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← [[58 High Street]] - ◦ - [[93 High Street|93 High Street (odd numbers)]] →
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* Part of (0-1-5) granted to [[Land Grant GW Barnard (0-1-5)|GW Barnard]] in 1847
* Old Post Office (built 1889)
* Old Post Office (built 1889)
* Lions Club park
* Lions Club park
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[[File:High_Street_60-62_Post_Office.jpg|600px|thumb|left|Old Post Office in 1939 - the picket fence has been replaced with a taller fence in front of the residence and there is now a telephone box on the right hand side of the building. (Photo courtesy of the Mercury)]]  
[[File:High_Street_60-62_Post_Office.jpg|600px|thumb|left|Old Post Office in 1939 - the picket fence has been replaced with a taller fence in front of the residence and there is now a telephone box on the right hand side of the building. (Photo courtesy of the Mercury)]]  
[[File:High_Street_60-62_Post_Office_Staff.jpg|600px|thumb|left|New Norfolk Post Office staff - Dave Barnes, the postmaster is on the right]]  
[[File:High_Street_60-62_Post_Office_Staff.jpg|600px|thumb|left|New Norfolk Post Office staff - Dave Barnes, the postmaster is on the right]]  
[[File:High_Street_60-62_For_Lease_2009.jpg|600px|thumb|left|Originally built as a medical centre in 1991, the new building was empty and available for lease in 2009 (Photo courtesy of Google Maps)]]  
[[File:High_Street_60-62_For_Lease_2009.jpg|600px|thumb|left|Originally built as a medical centre in 1991, the new building was empty and available for lease in 2009 (Photo courtesy of Google Maps)]]
 
* [[Land Grant GW Barnard (0-1-5)|Chain of Title]] - the history of the original land grant issued in 1847. The total land area was one rood and five perches.  This covered the land between what is now 54 High Street all the way to the corner of Stephen Street.

Latest revision as of 12:08, 30 June 2025

← 58 High Street - ◦ - 93 High Street (odd numbers) →

  • Part of (0-1-5) granted to GW Barnard in 1847
  • Old Post Office (built 1889)
  • Lions Club park
  • Medical Centre (built 1991)
  • Millington's Funerals
  • Craig Farrell's Office
Post Office in 1901. (Photo courtesy of National Archives of Australia)
Another view of the Post Office - the Lee & Sons sign and the four bars on the telegraph poles date this photo to around 1910.
Corner of High & Stephen Street outside the old Post Office in 1918, Arthur Square is in background with War Loan Tank and Crew
Snow covered streetscape showing the post office on the right in 1919 - the first fall of snow in the township for 30 years.
Old Post Office in 1939 - the picket fence has been replaced with a taller fence in front of the residence and there is now a telephone box on the right hand side of the building. (Photo courtesy of the Mercury)
New Norfolk Post Office staff - Dave Barnes, the postmaster is on the right
Originally built as a medical centre in 1991, the new building was empty and available for lease in 2009 (Photo courtesy of Google Maps)
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