Telegraph Offices were opened according to the lines being completed and the demand being assessed in each area. When it was deemed an Office was needed, it was constructed - or sometimes just located in the same building as the Post Office - and an entry made in the Government Gazette. A typical example is that shown for Newstead at right.
A listing of Telegraph Offices in Victoria to about 1890 is shown below. Hyperlinks lead to further details about that office or to an overview of the Victorian lines.
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Victorian Government Gazette, Tuesday 3 November, page 1. |
Opening dates are accurate as far as possible. Often there was a time difference between making the telegraphic connection and the opening of a proper Telegraph Office in a given locality was years. A best estimate has been made by consulting official or semi-official records (where they exist). This problem was addressed, to some extent - only 25 years after the first telegraph lines was erected in Victoria - when, in 1879, "the Government has determined to do away with a serious inconvenience arising in connection with the carrying on of postal telegraph offices in townships where the business has hitherto been too small to admit of the establishment of separate offices for telegraph purposes". Custom has been, and in many places is still, to place the telegraph business in the hands of a storekeeper or hotelkeeper, who in sending messages for his neighbors of course obtains considerable knowledge of their private commercial transactions. This circumstance gives much dissatisfaction in almost every locality in which the telegraph office is in the house of a tradesman. The suspicion arises in many cases that the postmaster may make an improper use of the information obtained from telegrams, and it is well known that many men engaged in business refuse to send messages by telegraph because of their disinclination to reveal their affairs to the person in charge of the office. It is intended, therefore, to make the telegraph office as far as possible an independent establishment in the country districts, and to secure the most inviolable secrecy with regard to the contents of all messages transmitted and received". The tables can be copied into an Excel spreadsheet for further sorting and research. Highlight the cells required and follow the usual COPY steps (highlight table, press CTL-C then CTL-V in your spreadsheet). |
First letter of Office name. | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q |
R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z |
A | Telegraph Office | Line/Branch | Opening date | Type of Office | Notes | |
Abbotsford | Suburban | 1888 | ||||
The Age | City | Newspaper line | ||||
Albert Park | Suburban | November | 1883 | |||
Alberton | Gippsland (South Gippsland) |
1887 | P&T | |||
Alexandra | Wood's Point | December | 1873 | |||
Allansford | Mount Gambier | October | 1882 | |||
Allendale | Donald Line | February | 1882 | |||
Altona | Southern Coast | |||||
Amherst | Donald line | October | 1881 | |||
Angler's Rest |
Gippsland (Bairnsdale Branch and beyond) |
May | 1940 | TO | ||
Apollo Bay | Otways | 1885 | CN from Krambruk in 1898. | |||
Apsley | Narracoorte | August | 1882 | |||
Ararat | Bordertown | November | 1858 | |||
Ararat | Bordertown | March | 1878 | RSC | ||
Arcadia | Rushworth Branch | February | 1880 | RSC | ||
The Argus | City | July | 1882 | Newspaper line | ||
Ascot Vale | Suburban | |||||
Ashburton | Suburban | |||||
Avenel | Albury | November | 1874 | TO | ||
Avenel | Albury | December | 1872 | RSC | ||
Avoca | Central Victoria pre-1862 |
May | 1859 | |||
Avoca | Central Victoria pre-1862 |
August | 1878 | RSC |
B | Telegraph Office | Line/Branch | Opening date | Type of Office | Notes | |
Bacchus Marsh | Ballarat No 8 West | October | 1874 | |||
Back Creek | Donald line | December | 1860 | CN to Talbot 14 February 1862. | ||
Bagshot | Eucha line | July | 1883 | RSC | ||
Bairnsdale | Gippsland (Bairnsdale Branch and beyond) |
July | 1869 | |||
Balaclava | Southern Coast | October | 1882 | RSC | ||
Ballan | Ballarat No. 8 West (Blackwood Branch) |
September | 1874 | |||
Ballarat | 1st line | December | 1856 | |||
Ballarat East | Ballarat No. 8 West | July | 1879 | |||
Ballarat West | July | 1863 | RSC | |||
Balmoral | Narracoorte | October | 1875 | |||
Balwyn North | Melbourne NE | |||||
Barfold | Swan Hill | |||||
Barnawartha | North-eastern | January | 1882 | |||
Barrakee | Wycheproof line | January | 1884 | RSC | ||
Bayswater | Suburban NE | |||||
Beaconsfield | Gippsland | April | 1879 | |||
Bealiba | Donald line | September | 1878 | RSC | ||
Beaufort | Bordertown | March | 1858 | |||
Beaufort | Bordertown | August | 1874 | RSC | ||
Beeac | Mount Gambier | 1889 | PO | Renamed from Ondit. PO 17 June 1872. See entry for telegrams. |
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Beeac R.S. | Mount Gambier | 1910 | RSC | Closed c. 1916 | ||
Beechworth | First line/Corowa | January | 1858 | P&T | ||
Beechworth | Corowa | August | 1878 | RSC | ||
Belfast | Mount Gambier | March | 1858 | CN from Port Fairy on 1 January 1854 but then CN back to Port Fairy on 20 July 1887. | ||
Belvoir | See Wodonga | |||||
Bemm River | Gippsland | 28 August | 1929 | TO | Upgraded to PO 1 July 1933. SW of Cann River. | |
Benalla | Corowa | May | 1858 | Junction for Wood's Point line. | ||
