Weetangerra Post Office
Weetangerra, located west north west of the Canberra
civic centre in what is today the district of Belconnen was once a thriving
rural centre. A suburb of Weetangera was subsequently established in Belconnen
in the late 1960’s.
In November 1895 residents of
Weetangerra petitioned the then Postmaster-General for the establishment of a
post office at that location. A receiving office was opened on 25th
June 1896 with T K Clark appointed postmaster.
The status of the office was raised to official on 15th June 1899.
By 1915 business had decreased substantially and the status of the office was
again reduced to receiving office. The office closed on 30th
November 1967.
Weetangerra utilized a numeral
obliterator No. 1934 which was replaced by a Type 1D(i) date stamp recorded
between 1914 and 1920. A Type 2C date stamp is recorded between 1938 and 1941.
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