Western Australia: 1869-1988.
List of Telegraph Offices to about 1900.

Each Telegraph Office opened until about 1910 can be accessed from the list below. As from 1 July 1927, all Receiving Offices (RO) were either upgraded to non-official Post Office status or downgraded to Telegraph Offices (TO).

There is no information on the website if an office is not on this list or is not hyperlinked.

A summary of the Offices opened in the first 10 years is provided in the Overview of W.A.
A description of the six Coastal Radio Stations established with wireless equipment in 1912-1914 is included elsewhere.

Click on the first letter of the Office then use the hyperlink of the name you want.

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

Emu Hill has the distinction of having the shortest operating life - just over 2 months.

Name with numbers Refer to the alternative name:
25 Mile Coonanalion (or Coonanalin or Kunanalling)
42 mile Balgarrie (no PO or TO - 45 m NNW of Kalgoorlie).
45 mile Ora Banda (the site of Cashman's Brilliant Reward mine)
90 Mile Goongarrie (from 26 September 1895).
98 mile Bullabulling
125 Mile Arthur River

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

A Telegraph Office Region of WA Opening Date Type of office Notes
  Abbotts Mid West 17 August 1898 P&T Closed 31 October 1913.
  Aberdeen Street
 Suburban 1 April 1898 P&T CN from Perth North-West on 1 April 1898.
  Albany Southern 22 December 1872 P&T
  Armadale Suburban 1 September 1898 P&T
  Arrino Mid West 1 June 1874 TO Closed 31.5.80 then reopened 18.8.93 to close 30.9.98
  Arthur River Wheatbelt 23 November 1882 P&T Originally the 125 Mile.
  Ashburton
(see Onslow)		 Pilbara 28 July 1885 P&T CN almost immediately to Onslow in 1885.

 

B Telegraph Office Line/Branch Opening date Type of Office Notes
  Balbarrup Southern 29 February 1896 P&T CN from Blackwood Feb 1872 before telegraph
  Bal(l)ingup Southern 24 March 1889 P&T
  Balla Balla Pilbara 21 October 1897 P&T Maybe closed in 1903.
  Balladonia ICL April 1897 TO CN from Ponton April 1897 before telegraph
  Bamboo Creek Pilbara 20 April 1895 P&T
  Bannister Wheatbelt 28 February 1881 P&T
  Barabup Southern   1915? P&T
  Bardoc Goldfields 10 July 1896 P&T
  Bassendean Suburban   1922 P&T
  Bayswater Suburban 1 August 1898 P&T
  Beaconsfield Southern 1 August 1894 P&T CN to South Fremantle 1.4.04.
  Berkshire Valley Wheatbelt 1 March 1874 TO Reopened 20 September 1894.
  Beverley Wheatbelt 6 December 1877 P&T
  Black Flag Goldfields 18 July 1896 P&T
  Black Range Mid West early April 1907 P&T
  Blackboy Hill Suburban 29 August 1914 P&T CN to Greenmount.
  Bonnievale Goldfields 23 December 1897 P&T
  Boodarrie Pilbara 17 August 1892 TO CN to Causeway Camp then Port Hedland.
  Boorabbin Goldfields 24 September 1894 TO
  Boulder Goldfields 12 April 1897 P&T
  Boyanup Southern 11 January 1898  
  Bremer Bay ICL 8 March 1876  
  Bridgetown Southern 30 November 1886   CN from Geejelup Feb 1872.
  Brisbane Street Suburban 1 April 1898 P&T CN from Pert North on 1 April 1898.
  Broad Arrow Goldfields 18 July 1896 P&T AKA Kurawa 1897-98.
  Brookton Wheat Belt   1907?   No date for a TO - just a photograph.
  Broome
(Cable Station)		 Kimberley 9 April 1889 TO  
  Broome
(see Roebuck Bay)		 Kimberley   1892 P&T CN from Roebuck Bay.
  Broomehill Southern 5 August 1893 P&T CN from Eticup.
  Brown Hill Goldfields March 1902 P&T Erection of a portable Post and Telegraph Office approved.
  Brunswick Southern 1 October 1896 P&T CN to Brunswick Junction June 1909.
  Bulla-Bulling Goldfields 10 July 1897 P&T
  Bulong Goldfields 1 February 1896 P&T CN from I.O.U.
  Bunbury Southern 27 February 1872 P&T
  Burbanks Goldfields 15 March 1901 P&T CN from Londonerry.
  Burswood Suburban        
  Busselton
(see Vasse)		 Southern 1 January 1893 Vasse cds used until 1906.

