South Australia.
Listing of Telegraph Offices.

A listing of Telegraph Offices in South Australia is shown below. At the end of 1864:

Hyperlinks lead to further details about a particular office or to an overview of the South Australian lines.

It is also possible to access the Telegraph Offices along the Overland Telegraph Line here.

The abbreviation of CN means "change of name".

The tables can be copied into an Excel spreadsheet for further sorting and research. Highlight the cells required and follow the usual COPY steps (highlight table, press CTL-C then CTL-V in your spreadsheet).

First letter of Office name. A B C D E F G H
I J K L M N O P Q
R S T U V W X Y Z

 

A Telegraph Office Line/Banch Opening date Notes
  Adelaide Oval Surburban 1911 Telegraph Office with official status open during major sporting events.
  Adelaide Railway 1856 1909 P&T. 1965 closed.
  Adelaide River May 1913 1917 closed. Howley Creek NT opened with it in 13 June 1988 - need more details.
  Adelaide Rundle St 30 January 1882 PO opened 1 February 1882.
  Adelaide Stock Exchange 2 August 1880
  Adelaide Telegraph Office 1856 First located in Neale's Auction Mart. In 1857, relocated to Green's Exchange until new GPO building completed on 6.5.72.
  Adelaide Victoria Park Racecourse. 1 April 1933 Occasionally operated from the Racecourse during major sporting events. Closed 1.8.1966
  Alberton 1st line 1856
  Aldgate 14 March 1883 Eastern 22 miles
  Aldinga Glenelg Cape Jervis Coorong 18 December 1874 Southern 23 mles. TG closed 2 Sept 1929
  Alice Well February 1913
  Alma Northern 1 January 1870 Changed to Hamley Bridge.
  Althorpes Yorke (off shore) 28 September 1911 Lighthouse off south west tip of Yorke Peninsula. Closed on 1 June 1920.
  Ambleside (1) 28 September 1895 Earliest listing as a Railway Telegraph Office. Latest listing 13 Feb 1915
  Angaston Barossa 7 March 1866  
  Apamurra 27 March 1923  
  Appila Yarrowie Augusta Oodla Pirie 24 October 1879  
  Ardrossan Yorke 10 February 1879  
  Arno Bay Eyre Peninsula to Eucla     Before 1930!!!
  Ash 18 1957
  Auburn Wallaroo Morgan Terowie PP. 3 January 1862  
  Austral Downs September 1914 Opened as a Qld TG (near Camooweal) and became a SA TG in 1923

 

B Telegraph Office Line/Banch Opening date Notes
  Balaklava Wallaroo Morgan Terowie PP. 20 March 1877  
           
  Barton   15 Feb 1919 Opened as a Railway Telegraph Office
  Batchelor Farm   1 Feb 1913  
  Beachport Bordertown Mt Gambier Victoria 23 May 1879  
  Beetaloo Valley Augusta Oodla Pirie 12 March 1915  
  Beltana OLT 23 Aug 1873  
  Berri Augusta Oodla Pirie   1912  
  Birdwood Mt Pleasant Strathalbyn Wellington   1910(?) CN from Blumberg 1 July 1918.
  Blackwood   11 April 1883  
  Blackwood Railway   26 Oct 1883  
  Blanche Town Gawler to NSW December 1865  
  Blinman Augusta Oodla Pirie 14 January 1873  
  Blumberg Mt Pleasant Strathalbyn Wellington 30 January 1867 CN to Birdwood 1 July 1918.
  Blyth Wallaroo Morgan Terowie PP. 26 Sept 1879  
  Blyth Railway Station Wallaroo Morgan Terowie PP. Unknown Closed 1910
  Booleroo Centre Augusta Oodla Pirie January 1887 Difficult history of naming.
  Booleroo Railway Augusta Oodla Pirie 14 Apr 1910 No details available abiut this office.
  Border Town Bordertown Mt Gambier Victoria 18 Nov 1879  
  Bowden 1st line 1856 Opened at the Railway Station.
  Brady Creek North lower 5 April 1924  
  Bramfield Eyre Peninsula 14 Aug 1924  
  Brentwood   March 1913 Telegraph worked by telephone.
  Brighton Glenelg Cape Jervis Coorong 26 Sept 1880
  Brinkworth Wallaroo Morgan Terowie PP April 1898
  Bruce Augusta Oodla Pirie March 1884  

 

