Front Elevated special had become the largest domestic

had become the largest domestic water pumping station in Australia

tiles gone grimy and paint peeling from the walls

and a timber power pole stands in the foreground against a low

one of the original structures of the Commonwealth Portland Cement Company's plant

the surrounding plaster crumbling

Front Elevated special had become the largest domesticThe front facade of the Big Hill Post Office rises above the surrounding paddock, paint lifting from weathered timber boards, upper floor windows empty against the sky. The building served as both post office and postmaster's residence, the typical rural arrangement of the period. Big Hill Post Office opened on 1 November 1869 and ran for 76 years before closing in 1945. Part of the Big Hill Post Office series.