Loch Licensed Post Office

Licensee: Frank Deane

5659 4258

email: franjenn@dcsi.net.au

7 Smith Street,

Loch, Vic. 3945

Open Weekdays

Monday 9.00am - 5.00pm

Tuesday/Friday  8.30am -5.00pm

Closed: 12.30pm - 1.30pm daily

*Eftpos Services available:

*All your personal banking-except Westpac & ANZ

*Pay all your bills by Credit card (inclu Westpac & ANZ)

*Purchase all your "post" needs by credit card

*History of Loch Post Office

The Post Office in Smith Street was built in 1914.

But the history of Post Masters in Loch dates back to 1888  when a

Post Office was opened in the first store in Loch, belonging to James McLean.

Early Loch Post Masters:

1888 to 1890     Jame McLean

1890 to 1892     W.S Paterson

1892 to 1894     C.S. Bigelow

1894 to 1895     Daniel Vaughan

1895 to 1902     C.W.Bigelow

1902 to 1910     Miss Anne Rudd

1910 to 1915     Miss Margaret Lecke

Postmasters in Smith Street, Loch

1915 to 1922     C.A. Anderson

1922  to 1937    J.J. Simmonds

1937 to 1941     H.Gimmond

1941 to 1955     S.J Cowie

1955 to 1971    R.Hattam

1971 to 1981     S.J.Szatkowski

1981 to 1991     G & L Kelly

1991 to present     F & J Deane

*Frank Deane is now Lochs longest serving Post Master having been

providing good old fashioned service for over 16 years!

*information taken from "Loch & District 2001...from then until now",

which was published by the Loch & District Historical group and which included

text from "Looking at Loch" which was published by Joseph White.