 

C Telegraph Office Line/Branch Opening date Type of Office Notes
  Cape Leeuwin Southern 1 February 1898 TO
  Capel (see Coolingup) Southern 1 December 1897 P&T CN to Coolingup in 1898 and reverted in 1899.
  Carnamah Mid West 1 June 1874 TO
  Carnarvon Gascoyne 15 August 1884 P&T CN from Gascoyne 15.8.84 before telegraph.
  Causeway Camp
(see Boodarrie and Port Hedland)		 Pilbara 9 November 1897 TO CN from Boodarrie 9 November 1897 and then to Port Hedland (28 Nov 1898).
  Chain Pump Mid West 4 May 1895 P&T Short lived and no details available.
  Champion Bay Mid West 5 June 1874 P&T CN from Champion Bay to Geraldton in 1874 before telegraph.
  Chidlows Well Wheatbelt 31 March 1897 P&T  
  Claremont Suburban     P&T  
  Coalville Southern 24 September 1898 P&T CN to Colliefields 1 January 1899 soon after the telegraph line was completed.
  Collie
(see Colliefields)		 Southern 1 January 1900 P&T CN from Colliefields in 1900.
  Colliefields Southern 1 January 1899 P&T CN from Coalville 1899; CN to Collie 1900.
  Condon Pilbara 9 April 1889 TO
  Cookernup Southern 20 July 1897 P&T
  Coolgardie Goldfields 2 July 1894 P&T
  Coolgardie Railway Station Goldfields September 1895 TO Closed 19 May 1895.
  Coolingup
(see Capel)		 Southern 1 January 1898 P&T CN to Capel 1899.
  Cossack Pilbara 17 November 1885 P&T Replaced North District.
  Cottesloe Suburban 22 November 1897 P&T
  Cuballing Wheatbelt      
  Cuddingwarra Mid West 20 November 1895 P&T Originally called Dead Finish.
  Cue Mid West 12 November 1894 P&T CN from Cue's Find 1894
(before the Telegraph).
  Cunderdin Wheatbelt 1 July 1911 P&T  
  Curanup Southern 23 September 1929 TO 1 Nov 1929 only recorded date.

 

D Telegraph Office Line/Branch Opening date Type of Office Notes
  Dandaragan Wheatbelt 15 August 1896 P&T CN from Yatheroo Sept 1896.
  Dardanup Southern 11 October 1895 P&T
  Day Dawn Mid West 15 November 1894 P&T
  Dellerton   16 August 1930 TO RO 1 February 1924; PO 1 July 1927;
TO 16 August 1930; closed 3 April 1949.
  Derby Kimberley February 1889 P&T Not 3 April
  Diorite King Goldfields 17 July 1897 P&T Closed May 1901 and reopened 1907.
  Dongarra Mid-west 18 June 1874 P&T CN from Port Irwin in 1870.
  Donnybrook Southern 13 January 1898 P&T CN from Preston 13.1.98.
  Doodlakine Wheatbelt 8 November 1892 TO
  Dowerin Wheatbelt     P&T
  Dundas Goldfields/ICL 3 June 1896 P&T P&TO destroyed by fire on 19 May 1898 and not reopened. Norseman established subsequently.

