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Old Post Office, Whites Flat [B 12173] • Photograph

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Summary

Old Post Office at Whites Flat, 17 miles from Port Lincoln. The Post Office opened on October 1, 1897. In 1915 Whites Flat was described as consisting of a post office and a local hall. The hall also served as a church, school, dance hall and lecture room. The tiny post office boasting of a thatch roof remained a sentinel of the early days. The building reputed to the the smallest post office in Australia survives and stands in the Koppio Smithy Museum

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Physical description

Photograph; 13.8 cm x 8.2 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1935

Collection

Part of Whites Flat Collection

Subject

Post office buildings -- South Australia -- Whites Flat

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Digitisation information

Date

13/02/2006

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,298 x 1,995 pixels (6.6 MP)

Size

19.77 MB

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