C Telegraph Office Line/Banch Opening date Notes
  Calca   29 July 1979 PO opened 26 Apri 1911; RO July 1911; PO 1 July 1927; TO 29 July 1979.
30 kn SE Streaky Bay.
  Callington Mt Pleasant Strathalbyn Wellington 9 May 1874  
  Caltowie Wallaroo Morgan Terowie PP. 19 Oct 1877  
  Camden Park Nov 1915
  Cannawigara 20 Aug 1924
  Cape Borda Kangaroo Is. 16 Aug 1876 Changed to PO 1 August 1877 and back to TO 31 March 1917. Closed 31 January 1966.
  Cape Jervis Glenelg Cape Jervis Coorong April 1873
  Cape Spencer Yorke 1 December 1922 Lighthouse
  Cape Willoughby Kangaroo Is. 11 May 1880 PO 1 July 1883 but reverted to a TO 31 March 1917
and closed 5 September 1967.
  Carrieton Augusta Oodla Pirie 1 December 1880  
  Ceduna Eyre Peninsula to Eucla     No telegraph office but a base for the Royal Flying Doctor.
  Charlotte Waters NT OLT 31 August 1872  
  Cheltenham Racecourse 31 May 1933 Closed 1964
  Clare Wallaroo Morgan Terowie PP. 20 January 1860  
  Clarendon Glenelg Cape Jervis Coorong 7 June 1879  
  Claypans 15 April 1926
  Cleve Eyre Peninsula 1 September 1881 CN from Wangaraleednie.
Some lists say no Telegraph Office here.
  Cockburn Augusta Oodla Pirie January 1887 Border crossing to Broken Hill, NSW.
  Colebatch Bordertown Mt Gambier Victoria 29 May 1963
  Comaum 29 April 1924
  Conmurra 6 January 1926
  Cook Railway Station 5 April 1931 Sundays only. Closed 1 May 1931
  Cookes Plains Railway Station May 1909 Closed 13 April 1911
  Coolcha 1 February 1952 PO 1 August 1914; TO 1 February 1952; closed 1 May 1955.
  Coonalpyn 29 September 1895 Closed May 1909
  Coondambo 13 March 1913 Not listed after 12 March 1915
  Coromandel Valley Glenelg Cape Jervis Coorong 7 June 1879 Closed 31 July 1883
  Cowell Eyre Peninsula to Eucla 2 June 1885 Also referred to as Franklin Harbour
  Craddock     1887  
  Crafers Suburban 28 November 1877 CN from Stirling East.
  Crystal Brook Wallaroo Morgan Terowie PP. 23 March 1877  
  Curramulka Yorke 13 October 1885 Western 79 miles
  Custon Bordertown Mt Gambier Victoria 20 February 1882 Closed 28 Mrch 1891

 

D Telegraph Office Line/Banch Opening date Notes
  Dingabledinga 3 October 1924
  Dry Creek Suburban 1861

Was the first station in the Port Wakefield Salisbury Barossa region - now suburban.

PO 21 Jan 50; closed 1857; (R) 1861;
  Dulwich 1 May 1919

 

E Telegraph Office Line/Banch Opening date Notes
  Echunga Mt Pleasant Strathalbyn Wellington 10 July 1873  
  Eden Valley Barossa 9 Oct 1876 Acually the telegraph was finished on 11 May 1875 but it had not been opened to the residents.
  Edithburgh Yorke 17 September 1876  
  Edward's Creek NT 1 Dec 1930  
  Emu Bay Kangaroo Is. 5 January 1932 Closed 30 May 1955. Had first opeed as a RO 7 January 1911.
  Eucla Western Australia border 8 December 1877 Junction of the intercolonial telegraphic line between SA and WA.
  Eudunda Gawler to NSW 14 September 1879 New office opened on 22 July 1879.
  Eurelia Augusta Oodla Pirie March 1884  
  E-W Railway 376 mile Camp May 1918 See note about EW join
  E-W Railway 407 mile Camp (1) Dec  1918
  E-W Railway 407 mile Camp (2) 1 July 1921
  E-W Railway 447 mile Camp 17 May 1937

 

F Telegraph Office Line/Banch Opening date Notes
  Farina 28 September 1878 Northern 408 miles
  Farrell's Flat Wallaroo Morgan Terowie PP. 1871 CN to Farrell Flat in September 1940.
  Forster   1 April 1971 PO opened 2 April 1898; RO 1910; PO 1 July 1927; TO 1 April 1971; closed 4 October 1971.
  Fowlers Bay Eyre Peninsula to Eucla 1 May 1877 CN from Port Eyre; PO opened 1 May 1865; closed 18 September 1967.
  Frances Bordertown Mt Gambier Victoria 1 January 1883  
  Franklin Harbour (1) Eyre Peninsula to Eucla      
  Franklin Harbour (2) Eyre Peninsula to Eucla      
  Freeling Port Wakefield Salisbury Barossa   1861  

