Morwell Court House

Morwell Historical Society

	Click for Larger Image	Morwell Court House: Situated at western end of Comercial Rd. Morwell Building commenced in Built 1955 and officially opened on 7th March 1957 by Vivtorian Chief Secretary Mr. A. G. Rylah. Construction Cost Ł30,000

	Click for Larger Image	Ex. Colonial / National Bank Situated South Side of Commercial Road, Morwell Completed in 1888, constructed of rendered brick, 14 rooms Including 4 bedrooms. Built by Mr. J. F. Kinder of Morwell

	Click for Larger Image	Masonic temple Situated on west end of Hazelwood Road, Morwell, Next to Library... Foudation stone laid by D. McKay - (Past Grand Junior deacon) on 28th January 1927. Temple built at a cost of approx. Ł2,000.

	Click for Larger Image	La Mode Factory Church Street Morwell Cnr. Winifred & Church Street

	Click for Larger Image	La Mode Factory & Surounding township. Church Street Morwell Cnr. Winifred & Church Street Aerial View Large Image / allow time to download, worth the wait

	Click for Larger Image	Commercial Road Primary School - #2136 Built in 1880. This 1917 photograph shows Head Teacher Mr. C. Hart and teachers Miss Ridgeway, Miss L. Peterson and Miss Kath Rintoull.

	Click for Larger Image	Batchelor huts for A.P.M. workers in Hoyle Street Morwell

	Click for Larger Image	Mechanics Institute Situated on S/West corner of George andTarwin Street (Fossick & Find Built 1884, Opened 1885 Revamped 1906 Destroyed by fire 1935 Building also housed * Library (2000 Books) * Lodge * Clerk of Courts * Infant Welfare Centre * Motion Pictures Facilities

	Click for Larger Image	Morwell Town Hall Commercial Road, Morwell Also Housed Shire Offices. Built 1936

	Click for Larger Image	A. J. Foster's Blacksmith Shop C 1935 C. Church & Station Street. (Now Princes Drive) Site of present Post Office.

	Click for Larger Image	Shire Office The second Shire Office In Commercial road, Morwell

	Click for Larger Image	Dayble's Blacksmith Shop N/E Corner of Church and Station Street (Princes Drive)

Morwell Post Office

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The original location on the corner of Commercial Road. and Tarwin Street, Built in ?, relocated to present location
Cnr. Princes drive and Church Street.

Our Post Office at Morwell has had five different sites.

1. The first postal service was provided from the railway station soon after the arrival of the first train, 1^st June, 1877. The official name for this post office was the Morwell Station Post Office. It was merely a branch of the Morwell Bridge Post office.

Mr. W. H. Mitchell, the assistant at the Morwell Station in 1877 says that he was the first post-master for
Morwell. Perhaps he was also, unofficially, the first station-master, though the official records accord this
honour to Mr. J. Hayes. The second station-master was J. Hyens (1878) and the third J. Holland (1879). We
can assume that since the post-mistress in 1880 was Mrs. Holland, that up till then, the mail was still handle
at the station.

2. The next base, 1880-1886 seems to have been an annex of C. O. Gilbert;s store in Commercial Road. The post-mistresses in charge were: Mrs. Mary Holland in 1880, Miss M. Feely in 1881, Alice Neville from 1882 to 1884 and Miss Dean from 1884 to 1886.

3. The next move was to the north-west corner of Tarwin and George Streets (where Fossick & Find store is now situated). 1886-1892.
Post Mistresses were:
1886:- Miss dean
1882 - 1884:- Alice neville
1887-1891:- Miss Murray

4. In 1892, a magnificent new, double story place was built on the corner of Commercial road and tarwin Street, where the Commonwealth Bank now stands. For the next 60 years, this was the dominant building in Morwell, the heart of the township. Those in charge of the Post office during this period were:

1892-1902 Eliza Vigar	1922-1926 Frank Rogerson
1903-1905 Maria King	1926-1936 George E. Hill
1905-1907 Agnes Kane	1936-1937 William J. Birch
1907-1910 Mary Pick	1937-1944 David Charles
1910-1912 Martha McDonough	1944-1949 Thomas J. Burley
1912-1918 William Pierre Gaw	1949-1952 Robert L. Larmour
1919-1922 A. McLean	1952-1955 John A. Hughes

5. The present Post Office at the corner of Church Street and Princes Highway was built in 1955. The Postmasters here have been:

1955-1967 John A. Hughes
1967-1974 Herbert T. Christie
1974-1979 Colin D. Paul