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Old Port Wakefield Road (Main Street) Lot 79
First Land Owner, Mr. Burney Young, Dublin Post Office and Store was opened in October 1873

The first public telephone service was opened in 1883 in the Dublin General Store.
Upgrades were made over the years until the exchange was closed in 1979, transferring to the automatic facility at Windsor.

The Dublin General Store remains the Hub of the area today.
1888

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1883: A milling company has started a branch here.
Public Telephone and Trunk Line service opened.
25th August, 1890 - Telegrams were sent and received by telephone. In 1921, a 30 line Magnet wall-mounted switchboard was installed.
The first subscriber was Mr. A.D. Prime, followed by Mr. J.F. West (1922). On 21st July, 1925, a separate trunk line to Adelaide was completed.
Number of subscriber services connected in:
1930 - 18; 1940 - 17; 1960 - 26;
1970 - 30; 1979 - 48.
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Between 1970 - 73, a 100 subscriber switchboard was installed.
On the 7th March, 1979, the manual exchange closed after subscribers' services were converted to automatic exchange at Windsor.
The following is a list of all Postmasters/mistresses who have been in the Post Office, as per the Australia Post records:-
April, 1873 G. Baker Jr.
October, 1873 W. Temby
September, 1877 Chas. Backman
April, 1878 W. Crosby
June, 1884 S.W. Hodge
April, 1888 E.G. Everett
- 1896 John T. Angove
1st August, 1925 B.S. Lock
1st June, 1939 Cecil Blakely Thomas
1st March, 1942 Lionel G. Harris
9th March, 1942 Elizabeth Angove
13th April, 1942 Winifred Q. Greenslade
12th October, 1942 Flora Emily Keats
6th May, 1944 Benjamin J. Attrill
19th February, 1945 Harold Wilson
1st December, 1945 Warwick E. Dansie
9th January, 1956 Howard E.N. Carmen
4th October, 1958 James W. Taverner
1st October, 1961 Frederick W. Eime
5th February, 1962 Robert B. Carter
4th November, 1963 Helen M. Vuckow
15th November, 1965 Julie N. McFarlin
5th September, 1966 Margaret R. Palomka
8th July, 1968 Frances R. Taylor
19th May, 1969 Cynthia M. Wasley
3rd August, 1970 -Evonne J. Walton
1st April, 1973 Nance I. Hoski
19th November, 1973 Anna Van Del Eerden
29th August, 1980 Lorraine M. Sanders
28th November, 1983 Christine A. Hardy
26 July 1989 - DUBLIN Motors
9 December 1994 Roadhouse
14 August 2005 General Store
      
Land Owners of Lot 79.

16.10.1873 Burney Young obtained the land grant for Lot numbers 70,71,72,74,75,75,77,79
covering four acres and twenty eight perches at a cost of £69-15-0.
10.9.1877 John Richardson of Kulpara, a hotel keeper.
28.3.1879 William Crosby.
24.3.1884 Samuel Walter Hodge, leased from William Crosby.
9.1.1888 Samuel Walter Hodge, under lease to Edward Gamble Everett.
23.5.1888 William Crosby died.
27.6.1888 Agnes Crosby, Martin Bingess and Josiah Odgers of Virginia, a machinist,
(inherited the property).
24.1.1901 Agnes Crosby of New Gleneig, Josiah Odgers of Virginia and Harry Dickson Bell,
an accountant of Glenelg.
27.3.1912 John Thomas Angove.
21.6.1934 Elizabeth Angove (inherited).
13. 10.1948 Warwick Roland Eric Dansie.
17.1.1956 Howard Elvin Noyce and Constance Joan Carman.


27.10.1958 James William and Ann Linklater Taverner.
17.10.1961 Frederick William and A] sic Mary Eime.
9.3.1962 Robert Bruce and Barbara Joyce Carter.
20.11.1963 Raiko Ivan and Helen Vuckov.
1.6.1973 James Roy and Nance Irien Hoskin.
22.9.1973 Brian Maxwell and Evonne Joy Walton.
10.12.1973 Adriamas and Anna Cabrina Van Eerden.
11.9.1980 Robert Gordon and Lorraine Margaret Sanders.
26.8.1985 Raymond Maxwell and Barbara Alice Saundry, leased.
6.1.1989 Danny Donald and Laurine Weatherstone.
Sydney Art Investment PTY LTD of Miranda, New South Wales.
1. 12.1989 Brian Albert and Patricia Joyce Mason, leased.
1.11.1991 Malcolm Anthony and Heather Ann Little.
16.6.1997 William James Price and Jane Marie Christie.
29.06.2005 - Jason & Renae Munzer
2010 - Michael & Sarah Trussel
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