Doolbi

Doolbi receiving office, 2.5 km east of Childers. The Receiving Office opened at the railway station on 12 March 1894 and was designated a post office in late 1927. The original receiving office keeper was the gatekeeper, Mrs Frances Foster

• Manuscript cancellation dated 1901 rated Very Rare

1901

Doolbi manuscript cancellation dated 16 September 1901 and rated Very Rare. Seen in the collection of Tony Curtis. Ex Wolfgang Kielmann

Opening of the Receiving Office

Memorandum dated 7 March 1894 on the establishment of the Doolbi Receiving Office. Text: It has been approved to open a Receiving Office at Doolbi on the Childers Railway Line, and the postmaster at Maryborough has been instructed to supply the usual stores. Doolbi will also be a parcel post office

Memorandum dated 14 March 1894 on the establishment of the Doolbi Receiving Office. From the National Archives of Australia and supplied by Tony Curtis