Postal district numbers of Melbourne

Postmark showing postal district number

Postmark with postal district number filed off after postcode introduction

1931 PO redirection using postal district number only: S.5 Brighton

Insufficient address: marked to try E1 (Richmond), W14 (Spotswood) and Springvale (a suburb, but outside PDN area)- delivered to Spotswood

Postal district numbers for the addressing and sorting of mail were used in the suburban area of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia from February 1928^[1] until their 1967 replacement by the Australia-wide postcodes. They were based on the London codes with a letter (or letters) denoting the direction from the main city post office and a number appended to, generally, correlate with the relative distance. An earlier system from around 1923 with twelve districts or 54^[1][2] which had failed due to neglect was replaced.

Most postal districts were named from the post office from which delivery of mail was effected although a small number of districts contained no post offices. 99 districts were created and suburbs which were developed after 1928 were not allocated postal district numbers, the structure being retained substantially unchanged until 1967. The street directory issued in connection with the system allocated a postal district name and number to all streets in the metropolitan area.^[3]

The table below shows the district numbers used, the date being 1928 if a post office was open then or earlier.^[4] An asterisk identifies a name as a postal district.

Post Office	PDN	Date	Suburb now	Notes
(Carnegie North)	SE.10			* no Post Office
(Hawthorn East)	E. 3			* no Post Office
(Williamstown West)	W.17			* no Post Office
Abbotsford	N. 9	1928	Abbotsford	** name of district
Aerodrome Essendon	W. 6	1938	Essendon	.
Albert Park	SC. 6	1928	Albert Park	*
Albert Park South	SC. 6	1947	Albert Park	.
Alphington	N.20	1928	Alphington	.
Altona	W.18	1928	Altona	*
Altona East	W.15	1960	Altona North	.
Altona North	W.18	1960	Altona North	.
Argyle Street	W.12	1937	Footscray West	.
Armadale	SE. 3	1928	Armadale	*
Armadale North	SE. 3	1940	Armadale	.
Ascot Vale	W. 2	1928	Ascot Vale	*
Ascot Vale East	W. 2	1928	Ascot Vale	.
Ascot Vale RAAF	W. 2	1943	Ascot Vale	.
Ascot Vale West	W. 2	1935	Ascot Vale	.
Ashburton	SE.11	1928	Ashburton	* Ashburton South
Ashburton East	SE.11	1949	Ashburton	.
Ashwood	SE.11	1951	Ashwood	.
Aspendale	S.13	1928	Aspendale	*
Auburn	E. 2	1928	Hawthorn East	.
Auburn South	E. 2	1928	Hawthorn	.
Balaclava	S.16	1928	Balaclava	.
Balwyn	E. 8	1928	Balwyn	*
Balwyn East	E. 8	1951	Balwyn	.
Balwyn North	E. 9	1937	Balwyn North	*
Balwyn West	E. 4	1928		.
Barker	E. 2	1952	Hawthorn	.
Batman	N.13	1934	Coburg North	.
Beaumaris	S.10	1928	Beaumaris	*
Beaumaris South	S.10	1957	Beaumaris	.
Beevers	W.21	1966	Altona North	.
Bentleigh	SE.14	1928	Bentleigh	*
Bentleigh Central	SE.15	1928		.
Bentleigh East	SE.15	1928	Bentleigh East	*
Bentleigh North	SE.14	1949	McKinnon	. to Mckinnon 1964
Black Rock	S. 9	1928	Black Rock	*
Black Rock North	S. 9	1936	Black Rock	.
Booran Road	SE. 9	1934	Glen Huntly	.
Bourke Street East	C. 1	1928	Melbourne	.
