{"id":2580,"date":"2021-04-12T10:53:50","date_gmt":"2021-04-12T00:23:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mtloftyhistoricalsociety.org.au\/?p=2580"},"modified":"2021-04-12T10:53:50","modified_gmt":"2021-04-12T00:23:50","slug":"old-upper-sturt-post-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mtloftyhistoricalsociety.org.au\/?p=2580","title":{"rendered":"Old Upper Sturt Post Office"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Old Post Office is one of very few remaining wooden buildings in Upper Sturt and the Adelaide Hills. It is an integral part of the settlement story of Upper Sturt. It has been a post office, a shop, a home and we hope it will \u2018live again\u2019 as a place for people to use and enjoy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img data-attachment-id=\"2581\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mtloftyhistoricalsociety.org.au\/?attachment_id=2581\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mtloftyhistoricalsociety.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/upper-sturt-po.jpg?fit=500%2C708&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"500,708\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"upper-sturt-po\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mtloftyhistoricalsociety.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/upper-sturt-po.jpg?fit=212%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mtloftyhistoricalsociety.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/upper-sturt-po.jpg?fit=500%2C708&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"708\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mtloftyhistoricalsociety.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/upper-sturt-po.jpg?resize=500%2C708&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2581\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mtloftyhistoricalsociety.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/upper-sturt-po.jpg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mtloftyhistoricalsociety.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/upper-sturt-po.jpg?resize=212%2C300&amp;ssl=1 212w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 85vw, 500px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The community consultation will be held on Tuesday 27 April from 7-9pm in the Upper Sturt Soldiers\u2019 Memorial Hall, 173 Upper Sturt Road.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All COVID-19 requirements for the event will be followed. The Hall has a COVID Management Plan and 4 COVID Marshalls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>John Halsey (Dr) Secretary, Upper Sturt Soldier\u2019s Memorial Hall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0417886896<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Old Post Office is one of very few remaining wooden buildings in Upper Sturt and the Adelaide Hills. It is an integral part of the settlement story of Upper Sturt. It has been a post office, a shop, a home and we hope it will \u2018live again\u2019 as a place for people to use &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/mtloftyhistoricalsociety.org.au\/?p=2580\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Old Upper Sturt Post Office&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paNLq6-FC","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3665,"url":"https:\/\/mtloftyhistoricalsociety.org.au\/?p=3665","url_meta":{"origin":2580,"position":0},"title":"ANZAC Display","date":"April 17, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Currently on loan from the State Library of SA and on display in the Local and Garden History Centre of the Mount Lofty Districts Historical Society, in the Coventry Memorial Library at Stirling, is this interesting collection of WW1 fund-raising badges compiled during the First World War by Lady Symon,\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/mtloftyhistoricalsociety.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Badges-IMG_1144-2.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":2687,"url":"https:\/\/mtloftyhistoricalsociety.org.au\/?p=2687","url_meta":{"origin":2580,"position":1},"title":"Murder at Christmas!","date":"July 2, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"This Event has been postponed due to COVID-19 Restrictions, but will definitely happen when we have the \"All Clear\". 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