The History of Tiaro Post Office building

Source Tiaro State School 125th Anniversary Publication Echoes From The Past : Tiaro State School 125th Anniversary Publication 1995 / Barbara Scott found in Fraser Coast Libraries Local History Collection

A reader recalls riding their horse to the Tiaro Police station and leaving it tied there while they posted their letter at the Post Office and then returned home. This made us curious about the Post Office building.  Mrs Philomena Grimwade currently owns and lives in the old Tiaro Post Office building.  The second part of the building which was the Police Station and Court House is currently leased to The Hippie shop.

Mr and Mrs Grimwade purchased the Post Office business in Tiaro in 1980 and ran it in that building.  They sold the Post Office business in 1994 and the Post Office business then moved to the current Christmas shop in Tiaro.  After selling the business, the Grimwades kept the building where they had run the Post office. 

An article from 1869 Maryborough Chronicle states Tiaro was proclaimed a township five years ago 1864. Building of the first Tiaro Post Office was finished in 1868.

A report in the 1869 Maryborough Chronicle states that the 93 country post-offices of the previous year were increased by 11 in 1868, of which 5, i.e. Jimna, Kilkivan, One-mile Creek, Owanyilla, and Tiaro, belong to the Wide Bay District.

Do you have any recollections of this Tiaro building?

References:
Maryborough Chronicle 31st July 1869 retrieved from Trove
Maryborough Chronicle 19th August 1869 retrieved from Trove

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