East End in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia — Oceania

Former Russell Street Telephone Exchange & Post Office

Photographed by Dean Barton-Ancliffe, June 16, 2026

1. Former Russell Street Telephone Exchange & Post Office Marker

Inscription. Former Russell Street
Telephone Exchange &
Post Office

Built 1954

Architect
Commonwealth
Department of Works

Classified

Erected by National Trust of Australia - Victoria.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Architecture. A significant historical year for this entry is 1954.

Location. 37° 48.821′ S, 144° 58.121′ E. Marker is in Melbourne, Victoria. It is in East End. It is at the intersection of Russell Street and Little Collins Street, on the left when traveling south on Russell Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 114 Russell Street, Melbourne VIC 3000, Australia. Touch for directions.

Regionally, it is in Oceania,

Australasia,

the Pacific Ocean,

South Pacific,

the Pacific Rim,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once a British colony.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Former Independent Church (about 90 meters away, measured in a direct line); The Scots Church (about 120 meters away); The Victorian Scottish Regiment (about 120 meters away); Dame Nellie Melba (1861-1931)

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(about 120 meters away); Scots' Church and Assembly Hall (about 120 meters away); The Athenaeum Building (about 210 meters away); The Melbourne Athenaeum (about 210 meters away); Melbourne Town Hall (approx. 0.2 kilometers away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Melbourne.

Also see . . . Former Russell Street Automatic Telephone Exchange and Postal Building. Melbourne Planning Scheme

The former Russell Street Automatic Telephone Exchange and Postal Building at 114-120 Russell

Street, Melbourne, originally constructed as a nine-storey telephone exchange and postal hall in

1948-54 is significant.

Elements that contribute to the significance of the place include (but are not limited to):

• The building’s original external form and scale

This document is an incorporated document in the Melbourne Planning Scheme pursuant to section 6(2)(j) of the Planning and Environment

Act 1987

• Original pattern of fenestration, including projecting glazed terracotta (faience) clad horizontal and

vertical frames to window openings and horizontal bands of glazing

• Recessed entry on the Russell Street frontage
Photographed by Dean Barton-Ancliffe, June 16, 2026

2. Former Russell Street Telephone Exchange & Post Office
Marker is just below the Post Office sign at the far right of the building
including a faience-clad lintel supported by circular

columns clad in granite

• Original steel/aluminium frame windows

• Bas relief sculpture to the Russell Street façade at the ground level.

(Submitted on July 12, 2026, by Dean Barton-Ancliffe of Rowville, Victoria.)

Credits. This page was last revised on July 14, 2026. It was originally submitted on July 12, 2026, by Dean Barton-Ancliffe of Rowville, Victoria. This page has been viewed 6 times since then. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on July 12, 2026, by Dean Barton-Ancliffe of Rowville, Victoria. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.