Cadia Village, a brief description
1861 - 1868
The founding members of the Cadia Mining Community
1861 - 1867
"The miners have all left the place"
1867 - 1869
Stores, shops and hotels
1861 - 1868
Cadia Post Office
1864 - 1920's
Cadia Public School
1865 - 1945
A matter of Faith - the role of the Church of Cadia
The Case of Benjamin Derrett, storekeeper
Closer settlement of the landscape
1860's onwards
Cadia Village
1870's - 1940's
The Post Office sketch map of Cadia
1914
Following the successful outcome of the October 1863 petition for a Post Office, John Penrose Christoe was appointed the first postmaster at Cadia by July 1864. However it was more appropriate that the Post Office should be located at the Cadiangullong Store, where Stepney Alured Clarke had operated an unofficial mail service since 1861. He applied to be appointed postmaster on 1 August 1864 and was appointed on 1 September 1864.
The storekeepers always tried to secure the Post Office, as its presence was a stimulus to other business. Although there is some evidence for the moving of the Post Office to the store of L. J. Tompkin in 1899, by 1914 it was again located at the former Cadiangullong Store. In 1914 there was a petition to move the Post Office to the centre of the village. Though unsuccessful, it was an indication that by this time Chilcott Street had become the main street. The Post Office continued to operate into the 1920s.
Date | Name |
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June 1864 | John Penrose Christoe |
September 1864 | Stepney Alured Clarke |
June 1872 | Robert Roberts |
November 1874 | Henry Hunt |
May 1883 | William Smyth Blood |
May 1892 | Mrs. Annie Parish (nee Holman) |
August 1899 | L. J. Tompkin |
February 1909 | Miss E. M. Tompkin |
August 1911 | Mrs. Sarah J. Tompkin |
Research by Brian French.