Benalla | Corowa | August | 1873 | RSC | ||
Bendigo | 1st line | January | 1857 | CN from Sandhurst about June 1891 | ||
Bentleigh | Suburban | 1928 | ||||
Berwick | Gippsland | March | 1873 | |||
Berwick | Gippsland | March | 1878 | RSC | ||
Bet Bet | Donald line | 1889 | ||||
Bethanga | Albury branch (Tintaldra Branch) |
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Beveridge | March | 1883 | RSC | |||
Birregurra | Otways | February | 1874 | |||
Birregurra | Otways | July | 1883 | RSC | Line had been constructed in 1878. | |
Black Snake Creek | Gippsland (Bairnsdale Branch and beyond) |
September | 1936 | TO | ||
Blackwood | Ballarat No. 8 West (Blackwood Branch) |
August | 1875 | |||
Boort | Wycheproof line | May | 1884 | P&T | ||
Boort | Wycheproof line | July | 1883 | RSC | ||
Boronia | Suburban NE | |||||
Bourke Street East | Melbourne city | Jan | 1880 | |||
Bowenvale | Donald line | January | 1884 | P&T | CN from Timor in 1884. | |
Box Hill | Suburban NE | December | 1882 | RSC | Lilydale branch. | |
Brandy Creek | Gippsland | March | 1877 | Replaced by Buln Buln on 10 October 1892. | ||
Branxholme | Penola (Portland-Hamilton Branch) |
November | 1875 | |||
Branxholme | December | 1882 | RSC | |||
Briagolong | Gippsland (Bairnsdale Branch and beyond) |
1890 | P&T | |||
Bridgewater (on Loddon) | Wycheproof | June | 1877 | CN to Bridgewater about 1941. | ||
Bright | Corowa (Harrietville Branch) |
August | 1867 | CN from Morse's Creek in 1861. | ||
Brighton | Suburban | November | 1872 | P&T | ||
Brighton Beach | Suburban | October | 1881 | RSC | ||
Brighton East | Suburban | 1890 | P&T | |||
Brighton North | Suburban | November | 1881 | RSC | ||
Brighton South | Suburban | 1890 | P&T | |||
Broadford | Albury | May | 1872 | RSC | ||
Broadmeadows | Suburban | March | 1880 | TO | ||
Brown Coal Mine | Gippsland. | July | 1918? | TO | ||
Brunswick | Suburban | August | 1872 | P&T | ||
Bruthen | Gippsland (Bairnsdale Branch and beyond) |
May | 1880 | |||
Buangor | Horsham line | August | 1879 | RSC | ||
Buchan | Gippsland (Bairnsdale Branch and beyond) |
May | 1885 | |||
Buln Buln | Gippsland | October | 1892 | Replaced Brandy Creek. | ||
Bundoora | Melbourne NE | |||||
Buninyong | Ballarat No. 8 West | October | 1862 | P&T | ||
Bunyip | Gippsland | November | 1877 | RSC | ||
Burrumbeet | Bordertown | August | 1874 | RSC | ||
Burwood | Suburban |
C | Telegraph Office | Line/Branch | Opening date | Type of office | Notes | |
Camberwell | Suburban | |||||
Camberwell RS | Melbourne NE | September | 1883 | RSC | Lilydale Branch on Railway Circuit. | |
Camperdown | Mount Gambier | October | 1863 | |||
Camperdown | Mount Gambier | July | 1883 | RSC | ||
Cann River | Gippsland | TO | 64 km ENE of Orbost. PO opened 1 July 1890. | |||
Canterbury | Suburban | |||||
Cape Otway | Otways | September | 1859 | |||
Cape Schanck | Southern Coast | September | 1861 | |||
Caramut | Penola | March | 1874 | |||
Carboor | Corowa | c. 1913 | TO | Closed 11 September 1967. 19 km SW of Myrtleford. |
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Carisbrook | Central Victoria pre-1862 |
6 March | 1861 | |||
Carisbrook | Central Victoria pre-1862 |
January | 1861 | RSC | ||
Carlsruhe | Swan Hill line | March | 1880 | RSC | ||
Carlton | Suburban | February | 1875 | |||
Carlton North | Suburban | 1887 | P&T | |||
Carlton South | Suburban | |||||
Carnegie | Suburban | 1911 | ||||
Cashel | Goulburn Valley | May | 1882 | Renamed from Dookie South in December 1877. Closed July 1893. PO 1894, closed 5 Feb 1900. |
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Casterton | Penola | July | 1865 | |||
Castlemaine | Central Victoria pre-1862 |
January | 1857 | |||
Castlemaine | Central Victoria pre-1862 |
July | 1863 | RSC | ||
Caulfield | Suburban | December | 1881 | |||
Caulfield R.S. | Suburban | 1914 | RSC | Telegraph Office reclassified as a Post Office about 1915. Closed about 1926. | ||
Caulfield East | Suburban | |||||
Caulfield South | Suburban | |||||
Caulfield Racecourse | Suburban | 1933 | Closed about 1960. | |||
Cavendish | Narracoorte | January | 1885 | |||
Charlton | Wycheproof line | January | 1878 | |||
Charlton | Wycheproof line | July | 1883 | RSC | ||
Cheltenham | Suburban | May | 1885 | P&TO | ||
Cheltenham | Suburban | RSC | ||||
Chewton | Deniliquin-Echuca (Fryerstown branch) |
October | 1872 | P&T | ||
Chiltern | Corowa | March | 1861 | CN from Black Dog Creek in 1853. Has a branch line from Benalla. |
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Chiltern | Corowa | December | 1873 | RSC | ||
Clayton | Suburban | |||||
City Road | Melbourne CBD | TO | ||||
Clifton Hill | Melbourne NE | December | 1883 | Whittlesea Branch. | ||
Clunes | Central Victoria pre-1862 |
February | 1861 | |||
Clunes | Central Victoria pre-1862 |
August | 1878 | RSC | ||
Clyde | Cowes | |||||
Cobden Railway Station | May | 1886 | RSC | |||
Coburg | Suburban | August | 1873 | CN from Pentridge 1870. | ||
Colac | Mount Gambier | August | 1863 | |||
Colac | Mount Gambier | August | 1878 | RSC | ||
Coldstream | Melbourne NE line | 1889 | Has a TO date stamp. 4 km NE Lilydale. | |||
Coleraine | Penola | August | 1867 | |||
Collingwood | Melbourne NE | November | 1865 | On the Lilydale branch. | ||
Collins Street | Melbourne CBD | |||||
Condah | Portland-Ham branch | August | 1878 | RSC | ||
Congupna Road | January | 1884 | RSC | |||
