Erindale Centre

Erindale Centre Post Office

Located in Comrie Street, Wanniassa, in Tuggeranong district, 17kms from the Centre of the city, Erindale Centre post office was previously named Wanniassa (I), its name being changed on 1 November 1989. The office became a licensed post office by July 1997 and is now located at Erindale Shopping Centre, Shop 12 50 Comrie Street.

As at February 2020, the Erindale Licensed Post Office is located within the Newsagency, Shop 12/50 Comrie Street, the Erindale Centre.

Erindale post office utilized a Type 4F ‘ACT’ post code 2903 codes ‘1’, ‘2’, ‘3’ and ‘5’ recorded between 1990 and 1994. A rubber circular date stamp was in use in 1991.

Erindale Centre Licensed Post Office date stamp 12 February 2020.

Waniassa (I)

Wanniassa Post Office (I)

Wanniassa Post Office located 17 kms south south west of the City Centre in the district of Tuggeranong opened as a post office on 29 March 1982 operated by Mrs M A Temby. The Post Office was located in Room L1.02 (School Library), Erindale Centre, Wanniassa. The Office closed on 27 June 1986.

On 30 June 1986 the Office was designated an Official Post Office, reopening in a new building, not far from the previous postal agency. The office changed name to Erindale Centre on 1 November 1989.

A.C.T. Relief '147' seen used at the Office from 29 October 1982. A.C.T. Relief date stamp '108' was seen at Wanniassa on 8 September 1988.

Kambah (I)

Kambah Post Office (I)

Situated approximately 18 kms south west of the City centre in the Tuggeranong district, Kambah post office opened as an automatic exchange on 26 June 1974 and a post and telephone office with money order facilities on 7 May 1975, operated by P G Petrou. The office was located at the shopping centre in Mannheim Street Kambah. The office closed on 20 April 1977.

An official post office opened some 5 months later on 12 September 1977 at another location. It was operated by W B Adam Kambah is the largest suburb in the ACT and the most northern of the Tuggeranong District suburbs. The Office subsequently closed on 27 June 1986 and was replaced by a Post Office Agency at the nearby Kambah Village and an Official Post Office at Wanniassa.

Kambah post office utilized a Type 4A(i) ‘ACT’ post code 2902 date stamp recorded between 1976 and 1986. A Type 4E(i) ‘ACT’ date stamp is recorded between 1978 and 1982. A Type 4E(i)T code ‘1’ date stamp is recorded in use in 1982.