 

G Telegraph Office Line/Banch Opening date Notes
  Gawler Port Wakefield Salisbury Barossa 13 April 1857  
  Gawler Racecourse Port Wakefield Salisbury Barossa 21 January 1922 Only on selected race days.
  Gawler Railway (Station) Port Wakefield Salisbury Barossa 1859  
  Georgetown Wallaroo Morgan Terowie PP. 15 December 1873  
  Gilles Plains 24 August 1926
  Gladstone Wallaroo Morgan Terowie PP. 6 June 1875  
  Glanville Railway Station May 1909
  Glen Boree Western July 1910  
  Glenelg Glenelg Cape Jervis Coorong 3 September 1859  
  Glenroy East 10 December 1917 TG maybe Aug 1889
  Glossop 16 June 1923
  Goolwa Glenelg Cape Jervis Coorong 1857  
  Greenock Barossa 5 March 1866  
  Green's Plains East Yorke 8 June 1881 TO opened at Green's Plains but soon moved here.
  Guichen Bay Bordertown Mt Gambier Victoria 21 July 1858 PO opened December 1846.
PO CN to Robe in June 1847.
TO CN 1866.
  Gumbowie Railway Station 28 September 1895 Closed May 1909
  Gumeracha Mt Pleasant Strathalbyn Wellington 11 June 1862  

 

H Telegraph Office Line/Banch Opening date Notes
  Hackham (1) Glenelg Cape Jervis Coorong 30 December 1926  
  Hahndorf Mt Pleasant Strathalbyn Wellington   1864  
  Halbury Wallaroo Morgan Terowie PP. January 1907  
  Hallett Wallaroo Morgan Terowie PP. 13 September 1878  
  Hallett Railway Station Wallaroo Morgan Terowie PP. May 1909 Closed 18 May 1916 after a few closed periods.
  Hamley Bridge Port Wakefield Salisbury Barossa 1 January 1870 CN from Alma.
  Hammond Augusta Oodla Pirie April 1884  
  Hanson Railway Station 28 September 1895
  Harben Vale South 3 November 1924  
  Hawker OLT 24 August 1880 CN to Wonoka on day of opening.
  Hindley Street Adelaide 21 July 1851 Various designations - replaced Adelaide Rail in 1965.
  Hindmarsh 1st line 23 June 1884
  Honiton 8 October 1926
  Hoyleton Wallaroo Morgan Terowie PP.. 12 December 1873  
  Hynam 1 June 1882 Eastern 233 miles Adelaide

 

I Telegraph Office Line/Banch Opening date Notes
  Innaminka Augusta Oodla Pirie      
  Islington Loco 28 September 1895 Latest listing as 12 March 1915
  Islington Railway 29 September 1895 Sub latest listing January 1911

 

J Telegraph Office Line/Banch Opening date Notes
  Jamestown Wallaroo Morgan Terowie PP. 5 May 1877  

 

K Telegraph Office Line/Banch Opening date Notes
  Kadina Yorke 5 September 1862  
  Kanmantoo Mt Pleasant Strathalbyn Wellington 2 September 1879 Closed in April 1886.
  Kanyaka Augusta Oodla Pirie     Transferred to Wilson 28 Feb 1881
  Kapunda Port Wakefield Salisbury Barossa. 11 May 1859  
  Kapunda Railway Station North lower   1861 Probably closed in 1909
  Karte 15 October 1928
  Katherine OLT 22 August 1872 Amalgamated with PO on 1 April 1872.
  Ki-Ki 24 August 1917 Eastern 105 miles Adelaide
  Kilkenny (1) January 1891 Sub 6km Adelaide Tenders for P&T called 12 Jan 1901
  Kincraig Bordertown Mt Gambier Victoria July 1863 CN to Naracoorte before 1861.
  Kingscote 16 August 1876 Previously Nepean Bay.
  Kingston Bordertown Mt Gambier Victoria 2 October 1867 CN from Lacepede Bay.
  Kondoolka 3 January 1925 115km E of Ceduna. Spelling change in March 1925
  Kongal 20 August 1924 Eastern 200 miles Adelaide
  Koolunga Wallaroo Morgan Terowie PP. March 1884  
  Koongawa 13 July 1953
  Koonunga 30 September 1926 Northern 54 miles Adelaide
  Kooringa Wallaroo Morgan Terowie PP. 25 January 1860 Northern 103 miles Adelaide.
CN to Burra in 1939.
  Koopio   9 November 1948 RO 1 January 1908; PO 1 July 1909; RO October 1910; PO 1 July 1927; TO 9 November 1948; closed 1 December 1955.
  Kulkami 28 January 1927
  Kyancutta 19 June 1919
  Kyneton North east 2