Cope Cope | Donald line | February | 1882 | RSC | ||
Corop |
Deniliquin-Echuca (Fryerstown branch) |
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Corryong | Albury (Tintaldra branch) |
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Cowes | Cowes | December | 1884 | P&T | ||
Cowwar | June | 1884 | RSC | |||
Craigieburn | November | 1877 | RSC | |||
Cranbourne | Cowes Branch | February | 1877 | |||
Creswick | Central Victoria pre-1862 |
August | 1859 | |||
Creswick | Central Victoria pre-1862 |
June | 1880 | RSC | ||
Cricket Ground | Suburban | |||||
Cudgee | Mount Gambier | November | 1878 | |||
Cunninghame | Gippsland (Bairnsdale Branch) |
October | 1879 | CN to Lakes Entrance Jan 1915. | ||
Customs House | August | 1872 |
D | Telegraph Office | Line/Branch | Opening date | Type of office | Notes | |
Dandenong | Gippsland | June | 1871 | |||
Dandenong | Gippsland | March | 1879 | RSC | ||
Dargo | Gippsland (Bairnsdale Branch and beyond) |
1891 | TO | Opening delayed in July because of floods. | ||
Darnum | December | 1883 | RSC | |||
Degraves Street | Melbourne CBD | July | 1914 | Replaced Commerce House on 19 November 1956; replaced by Flinders Lane 29 August 1986. |
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Daylesford | Central Victoria pre-1862 |
August | 1859 | |||
Daylesford | Central Victoria pre-1862 |
February | 1881 | RSC | ||
Devenish | June | 1884 | RSC | |||
Dimboola | Bordertown | June | 1880 | |||
Dimboola | Bordertown | July | 1882 | RSC | ||
Dixie | Mount Gambier | |||||
Donald | Donald line | 1 July | 1879 | CN from Mount Jeffcott 1870. | ||
Donald | Donald line | June | 1882 | RSC | ||
Doncaster | Melbourne NE | 1887 | P&T | |||
Donnybrook | August | 1883 | RSC | |||
Dromana | Southern Coast | April | 1875 | |||
Drouin | Gippsland | February | 1879 | |||
Drouin | December | 1881 | RSC | |||
Drysdale | Southern Coast | December | 1879 | RSC | ||
Drysdale | Southern Coast | August | 1882 | |||
Dunkeld | Narracoorte | April | 1877 | RSC | ||
Dunolly | Central Victoria pre-1862 |
August | 1859 | |||
Dunolly | Central Victoria pre-1862 |
August | 1878 | RSC | ||
Durham Ox | Swan Hill | June | 1876 |
E | Telegraph Office | Line/Branch | Opening date | Type of office | Notes | |
Eaglehawk | Wycheproof | October | 1871 | |||
Eaglehawk | Wycheproof | June | 1882 | RSC | ||
East Melbourne | Surburban | August | 1884 | P&T | ||
Eastern Market | Jan | 1880 | CN to Bourke Street East in 1886 | |||
Echuca | Echuca and Deniliquin | December | 1858 | |||
Echuca | Echuca and Deniliquin | June | 1865 | RSC | ||
Eddington | Swan Hill | November | 1884 | P&T | ||
Edenhope | Narracoorte | August | 1882 | |||
Egerton | Ballarat No. 8 West | January | 1878 | See Mount Egerton. | ||
Elaine | Donald | April | 1875 | PO CN from Mount Doran 1872. | ||
Eldorado | Corowa line (Eldorado Branch) |
July | 1871 | |||
Elizabeth Street North | Melbourne CBD | August | 1879 | |||
Elmore | Echuca and Deniliquin | June | 1865 | RSC | ||
Elphinstone | Swan Hill | April | 1873 | RSC | ||
Elsternwick | Suburban | November | 1884 | P&T | ||
Elsternwick | Suburban | December | 1881 | RSC | ||
Eltham | Melbourne NE | June | 1877 | |||
Elwood | Suburban | |||||
Emerald Hill | Suburban | 8 February | 1872 | P&T | Renamed South Melbourne on 21 November 1883. Telegraph Office at Emerald Railway Station opened about 1909, was re-classified as a PO about 1915 and clased about 1916. |
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Emu | Donald | August | 1883 | RSC | ||
Ensay | Gippsland | 1889 | P&T | About half way between Bairnsdale and Omeo. | ||
Essendon | Suburban | August | 1878 | RSC | ||
Eurack | Mount Gambier | July | 1905 | P&T | Not previously listed. Has a TO date stamp. | |
Euroa | Albury | 1884 | P&T | |||
Euroa | Albury | August | 1876 | RSC | ||
Everton | December | 1883 | RSC | |||
Exchange | December | 1880 | TO | TO December 1880; PO June 1891; CN to Stock Exchange TO about 1893. |
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Exhibition Building | August | 1880 | TO | Closed in 1881. |
F | Telegraph Office | Line/Branch | Opening date | Type of office | Notes | |
Fairfield | Suburban | |||||
Fernhill | February | 1883 | RSC | |||
Ferntree Gully | Melbourne NE | 1889 | RSC | |||
Fiery Creek | There were two offices with the same name - See Raglan and Streatham. | |||||
Fitzroy | Suburban | September | 1877 | |||
Fitzroy North | Suburban | April | 1879 | |||
Flemington | Suburban | 1877/78 | TO | |||
Flemington Cattle-yards | Suburban | January | 1878 | TO | The office was only available to the public on Wednesdays from 8.30 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. |
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Flemington Racetrack | Suburban | December | 1876 | |||
Flinders | Southern Coast | May | 1869 | |||
Flinders Street | Melbourne CBD | April | 1879 | RSC | At Railway Station | |
Flynn's Creek | November | 1884 | RSC | |||
Footscray | Suburban | October | 1873 | |||
Footscray West | Suburban | December | 1916 | |||
Foster | Gippsland (South Gippsland) |
April | 1873 | CN from Stockyard Creek in 1879. | ||
Frankston | Southern Coast | October | 1880 | |||
Frankston | Southern Coast | December | 1882 | RSC | ||
Fryerstown | Deniliquin-Echuca (Fryerstown branch) |
April | 1872 | P&T |
G | Telegraph Office | Line/Branch | Opening date | Type of office | Notes | |