 

E Telegraph Office Line/Branch Opening date Type of Office Notes
  East Fremantle Southern 1 January 1899 P&T CN from Plympton 1899.
  Edjudina Goldfields 11 November 1938 TO PO 2 December 1935; TO 11 November 1938;
closed 1 November 1940.
  Ellensbrook   1 January 1930 TO RO 15 October 1923; PO 1 July 1927, TO 1 January 1930; closed 24 June 1932.
  Emu Hill Southern 30 September 1943 TO RO 7 March 1912; PO 1 March 1922; TO 30 September 1943; closed 8 December 1943.
  Esperance ICL 1 January 1895 P&T CN from Esperance Bay.
  Esperance Bay ICL 8 August 1876 TO CN to Esperance 1895.
  Eucla ICL 8 December 1877 TO P&TO 1895.
  Eyre ICL 17 July 1877 TO P&TO 1895; closed March 1927.

 

F Telegraph Office Line/Branch Opening date Type of Office Notes
  Fimiston Goldfields 1 January 1902 P&T
  Fitzroy Kimberley 1 September 1892 P&T CN to Fitzroy Crossing in 1907.
  Fitzroy Crossing Kimberley 1 January 1907 P&T CN from Fitzroy.
  Flint Cliff Gascoyne 21 April 1884 TO CN to Hamelin Pool
  Fortescue Pilbara 17 November 1885 TO PO 1904; Closed 13 June 1927.
  Fremantle Southern 21 June 1869 P&T
  Fremantle Railway Station Southern 19 August 1895 P&T
  Fremantle Town Hall Southern 1 August 1895 P&T

 

G Telegraph Office Line/Branch Opening date Type of Office Notes
  Geraldton Mid West 5 June 1874 P&T CN from Champion Bay 1874 before telegraph.
  Gingin Wheatbelt 27 October 1876 P&T
  Goongarrie Goldfields 26 November 1895 P&T CN from 90 Mile when became P&TO.
  Gnowangerup Southern 25 June 1913 P&T  
  Gosnells Suburban        
  Grass Valley Wheatbelt 5 July 1900 P&T
  Greenbushes Southern 5 May 1891 P&T
  Greenmount         CN from Blackboy Hill
  Greenough Mid West 5 June 1874 P&T CN from Greenough Flats 1.5.62 before telegraph.
  Guildford Suburban 23 December 1871 P&T
  Gullewa Mid West 2 September 1897 P&T
  Gwalia Goldfields 1 January 1903 P&T Opened as a Receiving Office.
No details about a Telegraph Office.

 

H Telegraph Office Line/Branch Opening date Type of Office Notes
  Halls Creek Kimberley 1 September 1892 P&T
  Hamelin Pool Gascoyne 21 April 1884 TO
  Hannans Goldfields 11 February 1894 PO CN to Kalgoorlie 18 June 1894.
  Harvey Southern October 1897 TO  
  Hay Street East Suburban 1 April 1898 P&T CN from Perth East 1.4.98.
  Hay Street West Suburban 1 February 1900 P&T
  Helena Vale Suburban 12 April 1897 P&T CN from Midland Junction 1.5.95 and reverted 1901.
  Horrocks Mid West        

 

I Telegraph Office Line/Branch Opening date Type of Office Notes
  I. O. U. Goldfields 1 February 1896 TI CN to Bulong
  Israelite Bay ICL 5 December 1876 TO P&TO 1895.

 

J Telegraph Office Region of WA Opening Date Type of office Notes
  Jarrahdale Southern 11 February 1880 TO P&TO September 1882.
 

Jarrahdale Junction
(also see Mundijong)

 Southern December 1893 PO then P&TO CN in 1897 to Mundijong.

