Our Post Office at Morwell has had five different sites
1. The first postal service was provided from the railway station soon after the arrival of the first train, 1st June, 1877. The official name for this post office was the Morwell Station Post Office. It was merely a branch of the Morwell Bridge Post Office.
Mr. W. H. Mitchell, the assistant at the Morwell Station in 1877 says that he was the first post-master for Morwell. Perhaps he was also, unofficially, the first station-master, though the official records accord this honour to Mr. J. Hayes. The second station-master was J. Hyens (1878) and the third J. Holland (1879). We can assume that since the post-mistress in 1880 was Mrs. Holland, that up till then, the mail was still handled at the station.
2. The next base, 1880-1886 seems to have been an annex of C. O. Gilbert’s store in Commercial Road. The post-mistresses in charge were: Mrs. Mary Holland in 1880, Miss M. Feely in 1881, Alice Neville from 1882 to 1884 and Miss Dean from 1884 to 1886.
3. The next move was to the north-west corner of Tarwin and George Streets (where Fossick and Find store is now situated). 1886-1892. Post Mistresses were:
- 1886:- Miss Dean
- 1882 – 1884:- Alice Neville
- 1887-1891:- Miss Murray
4. In 1892, a magnificent new, double story place was built on the corner of Commercial Road and Tarwin Street, where the Commonwealth Bank now stands. For the next 60 years, this was the dominant building in Morwell, the heart of the township. Those in charge of the Post Office during this period were:
- 1892-1902 Eliza Vigar 1922-1926 Frank Rogerson
- 1903-1905 Maria King 1926-1936 George E. Hill
- 1905-1907 Agnes Kane 1936-1937 William J. Birch
- 1907-1910 Mary Pick 1937-1944 David Charles
- 1910-1912 Martha McDonough 1944-1949 Thomas J. Burley
- 1912-1918 William Pierre Gaw 1949-1952 Robert L. Larmour
- 1919-1922 A. McLean 1952-1955 John A. Hughes
5. The present Post Office at the corner of Church Street and Princes Highway was built in 1955. The Postmasters here have been:
- 1955-1967 John A. Hughes
- 1967-1974 Herbert T. Christie
- 1974-1979 Colin D. Paul