Gabo Island | South-East NSW and Gippsland (Bairnsdale Branch and beyond) |
April | 1871 | TO | TO only - in conjunction with NSW. | |
Gaffney's Creek | Woods Point | May | 1871 | |||
Galah | Watson et al Vol 2, p. G-2. On the road west from Ouyem towards Pinaroo S.A. |
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Garvoc | August | 1884 | ||||
Geelong | 1st line | December | 1854 | |||
Geelong | April | 1862 | RSC | |||
Geelong Race Course | (see Geelong) | February | 1878 | |||
Geelong Ford Motor Works |
(see Geelong) | 1926 | TO | |||
Gisborne | 1st line - northern | September | 1883 | |||
Gisborne | 1st line - northern | August | 1884 | RSC | ||
Glen Waverley | Melbourne NE | |||||
Glen Wills | Gippsland (Bairnsdale Branch and beyond) |
1936 | TO | Destroyed by fire August 1959. | ||
Glenalbyn | Wycheproof | |||||
Glenloth | Wycheproof | November | 1884 | RSC | ||
Glengarry | Gippsland line |
CN 1 December 1884 from La Trobe R.S. which opened as a PO 1 January 1884. | ||||
Glenorchy | Bordertown | September | 1877 | |||
Glenorchy | Bordertown | January | 1879 | RSC | TO at RS opened c. 1910 and closed c.1916. | |
Glenrowan | North-eastern | August | 1883 | RSC | TO at RS opened 1 October 1910 and closed c.1916. | |
Glenroy | Suburban | |||||
Glenthompson | Narracoorte | August | 1878 | RSC | TO at RS opened c. 1910 and closed c.1916. CK |
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Goon Nure North | Gippsland | 19 February | 1929 | Closed 31 December 1939. | ||
Goorambat | North eastern | May | 1884 | RSC | ||
Goornong | Echuca (Northern) | September | 1877 | |||
Gordons | Ballarat No. 8 West | March | 1875 | |||
Gordons | Ballarat No. 8 West | December | 1882 | RSC | ||
Goroke | CC-Western | 1890 | P&T | |||
Grantville | Cowes | March | 1885 | |||
Great Western | Bordertown | about | 1909 | |||
Greensborough | Melbourne NE | Off Kangaroo Ground Branch. | ||||
Guilford | November | 1878 | RSC | Sometimes referred to as Mount Alexander. |
H | Telegraph Office | Line/Branch | Opening date | Type of office | Notes | |
Hamilton | Penola | March | 1861 | |||
Hamilton | Penola | August | 1878 | RSC | ||
Harrietville | Corowa (Harrietville Branch) |
September | 1884 | P&T | ||
Harrow | Narracoorte | July | 1875 | |||
Hawthorn | Melbourne NE | July | 1872 | P&T | Lilydale Branch | |
Hawthorn | Suburban | December | 1881 | RSC | ||
Hawthorn West | Suburban | 1890 | P&T | |||
Heathcote | Albury Heathcote Branch) |
October | 1859 | |||
Heidelberg | Melbourne NE | August | 1876 | On Kangaroo Ground branch | ||
Henty | March | 1884 | RSC | |||
The Herald | City | Newspaper line | ||||
Heyfield | Gippsland | November | 1883 | RSC | ||
Heywood | Penola (Portland-Hamilton Branch). |
July | 1877 | |||
Hexham | Penola | April | 1858 | |||
Highton | Southern Coast | |||||
Hobson's Bay Railway Station | Melbourne CBD | April | 1879 | Also known as Flinders Street. | ||
Homebush | Donald | 1914? | ||||
Homebush Lower | Donald | January | 1919 | A Telegraph Office during the Receiving Office period. | ||
Homewood | North Eastern | 8 October | 1894 | P&T? | ||
Horsham | Bordertown | January | 1875 | |||
Horsham | Bordertown | August | 1879 | RSC | ||
Hotel Victoria | Suburban | August | 1893 | Closed about 1919. | ||
Hotham | Suburban | June | 1875 | |||
Hotham Heights | Gippsland (Bairnsdale Branch and beyond) |
1 September | 1926 | TO | Closed about 1970. 11km SE Harrietville. Only two strikes recorded (Prestige September 2009 Lot 484 and Mossgreen March 2015 Lot 1588). |
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Humevale | Suburban NE | 26 July | 1927 | TO | Upgraded to PO June 1934; closed 31 March 1939. |
I | Telegraph Office | Line/Branch | Opening date | Type of office | Notes | |
Inglewood | Central Victoria pre-1862 |
October | 1861 | |||
Inglewood | Central Victoria pre-1862 |
August | 1878 | RSC | ||
Ivanhoe | Melbourne NE | August | 1876 | TO | On Kangaroo Ground branch. Reopened at PO 1890. |
J | Telegraph Office | Line/Branch | Opening date | Type of office | Notes | |
James | Gippsland | 31 August | 1921 | TO | RO c. 1902; TO 31 August 1921; CN to Livingstone Valley 14 February1923. N of Omeo. |
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Jamieson | Wood's Point | June | 1865 | |||
Jung Jung | Bordertown | September | 1879 | RSC |
K | Telegraph Office | Line/Branch | Opening date | Type of office | Notes | |
Kambruk | Otways | 1985 | CN to Apollo Bay 1898. | |||
Kangaroo Ground | Melbourne NE | February | 1884 | P&T | ||
Kaniva | Bordertown | September | 1882 | |||
Keilor Road Station | November | 1877 | RSC | Closed 15 Nov 1878; reopened March 1879. | ||
Kerang | Swan Hill | August | 1863 | |||
Kerang R.S. | Swan Hill | October | 1884 | RSC | ||
Kew | Suburban | February | 1875 | |||
Kilmore | North Eastern/Corowa | October | 1857 | |||
Kilmore (East) | North Eastern/Corowa | September | 1877 | RSC | The TO at the Kilmore Railway Station was closed on 27 October 1873, | |
Kingston | January | 1883 | ||||
Kinypaniel South | Swan Hill | 15 September | 1944 | TO | Closed 19 August 1952. 8 km ENE Korong Vale. See Prestige 152 Lot 521. |
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Knight | 3 January | 1925 | TO | TO 3 January 1925; PO 30 November 1925; closed 30 June 1941. Two recorded examples of the date stamp. |
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Korong Vale | Wycheproof line | May | 1882 | RSC | ||
