Caroline Palmer – 1886

The next Postmistress, Mrs Caroline Palmer came from Melbourne, ⁽¹⁾ She was appointed Postmistress and money order and Government Saving Bank agent at St Marys. ⁽²⁾ The Post office files at the Australian Archives just say that Mrs Palmer was later appointed to Waterloo but the Nepean Times supplied the reason for her leaving. “Mrs Palmer, our late postmistress, who has been unable to attend to her duties through a severe illness, has left us altogether” and Mr E Robbins of Braidwood, and formerly of Penrith has been stationed here. The old assistant Master F Charker is still there. ⁽³⁾ Mr Hewitt had been acting Postmaster during 1888, while Mrs Palmer was ill.

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