The Post Office was constructed in a number of stages.
The first stage was a two-storey telegraph office at a cost of almost £6000, following an 1886 extension for a post office (ground floor) with a residence for the postmaster on the upper floor) costing over £8000.
Dennis Kellcher submitted a tender and carried out extensions in 1888, while a clock tower was built by Henry L Davis & Co. Chimes were imported from England in 1889 and installed by 1891.

Following the bombing of Darwin, the clocktower was dismantled in 1942 and the mechanism was stored away.
A greatly modified tower was built in 1963-64 by JE Allen & Co. of Townsville at a cost of £42,135.
The interior was also modernised at this time.
Because of its prominent location, the Post Office often became the scene of political rallies around a speaker on a soap box.

In 2001, it was redeveloped as The Brewery, owned by the Townsville Brewing Company.
The company brews beer on-site and has a restaurant and bar.
The Post Office was constructed in a number of stages. The first stage was a two-storey telegraph office at a cost of almost £6000, following an 1886 extension for a post office (ground floor) with a residence for the postmaster on the upper floor) costing over £8000. Dennis Kellcher submitted a tender and carried out extensions in 1888, while a clock tower was built by Henry L Davis & Co. Chimes were imported from England in 1889 and installed by 1891.
Following the bombing of Darwin, the clocktower was dismantled in 1942 and the mechanism was stored away. A greatly modified tower was built in 1963-64 by JE Allen & Co. of Townsville at a cost of £42,135. The interior was also modernised at this time. Because of its prominent location, the Post Office often became the scene of political rallies around a speaker on a soap box.
In 2001, it was redeveloped as The Brewery, owned by the Townsville Brewing Company. The company brews beer on-site and has a restaurant and bar.
Townsville Post Office