Korumburra | Gippsland (South Gippsland) |
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Koroit | Mount Gambier | September | 1872 | P&T | ||
Kowree | Narracoorte | 1 January | 1917 | TO | CN from Maryvale. Closed 30 November 1954. |
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Krambruk | Otways | 1885 | P&T | CN to Apollo Bay in 1898. | ||
Kyabram | Echuca line | pre-Sept | 1887 | RSC | In September 1887, advertisement for Mount Scobie Estate referenced the Railway Station and the Telegraph Office. | |
Kyneton | 1st line - northern | April | 1857 | |||
Kyneton | 1st line - northern | July | 1876 | RSC |
L | Telegraph Office | Line/Branch | Opening date | Type of office | Notes | |
Lady's Pass | 14 September | 1926 | TO | CN to Mount Camel 1 March 1959. (11 km N Heathcote). |
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Lake Bolac | Narracoorte | PO 1 November 1864. | ||||
Lake Rowan | Wood's Point | December | 1882 | |||
Lake Tyers | Gippsland (Bairnsdale Branch and beyond) |
TO | RO 1902; PO 1 July 1927; closed 26 February 1971. | |||
Lakes Entrance | Gippsland (Bairnsdale Branch and beyond) |
CN from Cunninghame Jan 1915 | ||||
Lal Lal | CC-Western - extn | October | 1880 | RSC | ||
Lancefield | Swan Hill | May | 1874 | Between Kilmore & Kyneton (special line) | ||
Lancefield | July | 1881 | RSC | |||
Lancefield Road | July | 1873 | RSC | |||
Landing Place | 1889 | Listed in the 1889 Annual Report. | ||||
Launching Place | Melbourne NE | (?) | 1889 | P&T | ||
Lang Lang | Cowes | |||||
Lara | February | 1878 | RSC | |||
Lauriston | Swan Hill | 1890 | P&T | |||
Law Courts | Melbourne CBD | October | 1884 | |||
Learmonth | Bordertown | May | 1874 | |||
Leichardt | Inglewood Branch | February | 1884 | RSC | ||
Leongatha | Gippsland | |||||
Leonard's Hill | Donald Line | P.O. opened 1 Nov. 1868; closed 30 Oct 1971. |
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Lethbridge | September | 1883 | RSC | |||
Lillimur | Bordertown | August | 1883 | |||
Lilydale | Melbourne - NE (Lilydale Branch) |
July | 1876 | |||
Lilydale | December | 1882 | RSC | |||
Linton | Narracoorte (Extn 100) |
October | 1868 | TO | ||
Lismore | Mount Gambier | March | 1884 | TO | ||
Little River | 19 November | 1862 | RSC | |||
Little River | September | 1876 | ||||
Longwarry | September | 1884 | RSC | |||
Longwood | Wood's Point | November | 1857 | CN to Longwood East in 1890. | ||
Longwood | Wood's Point | December | 1880 | RSC | ||
Lorne | Otways | January | 1876 | |||
Lubeck | Bordertown | August | 1879 | RSC | ||
Lyons | Narracoorte | 15 July | 1918 | TO | PO opened 5 October1889; TO 15 July 1918; closed 5 July 1971. 20 km NW of Heywood. |
M | Telegraph Office | Line/Branch | Opening date | Type of office | Notes | |
Macarthur | Narracoorte | January | 1880 | |||
Macedon | Swan Hill | June | 1874 | RSC | CN from Black Forest 1870. | |
Maffra | Gippsland (Bairnsdale Branch and beyond) |
July | 1875 | |||
Majorca | Donald line | April | 1870 | P&T | ||
Maldon | Central Victoria pre-1862 |
August | 1859 | |||
Maldon | Central Victoria pre-1862 |
June | 1884 | RSC | Also opened from about 1909 to about 1916. | |
Mallacoota East | Gippsland (Bairnsdale Branch and beyond) |
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Malmesbury | Swan Hill | October | 1865 | Opened at the Railway Station 1889. | ||
Malmesbury R.S. | Swan Hill | c.1910 | RSC | Closed about 1916. | ||
Malvern | Suburban | January | 1876 | |||
Mangalore | North-eastern | February | 1880 | RSC | A TO was also opened from 12 September 110 to about 1916. | |
Mansfield | Wood's Point | November | 1868 | |||
Market Street | Melbourne CBD | August | 1872 | |||
Marlo | Gippsland | Pre | 1916 | TO | R.O. 1902; PO 1 July 1927. Has a TO date stamp. | |
Martin's Creek | Gippsland | February | 1953 | TO | NNE of Orbost; closed 19 November 1966. | |
Maryborough | Central Victoria pre-1862 |
April | 1859 | TO | ||
Maryborough Railway Station | Central Victoria pre-1862 |
July | 1874 | RSC | Also shows the actual brass date stamp. | |
McEvoy's | Echuca | 19 December | 1951 | TO | RO 1902; PO 1 July 1927; TO 19 December 1951; closed 4 June 1952. | |
Melbourne, CTO | March | 1854 | ||||
Melton | Ballarat No. 8 West | September | 1877 | Has a TO date stamp. | ||
Melton | Ballarat No. 8 West | June | 1884 | RSC | ||
Meredith | Donald | April | 1875 | |||
Merino | Penola (Merino Branch) |
May | 1879 | |||
Metcalfe | Swan Hill | |||||
Mildura | Swan Hill | August | 1888 | |||
Milndale | Cowes | 1 July | 1927 | P&T | Has a TO date stamp used in the Post Office period so presumably a P&T Office. Became a T.O. only on 1 August 1947 before closing on 31 May 1951. | |
Mincha | Swan Hill | Has a TO date stamp. | ||||
Miners Rest | Bordertown | August | 1885 | TO | 7 miles from Ballarat | |
Minyip | Bordertown | 1887 | P&T | |||
Mitcham | Melbourne NE | On the Lilydale branch. | ||||
Mitiamo | August | 1883 | RSC | |||
Moe | Gippsland | January | 1877 | |||
Moe | Gippsland line | July | 1878 | RSC | ||
Moonee Ponds | Suburban | 1869? | ||||
Moorabbin | Suburban | May | 1909 | CN for PO from South Brighton | ||
Mooroolbark | Melbourne NE | On the Lilydale branch. | ||||
Mooroopna | Goulburn Valley | January | 1880 | RSC | ||
Morang | Melbourne - NE (Whittlesea Branch) |
January | 1880 | TO | ||
Mordialloc | Southern Coast | August | 1876 | |||
Mordialloc | Southern Coast | January | 1882 | RSC | ||
