Tas - TOs in Furneaux Group

Telegraph Offices and Stations were established on Flinders Island and on Cape Barren Island. These are the largest two of the 78 islands making up the Furneaux group with Clark Island being the third largest. The group is located directly north of the north-east corner of Tasmania and 54 km from Cape Portland.

Flinders Island is the largest island in the Furneaux group - 1,367 km2. It is 62 km long and 32 km wide.
There are four main settlements: Killiecrankie, Emita, Lady Barron and Whitemark.
Smaller settlements (with less than 100 people) include Blue Rocks, Killiecrankie, Lackrana, Leeka, Loccota, Lughrata, Memana, Palana, Ranga, Wingaroo and Wybalenna.
Cape Barren Island is directly south of Flinders and is 478 km2 in area. A formal reserve was established in 1881 for the Aboriginal inhabitants fo the island. On 10 May 2005, the Australian Government formally released the Crown lands on both Cape Barren Island and Clarke Island (immediately below) - the first official handover of Crown land to an Aboriginal community in Tasmania.

AWA constructed a Coastal Radio Station on Flinders Island. For date stamps and further information, see elsewhere.

Cape Barren Island	Emita	Killiecrankie	Lady Barron
Loccota	Flinders Island	Settlement Cove	Whitemark

Cape Barren Island

A Telegraph Office was opened in

9 January 1951.

Emita

A Telegraph Office was opened in

Killiecrankie

Lady Barron

The Telegraph Office was opened in

Loccota

The Telegraph Office was opened in

The usual postal date stamp was also used for telegraphic purposes.

29 August 1952.

Flinders Island.

The Telegraph Office was opened in ?? It closed during the first half of 1907 with the business being divided between Settlement Cove and Whitemark.

See also details of the AWA Flinders Island Coastal Radio station.

Flinders 1907
7 June 1907.
Type 1.

Rated: R.

Settlement Cove.

The Telegraph Office was opened in 1907 following the closure of Flinders Island office.

The office used the Flinders Island date stamp until a new type 2a date stamp (month in 2 letters, year in full) was prepared.

Earliest recorded use of the Settlement Cove canceller is 17 October 1908.

Whitemark. The Official Post Office with telegraphic facilities opened in the second half of 1902.
The first date stamp used had WHITE MARK as two words. Size: 24 mm. Rating: RRR.	3 November 1922. Used on AE-DO-1Ea.
A type 1 canceller was used at Whitemark from 15 December 1902.	26 November 1951.
	16 December 1966. Used on AW-DO-10A (59).