Uploaded April 2023 | Updated September 2026, 4 days ago
You may have seen street signs, covers or other street furniture with markings like 'C1' or 'SW5' on them around Melbourne. What are these and what do they mean?
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My website: philipmallis.com
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I acknowledge the traditional owners of the lands on which this video was filmed, the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung and Bunurong people. I pay respects to Elders past, present and emerging, and their extensive and continuing connection to land, water and country.
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SOURCES
Hollick, Ruth, 'Small girl and postman outside gate'. ca.1910. State Library of Victoria. http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/32667
'Postal Areas'. Australia Bureau of Statistics. 2016. Accessed via National Map. https://nationalmap.gov.au/
'Melbourne city 1920s'. Australian Centre for the Moving Image. ca.1920s. youtube.com/watch?v=YPa98x172gM
"DISTRICT POSTAL INDEX." The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957) 27 October 1922: 11. Web. 5 Apr 2023 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1851108.
"POSTAL DISTRICTS." Camperdown Chronicle (Vic. : 1875 - 1954) 17 November 1923: 5. Web. 5 Apr 2023 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article65284995.
'Melbourne & suburban postal districts'. 1927. State Library of Victoria. http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/115277
'Postal district numbers of Melbourne. Wikipedia. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postal_district_numbers_of_Melbourne
'Melbourne metropolitan postal district system : street directory showing the relative postal district numbers', Australian Postmaster-General's Department. 1936. State Library of Victoria. http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/115427
You may have seen street signs, covers or other street furniture with markings like 'C1' or 'SW5' on them around Melbourne. What are these and what do they mean?
-------------
MORE INFORMATION
My website: philipmallis.com
-------------
I acknowledge the traditional owners of the lands on which this video was filmed, the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung and Bunurong people. I pay respects to Elders past, present and emerging, and their extensive and continuing connection to land, water and country.
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SOURCES
Hollick, Ruth, 'Small girl and postman outside gate'. ca.1910. State Library of Victoria. http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/32667
'Postal Areas'. Australia Bureau of Statistics. 2016. Accessed via National Map. https://nationalmap.gov.au/
'Melbourne city 1920s'. Australian Centre for the Moving Image. ca.1920s. youtube.com/watch?v=YPa98x172gM
"DISTRICT POSTAL INDEX." The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957) 27 October 1922: 11. Web. 5 Apr 2023 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1851108.
"POSTAL DISTRICTS." Camperdown Chronicle (Vic. : 1875 - 1954) 17 November 1923: 5. Web. 5 Apr 2023 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article65284995.
'Melbourne & suburban postal districts'. 1927. State Library of Victoria. http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/115277
'Postal district numbers of Melbourne. Wikipedia. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postal_district_numbers_of_Melbourne
'Melbourne metropolitan postal district system : street directory showing the relative postal district numbers', Australian Postmaster-General's Department. 1936. State Library of Victoria. http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/115427
