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Greville's Official Post Office Directory of New South Wales

Containing the names, residences, and occupations of the inhabitants of the Post Towns of the Colony.

Arranged locally and alphabetically
1872
Compiled by Authority
Greville & Company, Publishers Sydney, Melbourne, and Wellington, N.Z.
Compiled by F. Cunningham & Co., 186 Pitt Street, Sydney.
Dedicated by Permission to the Honorable Joseph Docker, Esq., M.L.C., Postmaster-General
To whose courtesy and aid the compilers of this work are indebted for much valuable information.

 

PREFACE:
In presenting to the public "Greville's Official Post Office Directory", the publishers believe that the work will be found as perfect as it is possible a book of reference of this kind can be made. The greatest amount of care has been taken in its production; and although errors will of course be found within its pages, the publishers trust that they will not be numerous, as no labour or expense has been spared to make this Directory equal to anything of the sort that has hitherto been submitted to the public.

One of the objects of the Publishers has been to make "Greville's Official Post Office Directory" a necessary work of reference to all classes of the community; and, as the Publishers intend to continue the work from time to time, they confidently look to the public for encouragement.

The Publishers have avoided including in this Directory the City and Suburbs of Sydney, as the work issued yearly for several years past by Mr. John Sands is all that can be wished for; and the Publishers venture to hope that the two Directories will be found side by side on every desk and official table in the Colony.

The present work comprises the whole of the Post Towns of the Colony of New South Wales, arranged alphabetically, with their distances from Sydney, and the names, addresses, and occupations of inhabitants.

In concluding this brief preface, the Publishers desire to convey their thanks to S. H. Lambton, Esq., and the various officers of the Post Office Department, for the courtesy they have at all times extended to the Compilers, and for the promptitude with which they have rendered assistance in the collection of the information necessary to the completion of "Greville's Official Post Office Directory".