intact externally, is also a component of the civic and commercial precinct of Ingham, sharing this with the nearby Hinchinbrook Shire Chambers and Library; these aspects of the building enhance the historical value. Criterion D: Characteristic values Ingham Post Office is an example of: a retail post office typology (third generation 1930-1974) an interwar c.1915-1942 in the Neo-Georgian style (Colonial Revival) the work of Commonwealth Department of the Interior under Horace Mackennal) Typologically, Ingham Post Office, built in 1935, is an example of a third generation retail post office. This generation of typologies demonstrate an emergent retail function in postal operations, separation of the telephone exchange area and increased requirements for larger post office box lobby areas with independent access and serviced by a frontally positioned mail sorting room and/or a rear loading yard. These aspects are evident in the original design to the extent it comprised a symmetrically composed twin porch arrangement, with a central breakfront postal hall to Lannercost Street. Subsequent extensions to the building, including the later east wing, have altered the original plan and form and therefore impacted on this aspect of the original typology, albeit they have generally reinforced the primacy of the private box function and enlarged mailroom facility. In the state context, and with regard to post offices still owned and operated by Australia Post, Ingham Post Office is one of three "Type M6 1930s Twin Porch" built in the period 1935–38 with similar characteristics. As with the Bowen Post Office and the Ayr Post Office, Ingham Post Office demonstrates the basic composition of a symmetrical expanded porch (at least externally) but is considered the most altered of the three. Stylistically, the building's pedimented gable front is conservative, particularly by Government architecture standards of the time, but arguably of interest as one of the last generally Colonial-Revival post offices in Australia (albeit altered). The detail is heavy but perhaps intentionally so to give added municipal presence on a wayside frontage that is also the main thoroughfare through town. Criterion E: Aesthetic characteristics Ingham Post Office has some aesthetic qualities in the immediate context, deriving from the prominent and original pedimented gabled frontage to Lannercost Street, and enhanced by the Colonial-flavoured verandahs and porch entries. References Bibliography References GS Warmington and AC Ward, Australia Post Survey of Historic Properties in Queensland, Volume 2, 1989 Chesterton Corporate Property Advisors, CISD Property Valuation Report, June 2005