 

L Telegraph Office Line/Banch Opening date Notes
  Lacepede Bay Bordertown Mt Gambier Victoria 2 October 1867 CN to Kingston.
  Lake Nash NT 5 Nov 1899
  Lameroo Tailem Bend Pinaroo
Border Town		 April 1911 PO opened December 1905. Walker (p. 175) show a picture of a P&TO but does not acknowledge the Telegraph Office.
  Langhorne's Creek Mt Pleasant Strathalbyn Wellington 5 Oct 1866 CN from Langhorne's Bridge
  Largs Bay 1st line 17 January 1883
  Laura Wallaroo Morgan Terowie PP. 22 Dec 1874 Northern
  Leigh Creek (1) Oct 1899 Northern
  Lobethal Mt Pleasant Strathalbyn Wellington   1864

CN to Tweedvale 1918.
CN back to Lobethal 1936.

£735 for new P&T in 1883
  Lochaber Bordertown Mt Gambier Victoria 21 June 1881 Near Narracoorte
  Lucindale Bordertown Mt Gambier Victoria 13 May 1878 CN from Bakers Range June 1877.
  Lyndoch Barossa 4 January 1866  

 

M Telegraph Office Line/Banch Opening date Notes
  Macclesfield Mt Pleasant Strathalbyn Wellington   1866  
  Magill Suburban 5 Aug 1880  
  Maitland Yorke 18 June 1877  
  Mallala Port Wakefield Salisbury Barossa 22 July 1880  
  Mannahill OLT Oct 1887  
  Mannum Mt Pleasant Strathalbyn Wellington 3 Feb 1873  
  Manoora Wallaroo Morgan Terowie PP 18 January 1870  
  Marble Hill East 3
  Marion Bay 1905 Western 138m Adelaide
  Marrabel Port Wakefield Salisbury Barossa February 1878  
  Mataranka N.T. 23 Aug 1915 Opened as Mattaranka.
  McDonald's Hill 28 Sept 1895 Railway Teleg Office to 1912
  McGrath's Flat Tailem Bend Pinaroo Border Town 30 January 1862 Was MacGrath's Flat on opening.
  Meadows Glenelg Cape Jervis Coorong 1 August 1884  
  Melrose Augusta Oodla Pirie   1866 PO at Mount Remarkable transferred to Melrose in 1857.
  Meningie Tailem Bend Pinaroo Border Town 29 Nov 1873  
  Micham £774 for new P&T in 1883
  Middleton Glenelg Cape Jervis Coorong 25 May 1877  
  Milang Glenelg Cape Jervis Coorong 2 March 1865  
  Millicent Bordertown Mt Gambier Victoria 7 June 1876  
  Minlaton Yorke 15 March 1878  
  Mintaro Wallaroo Morgan Terowie PP. 1870  
  Mintaro Central Wallaroo Morgan Terowie PP. 21 Oct 1873 No postal until 1902 when combined with Mintaro.
  Mitcham Suburban 28 Aug 1882 Was on the line to Clarendon
  Monument 20 June 1956 Closed 15 December 1979. TO only.
  Moonta Yorke 21 December 1865  
  Morgan Gawler to NSW 17 Sept 1878  
  Morphett Vale Glenelg Cape Jervis Coorong 12 Nov 1883  
  Mount Barker Mt Pleasant Strathalbyn Wellington 31 May 1860  
  Mount Barker Junction Hahndorf Wellington 1892 Railway Tel Office
  Mount Drummond Yorke 31 May 1934 TO opened 31 May 1934; PO 17 December 1934; closed 30 May 1986.
70 km NW Port Lincoln.
  Mount Gambier Bordertown Mt Gambier Victoria 1858  
  Mount Lofty East 14 March 1883  
  Mount Pleasant Mt Pleasant Strathalbyn Wellington 3 January 1867  
  Mount Remarkable Augusta Oodla Pirie     No TO.
Transfrred to Melrose in 1857
  Mount Torrens Mt Pleasant Strathalbyn Wellington 13 March 1867 Closed in April 1886.
  Mundora Wallaroo Morgan Terowie PP.    
  Murray Bridge Mt Pleasant Strathalbyn Wellington 25 July 1885  