 

K Telegraph Office Region of WA Opening Date Type of office Notes
  Kalgoorlie
(see Hannans)		 Goldfields 21 August 1894 P&T CN from Hannans 18.6.94 before telegraph.
  Kalgoorlie Railway Station Goldfields 31 October 1905 TO PO 1 July 1902; TO 31 October 1905; closed 1921.
  Kanowna Goldfields 23 January 1895 P&T Originally known as White Feather.
  Karridale Southern 11 April 1893 P&T Destroyed by fire in 1961.
  Katanning Southern 4 August 1893 P&T Replaced Moojebup before telegraph.
  Kellerberrin Wheatbelt 1 September 1894 P&T CN from Kellerberin.
  King George's Sound Southern 22 December 1872 P&T aka Albany
  Kojonup Southern 22 May 1875 P&T
  Kookynie Goldfields 22 August 1901 P&T
  Kunanalling Goldfields 18 November 1895 P&T CN from 25 Mile and Coonalion
  Kurawa
(see Broad Arrow)		 Goldfields 16 July 1896 P&T Official name of Broad Arrow 1897-98.
  Kurnalpi Goldfields 24 February 1896 P&T

 

L Telegraph Office Region of WA Opening Date Type of office Notes
  Lagrange Bay Kimberley 9 April 1889 TO
  Lake Austin Mid West 8 October 1896 P&T
  Lake Darlot ????? Goldfields      
  Lake View Goldfields 19 February 1904 P&TO Only open for 5 years.
  Lakeway Goldfields January 1898 RMB CN to Wiluna on 5 November 1900.
  Lanark   15 July 1929 TO Group Settlement 19. RO 1 July 1922; RO 1 July 1929; TO 15 July 1929; closed 1 June 1931.
  Laverton Goldfields 12 September 1899 P&T Originally known as British Flag.
  Lawlers Goldfields 30 August 1897 P&T
  Leederville Suburban 11 September 1897 P&T
  Lennonville Mid West 23 July 1897 P&T
  Leonora Goldfields 22 October 1897 P&T
  Londonderry Goldfields 2 May 1896 P&T Replaced by Burbanks 15 March 1901.
  Lyndon Gascoyne 1 January 1898 TO CN to Winning Pool July 1898.

 

M Telegraph Office Region of WA Opening Date Type of office Notes
  Malcolm Goldfields 1 January 1904 P&T CN from Mount Malcolm 1904 after the telegraph link.
  Mallina Pilbara 16 July 1896 TO Closed 9.3.99 see also Balla Balla for link.
  Mandurah Southern 22 December 1886 P&T CN from Serpentine 1.1.1865.
  Manjimup Southern        
  Marble Bar Pilbara 25 August 1894 P&T
  Margaret River Southern February 1893 P&T
  Marradong
(Brook)		 Southern 15 July 1895 P&T
  Maylands Suburban 30 April 1910 P&T  
  Meekatharra Mid West 25 February 1907 P&T An official Post Office had opened
on 8 January 1896.
  Melville Mid West 13 November 1895 TO  
  Menzies Goldfields 4 December 1895 P&T
  Merredin Wheatbelt 1 July 1912 P&T
  Midland Junction Suburban 1 January 1901 P&T CN to St Helena 1896 then reverted back to Midland Junction in 1901.
  Mingenew Mid West 20 September 1894 P&T
  Mooliabeenie Wheatbelt 6 March 1911 P&T (O)
  Moora Wheatbelt 2 September 1896 P&T
  Morgans
(see Mount Morgan)		 Goldfields 1 January 1909 P&T CN from Mount Morgan.
  Mornington Mills Southern 7 May 1900 P&T
  Mount Barker Southern 5 December 1873 P&T
  Mount Lawley Perth sub   1909 P&T  
  Mount Leonora Goldfields 22 October 1897 P&T Also known as Leonora.
  Mount Magnet Mid West 15 March 1896 P&T
  Mount Malcolm Goldfields 15 June 1897 P&T CN to Malcolm 1904.
  Mount Margaret Goldfields 17 May 1897 P&T
  Mount Morgan
(see Morgans)		 Goldfields 10 August 1899 P&T CN to Morgans 1909.
  Mount Sir Samuel Goldfields 1 October 1900 P&T
  Mullewa Mid West 13 October 1894 P&T
  Mulline Goldfields 19 April 1901 P&T
  Mulwarrie (see Mount Higgins) Goldfields 19 April 1901 P&T CN from Mount Higgins.
  Mundabullangara Pilbara 1 May 1919   RO 16 July 1906; TO 1 May 1919; closed post-1969.
  Mundaring Suburban 24 October 1899 P&T
  Mundijong
(see Jarrahdale Junction)		 Southern 1 January 1897 P&T CN from Jarrahdale Junction.
  Murchison Mid West       General area north east of Geraldton around Mount Magnet, Cue and Meekatharra
  Murgoo Mid West 16 December 1897 P&T Replaced Cheangwa before telegraph.
  Murrin Murrin Goldfields 18 March 1898 P&T Replaced Redcastle.

