The document details the history of Lenswood, Australia, particularly focusing on its postal services and the establishment of a post office in 1917. It also mentions the connection between Lenswood and a township in Manitoba, Canada, highlighting a battle in which Australian soldiers participated. Key historical figures and events contributing to the region's development are noted throughout the text.

1. The
Forest
Range
and
Lenswood
History
Group
Inc
Lenswood
1916
-­‐
1917

2. Lenswood
100
years
1917
-­‐
2017

4. Ref:
1931
'Answers
to
Correspondents.',
Chronicle
(Adelaide,
SA
:
1895
-­‐
1954),
5
March,
p.
21,
viewed
29
June,
2015,
hHp://nla.gov.au/nla.news-­‐
arKcle90489658
“Lenswood
is
not
officially
listed
as
a
township.”
NaKonal
Library
of
Australia
“I
give
up!”
Not
gaze<ed.
Will
inves>gate
further
…
POST
OFFICE
–
1
June
1917
When
is
a
town
a
town?

5. Postal
Service
1884
• Archibald
Rowley
wrote
that
the
nearest
Post
Office
was
Lobethal,
which
had
a
small
woollen
mill
at
the
Kme.
Once
a
week
he
walked,
with
one
of
the
girl
students,
to
Lobethal
to
collect
leHers.
(Apr
17
1946)
• Mrs
Fry
sent
workman
(or
school
kids)
to
collect
from
Lobethal
and
Harriet
Fry
(Polly
CaldicoH)
kept
post
for
2
years
(Stringybarks
p200)
Circa
1887
Mrs
Eglinton
and
Fanny
(later
Mrs
George
Mason)
(Stringybarks
p200)

6. Postal
Service
1889
• Collins
slab
house
and
later
stone
General
Store
(Stringybarks
p200)

7. Ref:
Commonwealth
Post
and
Telegraph
Guide
(published
yearly)
-­‐
Number
15
FOREST
RANGE,
February
14.
A
mee>ng
was
held
at
Forest
Range
East,
with
a
view
of
making
arrangements
to
overcome
postal
difficul>es.
Some
of
the
residents
live
over
four
miles
from
the
present
post-­‐
office,
and
oRen
experience
great
inconvenience
in
collec>ng
their
mails.
The
following
were
selected
as
a
deputa>on
to
wait
on
the
Deputy
Postmaster-­‐General:
Messrs.
W.
MacLaren
(chairman),
A.
Mason
(Secretary),
H.
Trevenen,
J.
Vickers,
J.
Green,
J.
Schultz,
R.
E.
Townsend,
H.
Caldico<,
and
F.
Green.
Ref:
1917
'THE
COUNTRY.',
The
AdverKser
(Adelaide,
SA
:
1889
-­‐
1931),
17
February,
p.
12,
viewed
9
July,
2015,
hHp://nla.gov.au/nla.news-­‐arKcle5562708

9. Ref:
1917
'LENSWOOD
POST
OFFICE.',
Daily
Herald
(Adelaide,
SA
:
1910
-­‐
1924),
5
June,
p.
7,
viewed
29
June,
2015,
hHp://
nla.gov.au/nla.news-­‐arKcle105409835
1. Converted
shed
behind
school
(sly
grog
shop)
• 1
June
1917
-­‐
J.G.
Rogers
• 1
July
1920
-­‐
Myra
Green
(Mrs
Cecil
Mason)
• July
1922
-­‐
Hazel
Goldsworthy
• 1
January
1924
-­‐
Mrs
Hilda
Boerth
(Mrs
Fountain)
2. Cnr
Swamp
Road
• May
1927-­‐
Mrs
Hilda
Boerth
(Mrs
Fountain)
3. 1974
–
Four
Square
Store
/
Lenswood
Shop
/
General
Store
Ref:
Stringybarks
p202

10. Why
LENS-­‐WOOD

11. Ba<le
of
Lens
(Hill
60)
was
by
Canada
in
August
–
this
was
aRer
Lenswood
was
named
Sister
township
with
Lenswood
in
Manitoba,
Canada
Lenswood
named
by
Arthur
Mason
Australian
soldiers
fought
near
Lens
in
the
ba<le
of
Bullecourt
in
April
&
May
1917.
10,000
men
were
lost.

12. Metro
&
Mary
Kobelka,
Lenswood
General
Store,
Maniboba,
Canada.

14. Over
to
you
…