Box Hill	E.11	1928	Box Hill	*
Box Hill North	E.12	1955	Box Hill North	*
Box Hill South	E.11	1928	Box Hill South	.
Braybrook	W.19	1928	Braybrook	*
Braybrook North	W.19	1960	Braybrook	.
Brighton	S. 5	1928	Brighton	*
Brighton Beach	S. 5	1928	Brighton	.
Brighton East	S. 6	1935	Brighton East	*
Brighton Road	S. 3	1938	Elwood	.
Brighton West	S. 5	1928	Brighton	.
Brunswick	N.10	1928	Brunswick	*
Brunswick East	N.11	1928	Brunswick East	*
Brunswick North	N.10	1949	Brunswick	.
Brunswick South	N.12	1929	Brunswick West	.
Brunswick West	N.12	1928	Brunswick West	*
Burke Road	E. 9	1941		.
Burnley	E. 1	1928	Burnley	.
Burnley North	E. 1	1938	Burnley	.
Burwood	E.13	1928	Burwood	*
Burwood East	E.13	1928	Burwood East	.
Burwood West	E.13	1938	Burwood	.
Camberwell	E. 6	1928	Camberwell	*
Camberwell East	E. 7	1928		.
Camberwell North	E. 6	1928	Camberwell	.
Camberwell South	E. 6	1928	Camberwell	.
Camp Pell	N. 2	1943		.
Canterbury	E. 7	1928	Canterbury	*
Carlton	N. 3	1928	Carlton	*
Carlton North	N. 4	1928	Carlton North	*
Carlton South	N. 3	1928	Carlton	.
Carnegie	SE. 9	1928	Carnegie	*
Carnegie South	SE. 9	1947	Carnegie	.
Castlefield	S. 7	1950	Hampton	.
Caulfield	SE. 8	1928	Caulfield	*
Caulfield East	SE. 5	1929	Caulfield East	.
Caulfield Junction	SE. 7	1928	Caulfield North	.
Caulfield Military	SE. 7	1940		.
Caulfield Military Hospital	SE. 8	1933		.
Caulfield South	SE. 8	1928	Caulfield South	.
Caulfield North	SE. 7	1928	Caulfield North	*
Central Park	SE. 5	1928		.
Chadstone	SE.10	1957	Chadstone	.
Chadstone Centre	SE.10	1960	Chadstone	.
Charman	S.11	1954	Mentone	.
Chelsea	S.15	1928	Chelsea	*
Cheltenham	S.22	1928	Cheltenham	*
Cheltenham East	S.22	1961	Cheltenham	.
Cheltenham North	S.22	1961	Cheltenham	.
City Road	SC. 4/SC. 5	1928	South Melbourne	.
Clifton Hill	N. 8	1928	Clifton Hill	*
Clifton Hill East	N. 8	1934		.
Coatesville	SE.15	1955	Bentleigh East	.
Coburg	N.13	1928	Coburg	*
Coburg East	N.13	1929	Coburg	.
Coburg North	N.14	1957	Coburg North	*
Coburg West	N.13	1936	Coburg	.
Collingwood	N. 5	1928	Collingwood	*
Collingwood North	N. 5	1948	Collingwood	.
Collins Street	C. 1	1928	Melbourne	.
Coonans Hill	W. 7	1957	Pascoe Vale South	.
Cotham	E. 4	1938	Kew	.
Cromer	S.10	1954	Beaumaris	.
Cross Keys	W. 5	1929	Essendon	.
Croxton	N.16	1928	Northcote	.
Dandenong Road	S. 1	1938		.
Darebin	N.21	1929	Ivanhoe	.
Darling	SE. 5	1928	Malvern East	.
Darling South	SE. 5	1928	Malvern East	.
Deepdene	E. 8	1928	Deepdene	.
Degraves Street	C. 1	1956	Melbourne	.
Dendy	S. 5	1947	Brighton	.
Dennis	N.16	1928	Northcote	.
Domain Road	SE. 1	1936		.
Doutta Galla		1957		.
Draytonville		1952		.
Eaglemont	N.22	1929	Eaglemont	.
East Melbourne	C. 2	1928	East Melbourne	*
Edithvale	S.14	1928	Edithvale	*
Elgar Park	E.10	1929	Surrey Hills	.
Elizabeth Street	C. 1	1928	Melbourne	.
Elsternwick	S. 4	1928	Elsternwick	*
Elsternwick East	S. 4	1929	Elsternwick	.
Elsternwick North	S. 4	1934	Elsternwick	.
Elwood	S. 3	1928	Elwood	*
Elwood East	S. 3	1935	Elwood	.
Elwood North	S. 3	1938	Elwood	.
Essendon	W. 5	1928	Essendon	*
Essendon Airport	W. 6	1949		.
Essendon West	W. 5	1928	Essendon West	.
Exhibition R.A.A.F	N. 3	1941		.
Exhibition Street	C. 1	1959	Melbourne	.
Fairfield	N.20	1928	Fairfield	*