 

N Telegraph Office Region of WA Opening Date Type of office Notes
  Nannine Mid West 12 November 1894 P&T
  Narrogin Wheatbelt 8 August 1893 P&T
  Nedlands Suburban        
  New Norcia Wheatbelt 4 March 1874 P&T CN from Victoria Plains 4.3.1874
  Newcastle Wheatbelt 6 January 1872 P&T CN to Toodyay in 1910
  Newman Pilbara        
  Niagara Goldfields 13 July 1896 P&T
  Ninety Mile Goldfields 1 September 1894 RMB CN to Goongarrie 26 Nov 1895.
  Norseman Goldfields 7 May 1896 P&T A replacement for Dundas.
  North Fremantle Southern 13 April 1893 P&T
  North Perth Suburban      
  Northam Wheatbelt 11 January 1872 P&T
  Northampton Mid West 5 April 1878 P&T CN from Wanerenooka before the telegraph.
  Nullagine Pilbara 6 February 1897 P&T

 

O Telegraph Office Region of WA Opening Date Type of office Notes
  Onslow Pilbara 1 January 1885 P&T CN from Ashburton in 1885.

 

P Telegraph Office Region of WA Opening Date Type of office Notes
  Paddington Goldfields 15 November 1897 P&T CN from Sore Foot Rush in February 1897.
CN to Gidarra in 1912.
  Palace Hotel Suburban 8 July 1897 P&T
  Peak Hill Mid West 10 October 1898 P&T
  Perth C.T.O. 21 June 1869 P&T
  Perth East Suburban 10 June 1895 P&T CN to Hay Street East 1.4.98.
  Perth North Suburban 1 February 1897 P&T CN to Brisbane Street 1.4.98.
  Perth North-West Suburban 14 August 1894 P&T CN to Aberdeen Street 1.4.98.
  Perth Railway Station Suburban March 1897 P&T  
  Pilbara Pilbara 2 January 1902 P&T
  Pindinnie Goldfields 1 April 1897 P&T Closed 10 December 1900.
  Pingelly Wheatbelt 1 August 1893 P&T CN from Moorumbine after telegraph.
  Pinjarra(h) Southern 17 February 1872 P&T CN from Pinjarrah.
  Plympton Southern 14 March 1898 P&T CN to East Fremantle 1899.
  Ponton (see Balladonia) ICL 1 December 1896 TO CN to Balladonia April 1897.
  Port Hedland Pilbara 28 November 1898 P&T CN from Causeway Camp AFTER Telegraph.
  Preston Southern 5 September 1892 P&T CN to Donnybrook 13.1.98.
  Princess Royal Goldfields 1 August 1903 P&T

 

Q Telegraph Office Region of WA Opening Date Type of office Notes
  Quindalup Southern 14 March 1893 P&T

 

R Telegraph Office Region of WA Opening Date Type of office Notes
  Ravensthorpe ICL/(Goldfields) 29 January 1901 P&T CN from Phillips River after telegraph.
  Redcastle Goldfields

1 May

 1897 TO Replaced by Murrin Murrin on 30 Nov 1898.
  Reedy Mid West 16 September 1935 P&TO  
  Riverina     c. 1941 TO PO 12 June 1936; TO about 1941 (or 17 May 1948); closed 22 June 1950.
  Rockingham Southern 28 August 1893 P&T
  Roebourne Pilbara 1 October 1885 P&T
  Roebuck Bay Kimberley 9 April 1889 TO CN to Broome 1892.

