Albany Post Office

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Albany Post Office is a heritage site of the former post office in Albany, Western Australia. The site was also a Customs office, a base station of the overland telegraph, and is noted for its architectural and historical significance. It was listed by the Register of the National Estate in 1992.

The building is situated on Stirling Terrace, opposite Spencer Street, on a multilevel site that overlooks Princess Royal Harbour. The main building was constructed in two stages, the first in local materials such as brick, granite and sheoak shingles, the second also included materials imported from New South Wales. The original building was completed in 1869, after requests from the Government Resident to the administration in Perth, Western Australia.

Large scale site works included excavations, by convict labour, and a large granite retaining wall up to 5 feet thick. The design by James Manning, the Clerk of Works, now forms the eastern section of the building. The functions of the region's first government building included postal, judicial, customs, and a meeting place for the Road Board and local government.

The second phase of construction, completed in 1895, was to a design of the...