Rockingham Beach Post Office - site

Author

City of Rockingham

Place Number

18490

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Location

Cnr Kent St & Railway Tce Rockingham

Location Details

Local Government

Rockingham

Region

Metropolitan

Construction Date

Demolition Year

1984

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type	Status	Date	Documents	More information
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Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type	Status	Date	Grading/Management		More information
Type	Status	Date	Category	Description	More information
Municipal Inventory	Adopted	24 Apr 2018	Category E	Category E Historic site. Recognise- for example, with a plaque, place name, or acknowledge in new urban or architectural design. *Note: The term Heritage Assessment, referred to in Category A, B and C, is defined as: A brief, independent evaluation by a heritage architect or heritage consultant. It is not to be confused with a Heritage Council Heritage Assessment or a Conservation Plan, which are more extensive, detailed and costly documents.

Statement of Significance

The site has historic value for its association with the provision of postal services from 1955 to 1981.

History

Postal services had been conducted in Rockingham at several locations prior to the construction of these premises in 1955.
Postal services had been conducted from 1864 to 1867 by James Herbert at the Rockingham Arms Hotel and from 1867 to 1893, in the Rockingham Beach school. In 1893, a building was constructed near the corner of Parkin Street and Railway Terrace which was the location of a business premises which operated the postal services for Rockingham. Telegraph and telephone services also operated from these premises.
The first Postmaster and Telegraphist at Rockingham was George Hymus (1893-1897), followed by H.N. White (1897-1898), Ella Grover (1898-1900), Ada Hymus (1900-1905), Mabel Hanretty (1906-1921, 1926-1930), Vera Bell (1921-1926), Mary Flaherty (1930-1943), and Mrs McLean (1943-1955). A new Rural Automatic Telephone Exchange was built in Rockingham in 1939.
The building which was formerly on this site was built in 1955 and was a standard design for Post Offices used throughout Western Australia in the mid-20th century. The building was prefabricated and constructed for a cost of £ 9,777. The Post Office was officially known as Rockingham Beach.
In 1981, the Rockingham Beach Post Office was relocated to the Rockingham City Shopping Centre. A new facility, called the Rockingham Beach Post Office, opened in Kent Street. The Post Office building was demolished c1984.

Place Type

Historic Site

Uses

Epoch	General	Specific
Original Use	Transport\Communications	Comms: Post or Telegraph Office

Construction Materials

Type	General	Specific
Wall	ASBESTOS	Fibrous Cement, corrugated

Creation Date

15 Jul 2008

Publish place record online (inHerit):

Approved

Last Update

08 Jun 2021

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