 

S Telegraph Office Region of WA Opening Date Type of office Notes
  Salgash Pilbara 1 August 1898 TO Replaced by Warrawoona 22.9.98.
  Sandstone Mid West   1894 P&TO  
  Sharks Bay Gascoyne 15 October 1893 P&T
  Siberia Goldfields   1901 P&TO CN to Waverley
  Smiths Mill Suburban 12 March 1901 P&T
  Sore Foot Rush Goldfields       CN to Paddington on 4 February 1897.
  South Fremantle Southern 1 April 1904 P&T CN from Beaconsfield 1.4.04.
Date stamp used before that date.
  South Perth Suburban 7 November 1898 P&T
  Southern Cross Wheatbelt 4 February 1892 P&T
  Star of the East Mid West 23 September 1899 P&T
  Subiaco Suburban 15 July 1897 P&T

 

T Telegraph Office Region of WA Opening Date Type of office Notes
  Talga Talga Pilbara 27 April 1896 TO
  Tambourah Pilbara 6 December 1897 TO Replaced Talga Talga.
  The Granites Goldfields 10 December 1900 P&T CN to Yundamindera 1903.
  Tien Tsin Pilbara       See Cossack.
  Toodyay Wheatbelt 1 January 1900 P&T CN from Newcastle in 1910 after telegraph.
  Toweranna Pilbara 12 July 1897 TO Closed 27 July 1898.
  Trafalgar Goldfields 6 December 1902 AO CN to Lake View in 1904 then back to Trafalgar in 1909.
  Turkey Creek Kimberley 13 September 1897 P&TO  

 

V Telegraph Office Region of WA Opening Date Type of office Notes
  Vasse Southern 27 November 1872 P&T CN to Busselton 1893 when TO ceased.
  Victoria Park Suburban 1 December 1898 P&T
  Victoria Plains Wheatbelt 4 March 1874 P&T CN to New Norcia 4.3.1874.

 

W Telegraph Office Region of WA Opening Date Type of office Notes
  Wagin Wheatbelt 3 August 1893 P&T
  Walebing Wheatbelt 12 August 1896 P&T
  Walkaway Mid West 9 May 1899 P&T
  Wallal Kimberley 1 January 1904 P&T
  Wandering Wheatbelt/Southern 20 September 1894 P&T
  Waroona Southern 17 July 1899 P&T CN from Drakesbrook before telegraph.
  Warrawoona Pilbara 22 September 1898 P&T
  Waverley Goldfields   1901 P&TO CN from Siberia.
  West Northam Wheatbelt 22 January 1901 P&TO  
  Western Shaw Pilbara 15 January 1898 TO Closed 25 July 1898.
  Whim Creek Pilbara 15 October 1897 TO
  White Feather Goldfields 23 January 1895 TO CN to Kanowna
  White Flag Goldfields 21 July 1896 TO Closed 23 December 1897.
  Widgemooltha Goldfields 18 October 1896 P&T
  Williams River Wheatbelt 18 July 1872 TO
  Wiluna Goldfields 5 November 1900 P&T CN from Lakeway before telegraph.
  Winning Pool Gascoyne 1 July 1898 TO CN from Lyndon River.
  Woolgangie Goldfields 17 November 1895 TO Closed 17.12.95
  Wooramel Gascoyne 24 December 1897 TO
  Wyndham Kimberley 17 January 1893 P&T

 

Y Telegraph Office Region of WA Opening Date Type of office Notes
  Yalgoo Mid West 4 April 1895 P&T
  Yarloop Southern 1 June 1897 P&T
  Yerilla Goldfields 16 February 1897 P&T Closed 31 December 1899.
  York Wheatbelt 17 January 1872 P&T
  Yundamindera Goldfields 10 December 1900 P&T CN from The Granites early 1901.
RO 1 October 1913; TO 28 December 1924; closed at some time :)