Gundagai Post Office and Mounted Postie

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Certainly for me the post office is one of the nicest buildings in Gundagai. It is a fairly simple red brick building built in 1879. I especially like the ‘swirl’ on the balcony which has an early art deco look, so either it was ahead of its time or it was a later addition to the original building.

More interesting than the building itself is that Gundagai Post Office was the base of Australia’s last mounted postie (postman). Continue reading “Gundagai Post Office and Mounted Postie”