Mallala Postal Services

Fast Facts

Type of organisation:	Government
Also known as:	Mallala Post Office
Street number:	6
Street name:	Wasleys
Street suffix:	Road
Town or locality:	Mallala
Date established:	"{{{Date approximate}}}" is not recognized as a Boolean (true/false) value. 1865
Business or purpose:	Postal and communication services

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The earliest postal services operated from Butler Station. This postal service formally opened as Mallala Post Office from 1 April 1865. Postal facilities in the days of settlement were poor. Hill & Co. ran a mail coach from Adelaide to Two Wells, and for some years farmers took turns on Saturdays to visit Two Wells and collect the mail. Years later, after the construction of the bridge over the River Light (known as Paddys Bridge) at Korunye, a single horse buggy made a daily trip to Mallala from Two Wells to deliver mail. A railway service at Wasleys opened in 1869. The post office eventually relocated into the Mallala township, but the exact date, and the location it operated from, have not been determined. H.L. Roe is recorded as the first postmaster, from 1867 to 1870.

Facilities for Money Orders were established in 1875.

By this time Mr F. Hastwell had taken over as postmaster, and on 22 July 1880 the Telegraph Office opened.

The new post office at 6 Wasleys Road was declared open on 24 November 1880.

In about 1883 a coach driven by Mr B. Angus and pulled by a team of 5 horses made the journey to the Wasleys Railway Station 5 days a week to deliver and return mail and passengers. His son Mr Sam Angus continued this service until 1917. Then on 20 April 1917 the railway line through Mallala was officially opened and the journey to the Wasleys Railway Station was no longer necessary.

In 1910 Mallala was classified as an Official Office. This was altered again on 1 May 1914 when its status changed to an Allowance Office, and it reverted to an Official Office again in 1924.

The current postcode of 5502 was allocated in 1967, and in 1993 the service was listed as a Licenced Post Office.

Postmasters until 1900:

H.L. Roe 1867-1870

E. Hastwell 1871-1880

Miss Waddy 1880-1882

Miss Alice Boys 1882-1883

Miss C. Baker 1884-1898

Mrs M.E. Droper 1898-1902