 

N Telegraph Office Line/Banch Opening date Notes
  Nairne Mt Pleasant Strathalbyn Wellington   1860  
  Naracoorte Bordertown Mt Gambier Victoria July 1863 Known as Mosquito Plains until 1861 and TO opened as Kincraig.
  Narridy Wallaroo Morgan Terowie PP. 28 December 1877  
  Noarlunga Glenelg Cape Jervis Coorong 5 April 1866  
  Normanville Glenelg Cape Jervis Coorong 22 September 1862 Telegraph transferred from Yankalilla in 1863.
  North Adelaide Suburban 24 March 1875  
  Norwood Surburban 26 April 1875  
  Nullabor 5 July 1907 Changed to a PO 16 September 1915 but reverted to a TO 27 March 1923 and closed 13 July 1943.
  Nuriootpa North east 6 March 1866  

 

O Telegraph Office Line/Banch Opening date Notes
  Oodla Wirra Augusta Oodla Pirie July 1887  
  Oodnadatta 8 January 1891  
  Orroroo Augusta Oodla Pirie 11 November 1880  
  Outalpa Railway 28 September 1895 NE - towards Broken Hill
  Overland Corner Gawler to NSW 28 September 1875  

 

P Telegraph Office Line/Banch Opening date Notes
  Palmer Mt Pleasant Strathalbyn Wellington 4 December 1873  
  Parachilna OLT March 1911 Relocated from Railway Station.
  Paringa Vic Border      
  Parkside 16 February 1885  
  Payneham Suburban 2 November 1885  
  Peake OLT 23 August 1872  
  Penola Bordertown Mt Gambier Victoria 13 August 1860  
  Peterborough Augusta Oodla Pirie   Renamed to Peterborough from Petersburg in 1917.
  Petersburg (see Peterborough) Augusta Oodla Pirie 25 January 1881  
  Pimbaacla   8 July 1936 PO opened 1 December 1935; TO 8 July 1936; closed 31 July 1961. 77 km SE Ceduna.
  Pinaroo Tailem Bend Pinaroo
Border Town		 March 1911  
  Pinaroo Railway Station Tailem Pinaroo Bordertown March 1910  
  Point Lowly Eyre Peninsula to Eucla May 1909 Walker (p. 252) explains the confusion in classification.
  Port Adelaide 1st line 1856  
  Port Adelaide Railway Station 1st line 1856  
  Port Augusta Augusta Oodla Pirie 1866  
  Port Augusta Quarantine Camp Augusta Oodla Pirie 10 April 1919  
  Port Augusta West Augusta Oodla Pirie April 1885  
  Port Broughton Wallaroo Morgan Terowie PP. 5 March 1888 Northern 143 miles.
  Port Elliott Glenelg Cape Jervis Coorong 1857  
  Port Elliston Eyre Peninsula to Eucla 13 August 1881 Port Elliston until 1881.
  Port Germein Augusta Oodla Pirie 13 August 1880  
  Port Lincoln Eyre Peninsula to Eucla 1 March 1876  
  Port Pirie Wallaroo Morgan Terowie PP. 10 October 1874  
  Port Victoria Yorke 14 February 1879  
  Port Wakefield Port Wakefield Salisbury Barossa February 1867  

 

Q Telegraph Office Line/Banch Opening date Notes
  Quorn Augusta Oodla Pirie 23 September 1880  

 

R Telegraph Office Line/Banch Opening date Notes
  Redhill Wallaroo Morgan Terowie PP. 4 January 1878 Line to Redhill finished 27 December 1877.
  Redruth Telegraph North lower 1870 At Burra
  Reedy Creek Bordertown Mt Gambier Victoria 14 May 1878  
  Renmark Gawler to NSW April 1890 Gazetted £650 extra for P&T Office
19 Aug 1891.
  Riverton Wallaroo Morgan Terowie PP. 1 March 1864  
  Robe (CN) 1866 CN from Guichen Bay June 1847.
TO at Guichen Bay 21 July 1858.
  Roseworthy Barossa 1861  
  Rundle Street Suburban 30 January 1882 First known as Adelaide Rundle Street East.

