The
Joint Stock Bank and Post Office in Church Street, Parramatta, circa 1930
The first
post office was opened in Australia in April 1809 but it took nearly twenty
years before the first post office was built in Parramatta, in 1828.
The first
post master in Parramatta was James Orr, who carried out his business from a
hole in the wall at the back of the Court House. Orr also hired a postie to deliver letters
around Parramatta, and postage was paid at the time of delivery.
