Bundaberg Mail and Burnett
Advertiser (Qld.),
Thursday 23 September 1909, page 4
Gin Gin post office. Description
of the building
There has
just been completed by Mr. W. Dunn, contractor, a very handsome building in Gin
Gin, comprising a Post und Telegraph Office and residence for Postmaster. The postal
authorities’ own half an acre, a quarter-acre, the other quarter is not as yet
fenced. The building is 75 feet by 37 feet, and the postal chamber and public
space is 37 feet. by 20 feet. In this part of the building is a silent cabinet for
telephone purposes, entrance to which is from the public space. The battery room
is entered from the front verandah, which is in size, 12 x 8. There are 60
private boxes, which should meet the requirements of Gin Gin for some considerable
time. The postal chamber is fitted up with all the necessary fittings and
office furniture, comprising pigeon holes, sorting tables, stamping tables,
officer in charge table and pigeon holes, notice boards, chairs, safe stands, etc.
Tho public space is divided off from the postal chamber by a cedar polished
counter with all necessary drawers and fittings in same. The residence part of
the building adjoins the postal chamber and is entered from public space or
postal chamber, and comprises four main rooms with kitchen, pantry, servant's
room and bath room, all accessible from the verandahs. The kitchen is fitted up
with sink, draining board, and all necessary shelving, stove, etc. There is
also a wide verandah latticed off for dining in summer. The building, which is
about eight feet off the ground at the rear, has a laundry with wash benches,
concrete floor, and concrete drains, which carry all water from sink, bathroom,
etc. The building throughout is splendidly ventilated both above and below. The
windows throughout are of the casement pattern of cedar with heavy cedar
transoms and fanlights over same, all fixed and fastened with the latest
approved furniture throughout. The building has been erected at a cost of £860
by Mr. W. Dunn, contractor, of Bundaberg.
Mr. Dunn
handed it over to the Government yesterday.
