station.
	Texas	South West	5 May	1895	P&T	Qld-NSW border town.
	Thargomindah	South West	6 December	1881	P&T	Feb 1885 tenders call for additions to P&T Office
	Thompson's Point	Brisbane Roma St Lawrence		1915		25 km ESE of Rockhampton. PO 1905 - 1908; TO 1915 - 1946.
	Thornborough	Cape York	20 November	1877	P&T
	Thursday Island	Cape York	26 August	1887	P&T
	Tiaro	Brisbane Roma St Lawrence	21 May	1874	P&T	Approx date - between 15 April and 13 June.
	Tiaro R.S.	Brisbane Roma St Lawrence			TO
	Tinaroo	Burketown Cloncurry Mackay	28 September	1882	TO
	Tolmie's Dam RTS				RTS	Closed 28 May 2887.
	Toowong	Suburban	11 October	1875		Telegraph Office replaced with telephone in ??
	Toowoomba	First line	17 August	1861	P&T	June 1878 Tenders called for P&T office
	Toowoomba R.S.	First Line	21 May	1874	TO	Approx date - between 15 April and 13 June.
	Torbanlea		31 May	1888	RTS
	Torrens Creek				P&T
	Townsville	Burketown Cloncurry Mackay	15 March	1869	T&T	Station erected in 1869. Jan 1878 plans for new £2000 Teleg Office completed June 1878 Tenders called for P&T office
	Townsville R.S.		September	1883	TO
	Tungamull RTS	Brisbane Roma St Lawrence	23 January	1889	R&TS
	Tweed Heads	South West			R&TO

U	Telegraph Office	Region of Qld.	Opening date		Type of Office	Notes
	Urandangie	Burketown Cloncurry Mackay	26 August	1890	P&T	"Just" south of Camooweal.

W	Telegraph Office	Region of Qld.	Opening date		Type of Office	Notes
	Walkerston				P&T
	Wallaroo RTS				RTS	Closed 30 April 1887.
	Wallangarra RTS		15 February	1887	P&T	Qld-NSW border town.
	Walloon		21 May	1874	P&T	Approx date - between 15 April and 13 June.
	Wallumbilla				P&T
	Walsh (River)	Cape York	8 May	1876	R&TO	Tenders called to construct a Telegraph Office called in November 1877.
	Walton				T&RO
	Wamuran	Brisbane Roma St Lawrence			P&T
	Warra		18 October	1877	P&T
	Warwick	First line	22 October	1861	P&T
	Warwick R.S.		30 March	1875	TO
	Waterview	Brisbane Roma St Lawrence	3 January	1870		May 1877 tenders called and in Jan 1878 contract let for new Telegraph Office. Closed on 24 May 1881.
	Watten RTS		19 May	1898	RTS
	Waverley	Brisbane Roma St Lawrence	10 March	1865	TO	CN to St. Lawrence.
	Wellington Point				P&T
	West Leichardt				TO
	Westwood	Brisbane Roma St Lawrence	12 January	1870	P&T
	Westwood R.S.	Brisbane Roma St Lawrence	24 March	1873	TO
	White Cliffs (Fraser Island)	Brisbane Roma St Lawrence		1885
	Whitewood				R&TO
	Windorah	Central West	4 August	1886	P&T
	Winton	Central West	12 February	1883	P&T
	Winton R.S.	Central West	13 November	1899	RTS
	Withersfield	Central Railway	24 September	1880	RTS	Closed 30 April 1887.
	Woodford	Brisbane Roma St Lawrence			P&T
	Woodstock				P&T
	Woody Island	Brisbane Roma St Lawrence	9 March	1869	TO	There are two - the other is off Port Douglas (Cape York).
	Woogaroo			1864	TO	Named after the Woogaroo Sheep station established in 1841. Later called The Willows but the name Goodna was used from 1865 onwards.
	Woolooga RTS	Brisbane Roma St Lawrence		1887	RTS	An Official Station.
	Woolloongabba	Suburban			P&T
	Woolloongabba R.S.	Suburban			TO
	Wooloowin	Suburban			P&T
	Woombye RTS	Central West	April	1893	RTS
	Wyandotte				R&TO
	Wyandra RTS	South West	3 July	1897	RTS
	Wynnum	Suburban			P&T
	Wyreema	South West			P&T

Y	Telegraph Office	Region of Qld.	Opening date		Type of Office	Notes
	Yaamba	Brisbane Roma St Lawrence	7 July	1874	P&T	New Telegraph Office Jan 1878 but no funds allocated in 1874. Yaamba was closed but reopened on 1 September 1880, then abolished on 8 January 1881 and reopened.
	Yandilla	South West			P&T
	Yandina	Brisbane Roma St Lawrence	21 May	1874	P&T	Approx date - between 15 April and 13 June.
	Yangan	South West	16 December	1887	RTS
	Yeerongpilly	Suburban			P&T
	Yelarbon	South West
	Yelvertoft	Burketown Cloncurry Mackay			TO
	Yengarie	Brisbane Roma St Lawrence	3 November	1874	P&T	Also spelt Yengarrie.
	Yeppoon	Brisbane Roma St Lawrence	15 February	1887	P&T
	Yeronga	Suburban			P&T
	Yeuleba/Yuleba	South west		1878	P&T	Had originally mistakenly been spelt as Yeulba.