Faversham	E.10	1957	Surrey Hills	.
Fawkner	N.15	1928	Fawkner	*
Fawkner North		1961	Fawkner	.
Fawkner South	N.15	1960	Fawkner	.
Fawkner West	W. 9	1962		.
Fitzroy	N. 6	1928	Fitzroy	*
Fitzroy Central	N. 7	1948		.
Fitzroy North	N. 7	1928	Fitzroy North	*
Fitzroy South	N. 6	1936	Fitzroy	.
Flemington	W. 1	1928	Flemington	*
Flinders Street	C. 1	1929	Melbourne	.
Footscray	W.11	1928	Footscray	*
Footscray North	W.11	1928	Footscray	.
Footscray Park	W.11	1951	Footscray	.
Footscray West	W.12	1928	West Footscray	*
Fortuna	E. 9	1957	Balwyn North	.
Garden City	SC. 8	1945	Port Melbourne	.
Gardenvale	S. 4	1928	Gardenvale	.
Gardenvale West	S. 4	1928	Gardenvale	.
Gardiner	SE. 6	1928	Glen Iris	.
Geelong Road, Footscray	W.12	1936		.
Gilberton	N.18	1928	Preston	.
Glen Iris	SE. 6	1928	Glen Iris	*
Glen Iris Upper		1947		.
Glenbervie	W. 5	1938	Essendon	.
Glenferrie	E. 2	1928	Hawthorn	.
Glenferrie South	E. 2	1929	Hawthorn	.
Glengala	W.20	1957	Sunshine West	.
Glenhuntly	SE. 9	1928	Glen Huntly	.
Glenroy	W. 9	1928	Glenroy	*
Glenroy East	W. 9	1958	Glenroy	.
Greythorn	E. 9	1951	Balwyn North	.
Hadfield	W. 9	1957	Hadfield	.
Half Moon Bay	S. 9	1928	Black Rock	.
Hampton	S. 7	1928	Hampton	*
Hampton East	S. 7	1947	Hampton East	.
Hampton North	S. 7	1957	Hampton	.
Hartwell	E. 6/E. 13	1928	Camberwell	.
Hawksburn	S. 1/SE. 2	1928	South Yarra	.
Hawthorn	E. 2	1928	Hawthorn	*
Hawthorn North	E. 2	1928	Hawthorn	.
Hawthorn South	E. 6	1928	Hawthorn East	.
Hawthorn West	E. 2	1928	Hawthorn	.
Heidelberg	N.22	1928	Heidelberg	*
Heidelberg Heights	N.23	1950	Heidelberg Heights	.
Heidelberg Military Hospital	N.22	1941	Heidelberg	.
Heidelberg North	N.23	1958	Heidelberg Heights	.
Heidelberg West	N.23	1952	Heidelberg West	*
Highett	S.21	1928	Highett	*
Hopetoun Gardens	S. 4	1951	Caulfield South	.
Hotham Hill	N. 1	1928	North Melbourne	.
Houston	E.11	1961	Box Hill South	.
Hughesdale	SE.12	1928	Hughesdale	.
Huntingdale	SE.12	1955	Huntingdale	.
Ivanhoe	N.21	1928	Ivanhoe	*
Ivanhoe East	N.21	1939	Ivanhoe East	.
Ivanhoe North	N.21	1928	Ivanhoe	.
Ivanhoe West		1955	Ivanhoe	.
Kensington	W. 1	1928	Kensington	.
Kerrimuir	E.12	1955	Box Hill North	.
Kew	E. 4	1928	Kew	*
Kew East	E. 5	1928	Kew East	.
Kew North	E. 5	1936	Kew East	*
King Street	C. 1	1965	Melbourne	.
Kingsville	W.12	1928	Kingsville	.
Kingsville South	W.14	1948	South Kingsville	*
Kingsville West	W.13	1964		.
Kooyong	SE. 4	1928	Kooyong	.
Kooyong Road	SE. 7	1938		to Crimea 1946
Law Courts	C. 1	1928	Melbourne	.
Lonsdale Street	C. 1	1929	Melbourne	.
Maidstone	W.19	1928	Maidstone	.
Maidstone North	W.10	1950	Maidstone	.
Malvern	SE. 4	1928	Malvern	*
Malvern East	SE. 5	1935	Malvern East	*
Malvern North	SE. 4	1928	Malvern	.
Malvern South	SE. 4	1948	Malvern	.
Manchester Road	SE.14	1928	McKinnon	. to Bentleigh North 1949
Maribyrnong	W. 3	1928		*
Market Street	C. 1	1928	Melbourne	.
McKinnon	SE.14	1964	McKinnon	.
Melbourne (GPO)	C. 1	1928	Melbourne	*
Melbourne Airport	W. 6	1956		.
Melbourne University	N. 3	1928	Parkville	.
Mentone	S.11	1928	Mentone	*
Mentone East	S.11	1959	Mentone	.
Mentone South	S.11	1928		.
Merlynston	N.14	1928	Coburg North	.
Merri	N. 7	1948	Northcote	.
Middle Brighton Pier	S. 5	1934		.