Mornington | Southern Coast | March | 1861 | CN from Snapper Point 1864; Opened at the Railway Station 1889. |
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Morse's Creek | Corowa (Harrietville Branch) |
August | 1867 | CN to Bright in 1861. | ||
Mortlake | Penola | June | 1864 | Prior to 1864, the place was refered to as Mount Shadwell. Opened at the Railway Station 1889. |
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Morwell | Gippsland | August | 1879 | |||
Morwell | Gippsland | January | 1882 | RSC | ||
Mount Best | Gippsland | 1 April | 1957 | TO | RO about 1904; PO 1.7.1927; 1 strike recorded. | |
Mount Blackwood | August | 1875 | ||||
Mount Egerton | Ballarat No. 8 West | January | 1878 | |||
Mount Moriac | August | 1883 | RSC | |||
Murchison | Goulburn Valley | December | 1874 | |||
Murchison | Goulburn Valley | February | 1880 | RSC | ||
Murrumbeena | 1889 | P&TO | ||||
Murtoa | Bordertown | December | 1878 | RSC | ||
Murtoa | Bordertown | June | 1880 | |||
Myrniong | Ballarat No. 8 West | February | 1876 | PO CN from Pentland Hills 1872. | ||
Myrtleford | Corowa (Harrietville Branch) |
May | 1879 | CN from Myrtle Creek 1871. | ||
Myrtleford | Corowa | December | 1883 | RSC | ||
Mysia | Wycheproof line | November | 1883 | RSC |
N | Telegraph Office | Line/Branch | Opening date | Type of office | Notes | |
Nagambie | Goulburn Valley | January | 1875 | |||
Nagambie | Goulburn Valley | February | 1880 | RSC | ||
Naroghid | Mount Gambier | TO | ||||
Natimuk | Bordertown | June | 1884 | P&T | ||
Nayook | Gippsland | 16 August | 1928 | TO | Closed Oct 1950. | |
New Gisborne | July | 1873 | ||||
Newmarket | Suburban - extn | October | 1874 | RSC | ||
Newport | Otways | April | 1862 | RSC | ||
Newstead | Swan Hill line - extn | October | 1863 | |||
Newstead | Swan Hill line - extn | July | 1874 | RSC | ||
Newton-Scarsdale | Narracoorte | September | 1872 | TO | PO opened 12 November 1868. | |
Nhill | Bordertown | January | 1882 | |||
Ninda | Near Mallee. | April | 1918 | TO | RO 2 November 1922; TO 15 April 1918; RO 22 November 1922; PO 1 July 1927; TO 1 February 1958; closed 1 March 1967. | |
Niddrie | Suburban | 1956 | P&T | CN from Keilor-East in 1956. | ||
Noble Park | Gippsland | On the border of being classified as being on a suburban line. | ||||
Northcote | Melbourne NE | August | 1876 | Whittlesea Branch. | ||
North Essendon | Suburban | |||||
North Melbourne | Suburban | |||||
Numurkah | Goulburn Valley | December | 1882 | |||
Numurkah | September | 1881 | RSC |
O | Telegraph Office | Line/Branch | Opening date | Type of office | Notes | |
Oakleigh | Gippsland | September | 1875 | |||
Oakleigh | Gippsland | August | 1878 | RSC | ||
Omeo | Gippsland (Bairnsdale Branch and beyond) |
November | 1879 | |||
Orbost | Gippsland | September | 1888 | TO |
P | Telegraph Office | Line/Branch | Opening date | Type of office | Notes | |
Paaratte | Western Coast | 1938 | TO | TO c. 1938; PO 1.3.1945; TO 1.3.1963; closed 22.6.1972. |
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Pakenham | Gippsland | August | 1877 | Closed 27.2.1878; re-opened 15.9.1880) | ||
Pakenham | Gippsland | November | 1877 | RSC | ||
Panmure | August | 1884 | P&T | |||
Parkville | December | 1883 | ||||
Parliament Houses | Melbourne CBD | July | 1884 | |||
Pascoe Vale South | Suburban | |||||
Paynesville | Gippsland | May | 1885 | TO | CN from Toonalook in about 1886. | |
Penshurst | Penola | January | 1867 | |||
Pheasant Creek | Melbourne NE | |||||
Piggoreet | Narracoorte line Extn (99) |
March | 1875 | |||
Pine Lodge | Goulburn Valley | |||||
Pirron Yallock | August | 1884 | RSC | |||
Pittong | 30 November | 1925 | TO | RO 1 March 1916; PO 18 December 1924; TO 30 November 1925; closed 31 August 1954. |
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Point Lonsdale | Lookout station | September | 1861 | |||
Pomborneit North | Mount Gambier | Has a TO date stamp. | ||||
Porcupine Ridge | Donald | October | 1929 | TO | TO only | |
Port Albert | Gippsland | December | 1864 | |||
Portarlington | Otways | January | 1882 | TO | ||
Port Fairy | Mount Gambier | March | 1858 | Renamed from Belfast 20 July 1887. Opened at the Railway Station 1889. |
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Port Melbourne | 1st line | July | 1855 | CN from Sandridge 6 March 1884. | ||
Portland | Mount Gambier | February | 1858 | |||
Portland | Western Coast | August | 1878 | RSC | ||
Portsea | Southern Coast | January | 1877 | |||
Prahran | Suburban | August | 1872 | P&T | ||
Prahran | Suburban | August | 1882 | RSC | ||
Preston | Melbourne NE | August | 1876 | On the Whittlesea branch. Has a TO date stamp. | ||
Prince's Bridge | July | 1881 | RSC | |||
Public Offices | Melbourne CBD | July | 1884 | |||
Puckapunyal Mil. | NE line (Heathcote Branch) | |||||
Pyramid Hill | Swan Hill - railway extension | February | 1884 | RSC |
Q | Telegraph Office | Line/Branch | Opening date | Type of office | Notes | |
Quarantine Station | Southern Coast | February | 1874 | |||
Queenscliff | 1st line | January | 1855 | |||
Queenscliff | 1st line | July | 1881 | RSC | ||
Queensferry | Cowes | 1890 | P&T |
R | Telegraph Office | Line/Branch | Opening date | Type of office | Notes | |
Raglan | May | 1858 | TO | Fiery Creek PO opened 18 October 1855 then CN to Raglan 16 May 1860. |
