building were originally home to the Taxation Department, and the sixth floor was home to miscellaneous other Federal departments, as well as providing accommodation for Federal Members of Parliament. On the seventh floor was a staff dining room and rest areas. The General Post Office is founded on 1,525 piles in groups of 25, each pile long and in diameter. The building featured four passenger lifts and two goods lifts. The building is constructed by a concrete-encased steel frame, faced with stone and brick. The brick walls did not receive a particularly favourable reception upon the building's opening: Notes References ("London") ("Molyneux") ("Ward") External links Heritage Council of Western Australia — Places Database entry for the General Post Office External links - online photographs Images of the GPO from various photo collections held by J S Battye Library: http://www.slwa.wa.gov.au/images/pd095/095,660PD.jpg http://www.slwa.wa.gov.au/images/wepon/architecture/004023d.jpg http://www.slwa.wa.gov.au/images/pd095/095,471PD.jpg http://www.slwa.wa.gov.au/images/pd095/095,474PD.jpg Category:Government buildings completed in 1923 Category:Landmarks in Perth, Western Australia Category:Heritage places in Perth, Western Australia Perth Category:Buildings and structures in Perth, Western Australia Category:Neoclassical architecture in Australia Category:Sandstone buildings in Australia Category:Commonwealth Heritage List Category:John Smith Murdoch buildings Category:Forrest Place Category:1923 establishments in Australia