Macksville Post Office is a heritage-listed post office on the corner of Cooper Street and River Street, Macksville, New South Wales, Australia. It was added to the Australian Commonwealth Heritage List on 8 November 2011. History The Nambucca Post Office opened in Macksville on 1 August 1868 and was renamed Macksville Post Office in 1889. However, as the population in the area grew, the post office became inadequate, leading to an announcement in 1912 to erect a new post office at a new location. However, there were issues over purchase of a new site, and in 1914 it was decided that the existing post office would suffice and the need for a new post office would be reconsidered in 1915–1916. By 1915, there was considerable local agitation for the construction of a new post office, with one of the residents describing the existing post office as "a medium sized dog kennel". Through 1916, there were numerous promises made to construct the new post office, but it was not until January 1917 that residents were advised that the Commonwealth Department of Works and Railways were instructed to build the post office. The new Macksville Post Office opened for business on Monday 18 February 1918 without any ceremony. Macksville Post Office was designed and constructed c. 1917. It was built with a small free-standing telephone exchange beside it, on River Street, which now serves as a mail contractors space. Recent additions include a new private box area, toilets and a lunch/staff room. The National Inventory of Federation Places lists Macksville Post Office as, "one of the first two post offices built entirely by the Commonwealth from 1917". The building was designed by the Commonwealth Department of Works and Railways (NSW Branch) under the direction of George Oakeshott with E. Ferguson probably being the design architect. Description Macksville Post Office is on the southwest corner of Cooper Street (Pacific Highway) and River Street, Macksville, just south of the Nambucca Bridge. It comprises the whole of Lot 1 DP816339. The L-shaped building is expressed in two face brick arms projecting east and north, each fronted with a trio of double-hung timber framed sash windows, single-paned to the lower sash and six-paned in the upper. The face brick is capped by a stucco frieze below the eaves line that cuts across the grouped windows about 30 cm below their heads. The frieze facing Cooper Street