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Ravenswood | Echuca | 1929 | TO | Opened at the Railway Station 1889. Has a TO date stamp. | ||
Raywood | Swan Hill - railway extension | January | 1883 | RSC | ||
Redbank | Donald | |||||
Reedy Creek | Albury (Reedy Creek branch) |
October | 1882 | TO | ||
Reservoir | Suburban | |||||
Rialto | Melbourne CBD | |||||
Richmond | Suburban | January | 1872 | P&T | ||
Richmond South | Suburban | April | 1876 | Receiving House. | ||
Riddell's Creek | July | 1876 | TO | |||
Ringwood | Suburban NE | RSC | Lilydale branch. | |||
Robinvale | Swan Hill | July | 1926 | PO | CN from Bumbong 1924 | |
Rochester | Echuca line | May | 1875 | |||
Rockbank | Ballarat No. 8 West | 1889 | Opened at the Railway Station 1889. Has a TO date stamp. | |||
Rokewood | Narracoorte line Extn (99) |
September | 1873 | |||
Romsey | Swan Hill line | May | 1874 | |||
Romsey | Swan Hill line | July | 1881 | RSC | ||
Rosanna | Melbourne NE | |||||
Rosedale | Gippsland | March | 1867 | |||
Rosedale | September | 1882 | RSC | |||
Rushworth | Goulburn Valley | December | 1874 | |||
Rutherglen | Corowa | August | 1862 | 25 | ||
Rutherglen | Corowa | April | 1879 | RSC |
S | Telegraph Office | Line/Branch | Opening date | Type of office | Notes | |
Sale | Gippsland | September | 1864 | |||
Sale | Gippsland | August | 1878 | RSC | ||
Sandhurst | 1st line | January | 1857 | CN to Bendigo about June 1891. | ||
Sandhurst | Northern | July | 1863 | RSC | ||
Sandhurst Beehive | July | 1882 | ||||
Sandridge | 1st line | July | 1855 | CN to Port Melbourne on 6 March 1884. |
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Sandridge West | Sthn Coast line | March | 1879 | |||
San Remo | Cowes | |||||
Scarsdale | Narracoorte Extn (99) |
September | 1872 | P&T | See Newton-Scarsdale. | |
Sea Lake | Wycheproof line | 1895 | RSC | The office at the Railway Station was separate from the PO from about 1895 to about 1916. | ||
Sebastian | Swan Hill - railway extension | June | 1884 | RSC | ||
Sebastopol | Ballarat No 8 West (Extn 139) |
January | 1870 | P&T | ||
Serpentine Creek | Swan Hill | September | 1873 | TO | Closed 3.2.1870; reopened 16.9.1873; CN to Serpentine 1917. |
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Seymour | North-eastern/Corowa | June | 1865 | |||
Seymour | North-eastern | May | 1872 | RSC | ||
Shady Creek | Gippsland line | January | 1871 | |||
Shepparton | Goulburn Valley | October | 1879 | |||
Shepparton | Goulburn Valley | February | 1880 | RSC | ||
Skipton | Narracoorte | September | 1876 | |||
Smeaton | Daylesford | February | 1882 | |||
Smythesdale | Narracoorte | June | 1863 | |||
Snake Valley | Narracoorte line (Extn 100) |
December | 1883 | |||
Snapper Point | Southern Coast | March | 1861 | Renamed Mornington in 1864. | ||
Sorrento | Southern Coast | February | 1874 | |||
South Geelong | 21 April | 1862 | RSC | |||
South Melbourne | Suburban | 8 February | 1872 | Known as Emerald Hill until renamed South Melbourne on 21 November 1883. |
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South Melbourne | 21 November | 1881 | RSC | |||
South Yarra | Suburban | August | 1872 | P&T | ||
South Yarra | December | 1881 | RSC | |||
Spencer Street | Melbourne CBD | October | 1861 | RSC | Railway Station | |
Springs | November | 1878 | RSC | |||
Springvale | Gippsland | So classified because the line from Dandenong was the beginning of the line to Gippsland. |
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St. Albans | Suburban | |||||
St. Arnaud | Donald | January | 1865 | |||
St. Arnaud | Donald | March | 1879 | RSC | ||
St James | Wood's Point | September | 1883 | RSC | ||
St. Kilda | Suburban | February | 1871 | |||
St. Kilda West | Suburban | December | 1878 | |||
St. Kilda Railway Station | Suburban | December | 1878 | |||
Stanley | Corowa | |||||
Stawell | Bordertown | October | 1861 | CN from Quartz Reefs 1870. | ||
Stawell | Bordertown | December | 1877 | RSC | ||
Stockyard Creek | Gippsland line (South Gippsland) |
25 April | 1873 | TO | CN to Foster in 1879. | |
Stock Exchange | Melbourne CBD | 1893 | TO | TO 1893; RO 1901; PO 1902; TO 1 September 1925; closed 11 October 1968. |
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Stoneyford | Mount Gambier | Has a TO date stamp. | ||||
Stratford | Gippsland line (Bairdsdale Branch and beyond) |
May | 1873 | |||
Streatham | Narracoorte | July | 1858 | CN from Fiery Creek PO 1 January 1854, |
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Stuartmill | Donald line | December | 1869 | Closed 28 February 1879 | ||
Sunbury | Suburban | February | 1867 | RSC | Below Gisborne. | |
Sunbury Volunteer Camp | March | 1877 | ||||
Sunshine | Suburban | |||||
Surrey Hills | Suburban | |||||
Swan Hill | Swan Hill line | April | 1863 | Opened at the Railway Station 1889. | ||
Swift's Creek Junction | 1890 |
T | Telegraph Office | Line/Branch | Opening date | Type of office | Notes | |
Tabberabbera | Gippsland (Bairnsdale Branch and beyond) |
31 August | 1938 | TO | Closed 31 August 1966. | |
Tabilk | Goulburn Valley (Goulburn Valley Branch). |
1889 | Opened at the Railway Station 1889. | |||
Talbot | Central Victoria pre-1862 |
December | 1860 | CN from Back Creek 14 February 1862. | ||
Tallangatta | Albury branch (Tintaldra Branch). |
November | 1884 | P&T | ||
Tallarook | North-eastern | November | 1877 | RSC | ||
Tallygaroopna | Goulburn Valley Branch | September | 1881 | RSC | ||