 

S Telegraph Office Line/Banch Opening date Notes
  Saddleworth Port Wakefield Salisbury Barossa 7 June 1877  
  Saddleworth Railway Station Port Wakefield Salisbury Barossa 18 January 1870  
  Saint Peters Suburban January 1887  
  Salisbury Port Wakefield Salisbury Barossa 1857  
  Saltia   23 August 1925 Closed 12 April 1951.
  Sedan North east 2
  Semaphore 1st line 1856  
  Serviceton   April 1887 Located just over the border in Victoria from Border Town but staffed by SA personnel
  Smithfield Port Wakefield Salisbury Barossa 1859  
  Smoky Bay Eyre Peninsula to Eucla 1863  
  Snowtown Wallaroo Morgan Terowie PP 7 July 1880  
  Stansbury Yorke 31 March 1879  
  Stockport Port Wakefield Salisbury Barossa 1 January 1870  
  Stockwell Gawler to NSW 16 March 1877  
  Stockyard Creek Port Wakefield Salisbury Barossa 1 March 1882  
  Strangeways Springs OLT 22 August 1872  
  Strathalbyn Mt Pleasant Strathalbyn Wellington 29 June 1860  
  Streaky Bay Eyre Peninsula to Eucla 24 November 1876  
  Swanport East

 

T Telegraph Office Line/Banch Opening date Notes
  Tailem Bend Tailem Bend Pinaroo
Border Town		   1886  
  Tantanoola (2) January 1890 On Mount Gambier line.
Eastern 325 miles Adelaide
  Tanunda Murray and Angaston 30 January 1866  
  Tarcoola Goldfields Eyre Peninsula to Eucla 6 October 1917 Changed to a RO 15 June 1922.
  Tarlee Port Wakefield Salisbury Barossa 1 January 1870  
  Tea Tree Gully Port Wakefield Salisbury Barossa 20 May 1880  
  Teetulpa OLT January 1887  
  Terowie Wallaroo Morgan Terowie PP. 21 Aug 1880  
  Thebarton Suburban November 1898  
  Troubridge Lighthouse Yorke Peninsula 1882 Lighthouse into Spencer's Gulf.
  Truro Gawler to NSW 20 November 1866  
  Twenty-Two mile Camp NT NT May 1913  
  Two Wells Port Wakefield Salisbury Barossa 16 December 1874  

 

U Telegraph Office Line/Banch Opening date Notes
  Unley Suburban 11 October 1880  

 

V Telegraph Office Line/Banch Opening date Notes
  Victor Harbor Glenelg Cape Jervis Coorong 1865  
  Virginia Port Wakefield Salisbury Barossa 29 May 1877  

 

W Telegraph Office Line/Banch Opening date Notes
  Wallaroo Yorke 16 March 1863  
  Wangaraleednie Eyre Peninsula 1 November 1880 CN from Franklin Harbour.
CN to Cleve 1 September 1881.
  Warooka Yorke 22 May 1879  
  Wasleys Port Wakefield Salisbury Barossa 1 January 1870  
  Watervale Wallaroo Morgan Terowie PP. 8 February 1866  
  Waukaringa October 1890 Northern 234 m Adelaide - goldfields.
  Wellington Mt Pleasant Strathalbyn Wellington 12 March 1863  
  Wentworth NSW/SA North east
  Westwood Suburban 12 January 1970  
  Wilgena OLT May 1909  
  Williamstown Barossa 17 June 1880  
  Willunga Glenelg Cape Jervis Coorong 1857  
  Wilmington Augusta Oodla Pirie 21 March 1877  
  Wilson October 1886 Northern 264 m Adelaide
  Wirrabara Augusta Oodla Pirie 14 April 1880  
  Wirraminna 12 August 1912 Northern 421 m Adelaide - latest date of listing.
  Wirrulla West 1 May 1914 Near Streaky Bay
  Wolseley Bordertown Mt Gambier Victoria May 1884  
  Woodside Mt Pleasant Strathalbyn Wellington 1860  
  Woodville 1st line

 

Y Telegraph Office Line/Banch Opening date Notes
  Yankalilla Glenelg Cape Jervis Coorong 1862  
  Yarcowie Augusta Oodla Pirie 21 August 1880
  Yardea Eyre Peninsula to Eucla May 1897  
  Yarrowie Augusta Oodla Pirie 24 August 1880  
  Yongala Augusta Oodla Pirie 26 January 1881  
  Yorketown Yorke Peninsula 2 July 1877 Formerly called Weaners Flat.
  Yunta Augusta Oodla Pirie January 1887