Tannahills | Gippsland | 16 September | 1966 | TO | RO 1 August 1923; PO 1 July 1927; TO 16 September 1956; closed 30 September 1965. 7 km Foster. |
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Taradale | Swan Hill line | November | 1861 | |||
Tarnagulla | Central Victoria pre-1862 |
November | 1860 | CN from Sandy Creek. | ||
Tarraville | Gippsland (South Gippsland) |
June | 1877 | |||
Tatura | Goulburn Valley | November | 1882 | |||
Tatura | Goulburn Valley | February | 1880 | RSC | ||
Terang | Mount Gambier | November | 1871 | |||
The Ridge | Gippsland | April | 1923 | TO | SW of Bairnsdale. | |
Thomastown | Suburban | |||||
Tidal River Camp | Gippsland | 26 December | 1947 | TO | TO 26 Dec 1947; PO 1 Nov 1954; CN to Tidal River Jan 1964. | |
Tintaldra | Albury branh (Tintaldra Branch) |
August | 1886 | TO | ||
Tongala | Echuca line | 1882 | RSC | CN to Kanyapella. | ||
Tonghi Creek | Gippsland | Has a TO date stamp. | ||||
Tongio | Gippsland | |||||
Toolamba | February | 1880 | RSC | |||
Toongabbie | Gippsland | May | 1878 | TO | ||
Toongabbie | November | 1883 | RSC | Closed 1884. | ||
Toora | Gippsland (South Gippsland) |
1889 | ||||
Tooradin | Cowes | |||||
Toorak | Suburban | May | 1877 | Closed 1 Dec 1878. Reopened April 1884. |
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Trafalgar | Gippsland | October | 1883 | |||
Trafalgar Railway Station. | Gippsland | 1910 | Closed about 1916. | |||
Tragowel | Swan Hill | May | 1878 | TO | Has a TO date stamp. | |
Traralgon | Gippsland | May | 1875 | |||
Traralgon | Gippsland | August | 1878 | RSC | ||
Treasury | Melbourne CBD | July | 1884 | |||
Trentham | July | 1880 | RSC | |||
Tungamah | Woods Point | April | 1884 | P&T | ||
Tungamah Railway Station | Wood Point | May | 1886 | RSC |
U | Telegraph Office | Line/Branch | Opening date | Type of office | Notes | |
Upper Macedon | July | 1880 |
V | Telegraph Office | Line/Branch | Opening date | Type of office | Notes | |
Vaughan | December | 1878 | ||||
Violettown | North-East line | January | 1877 | RSC |
W | Telegraph Office | Line/Branch | Opening date | Type of office | Notes | |
Wabdallah | Bordertown | May | 1873 | |||
Wahgunyah | Corowa | February | 1861 | |||
Wahgunyah | Corowa | March | 1879 | RSC | ||
Walhalla | Gippsland line | November | 1870 | P&T | ||
Wallan Wallan | May | 1872 | RSC | |||
Walsh's Creek | 13 February | 1925 | TO | Closed 13 September 1939. 22 km ENE Warburton. | ||
Wal Wal | Bordertown | 1887 | RSC | |||
Wandiligong | Corowa (Harrietville Branch) |
January | 1885 | |||
Wandong | February | 1883 | RSC | |||
Wangaratta | North-east/Corowa | July | 1858 | |||
Wangaratta | North-east/Corowa | November | 1873 | RSC | ||
Warracknabeal | Bordertown | CN from Werracknabeal | ||||
Warragul | Gippsland | June | 1881 | |||
Warragul | Gippsland | March | 1878 | RSC | ||
Warrenheip | September | 1879 | RSC | |||
Warrnambool | Mount Gambier | March | 1858 | Opened at the Railway Station 1889. | ||
Waterloo | Gippsland | January | 1880 | CN to Yarragon December 1883. | ||
Waterloo R.S. | Gippsland | August | 1882 | |||
Waterloo | Bordertown | January | 1892 | P&T | ||
Wedderburn | Wycheproof line | February | 1876 | |||
Wedderburn Road | Wycheproof line | July | 1884 | RSC | ||
Welshpool | Gippsland | 1890 | P&T | About 20 km east of Foster | ||
Werribee | Otways | April | 1862 | RSC | ||
Whittlesea | Melbourne NE | June | 1879 | On the Whittlesea branch. Opened at the Railway Station 1889. |
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Wickliffe Road | August | 1884 | RSC | |||
Williamstown | 1st line | March | 1854 | |||
Williamstown Junction | April | 1862 | RSC | |||
Williamstown Pier | January | 1870 | RSC | |||
Wilson's Promontory | Gippsland | April | 1873 | TO | ||
Winchelsea | Otways | February | 1874 | |||
Winchelsea | Western Coast | August | 1878 | RSC | ||
Windermere | Bordertown | March | 1884 | RSC | ||
Windsor | Suburban | November | 1881 | RSC | ||
Wodonga | Corowa | January | 1858 | Previously named Belvoir. | ||
Wodonga | Corowa | November | 1873 | RSC | ||
Woodend | Swan Hill | October | 1861 | RSC | ||
Wood's Point | Wood's Point | October | 1865 | |||
Wunghnu | North Eastern (Rushworth Branch). |
1890 | P&T | 7 km south of Numurkah. Became a separate TO about 1910 and closed about 1916. |
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Wycheproof | Wycheproof line | October | 1883 | RSC | CN of PO to Moffat in 1884. The office at the Railway Station was separate from about 1903 to about 1916. |
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Wychetella | Wycheproof line | July | 1883 | RSC | ||
Wunghnu | Goulburn Valley | December | 1881 | RSC |
Y | Telegraph Office | Line/Branch | Opening date | Type of office | Notes | |
Yackandandah | Corowa | February | 1861 | |||
Yan Yean | Melbourne NE | August | 1879 | On the Whittlesea branch. | ||
Yarragon | Gippsland | January | 1880 | Opened as Waterloo. CN from Waterloo in December 1883 |
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Yarragon South | Gippsland | December | 1878 | |||
Yarram Yarram | Gippsland (South Gippsland) |
July | 1882 | |||
Yarrawonga | Wood's Point | September | 1882 | |||
Yarrawonga Railway Station | May | 1886 | RSC | |||
Yea | Albury branch (Yea branch) |
July | 1879 | |||
Yea | November | 1883 | RSC | |||
Yendon | March | 1873 | RSC |
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