Middle Camberwell	E. 6	1928	Camberwell	.
Middle Footscray		1937		.
Middle Park	SC. 6	1928	Middle Park	.
Middle Park West	SC. 6	1937	Middle Park	.
Mont Albert	E.10	1928	Mont Albert	.
Mont Albert North	E.12	1957	Box Hill North	.
Montague	SC. 5	1928	South Melbourne	.
Moonee Ponds	W. 4	1928	Moonee Ponds	*
Moonee Ponds East	W. 4	1937	Moonee Ponds	.
Moonee Ponds North	W. 4	1936	Moonee Ponds	.
Moonee Ponds West	W. 4	1935		.
Moonee Vale	N.12	1928	Brunswick West	.
Moorabbin	S.20	1928	Moorabbin	*
Moorabbin East		1960	Moorabbin	.
Moorleigh	SE.13	1954	Oakleigh South	.
Mordialloc	S.12	1928	Mordialloc	*
Mordialloc North	S.12	1956	Mordialloc	.
Moreland	N.13	1928	Coburg	.
Moreland East	N.11	1928	Brunswick East	.
Moreland West	N.12	1928	Brunswick West	.
Murrumbeena	SE. 9	1928	Murrumbeena	.
Newlands Estate	N.14	1949	Coburg North	.
North Road, Brighton	S. 6	1930	Brighton East	.
Northcote	N.16	1928	Northcote	*
Northcote Central	N.16	1928	Northcote	.
Northcote North	N.16	1935	Northcote	.
Northcote South	N.16	1945	Northcote	.
North Melbourne	N. 1	1928	North Melbourne	*
North Essendon	W. 5/W. 6	1928		*
North Brighton	S. 5	1928		.
Niddrie	W. 6	1928	Niddrie	.
Nicholson Street North	N.11	1929		.
Newport	W.15	1928	Newport	*
Newport West	W.15	1928	Newport	.
Oak Park	W. 8/W. 9	1957	Oak Park	.
Oakleigh	SE.12	1928	Oakleigh	*
Oakleigh East	SE.12	1928	Oakleigh East	.
Oakleigh North	SE.12	1928	Oakleigh	.
Oakleigh South	SE.12/SE.13	1936	Oakleigh South	*
Ormond	SE.14	1928	Ormond	.
Ormond East	SE.14	1951	Ormond	.
Parkdale	S.11	1928	Parkdale	.
Parkville	N. 2	1928	Parkville	*
Pascoe Vale	W. 8	1928	Pascoe Vale	*
Pascoe Vale South	W. 7	1928	Pascoe Vale South	*
Pascoe Vale West	W. 8	1928	Pascoe Vale	.
Patterson	S.20	1948	Bentleigh	.
Patterson West	S.20	1961	Bentleigh	.
Pender	N.18	1963	Thornbury	.
Pennydale	S.22	1958	Cheltenham	.
Port Melbourne	SC. 7	1928	Port Melbourne	*
Port Melbourne West	SC. 7	1928	Port Melbourne	*
Prahran	S. 1	1928	Prahran	*
Prahran East	S. 1	1928	Prahran	.
Preston	N.18	1928	Preston	*
Preston East	N.19	1928		.
Preston South	N.18	1928	Preston	.
Preston West	N.18	1928	Preston	.
Public Offices	C. 2	1928		.
Regent	N.18/N.19	1928	Preston	.
Regent West	N.18	1947	Preston	.
Reservoir	N.19	1928	Reservoir	*
Reservoir East	N.19	1959	Reservoir	.
Reservoir North		1965	Reservoir	.
Rialto	C. 1	1928	Melbourne	.
Richmond	E. 1	1928	Richmond	*
Richmond East	E. 1	1928	Cremorne	.
Richmond North	E. 1	1928	Richmond	.
Richmond South	E. 1	1928	Richmond	.
Ripponlea	S. 2	1928	Ripponlea	.
Robinson	W.19	1955	Braybrook	.
Rosanna	N.22	1928	Rosanna	.
Rosanna East	N.22	1960	Viewbank	.
Royal Park Mil. P.O.	N. 2	1940	Parkville	.
Russell Street	C. 1	1928	Melbourne	.
Sandringham	S. 8	1928	Sandringham	*
Seaholme	W.18	1951	Seaholme	.
Seddon	W.11	1935	Seddon	.
Seddon West	W.11	1928	Seddon	.
Sinclair		1959	East Melbourne	.
Solway	SE.11	1954	Ashburton	.
South Melbourne	SC. 5	1928	South Melbourne	*
South Yarra	SE. 1	1928	South Yarra	*
Spencer Street	C. 1	1928	Melbourne	.
Spotswood	W.15	1928	Spotswood	*
St George's Road, Thornbury	N.17	1936	Thornbury	.
St Kilda	S. 2	1928	St Kilda	*
St Kilda Junction	S. 2	1936	St Kilda West	.
St Kilda Road	SC. 2	1938	Melbourne	.
St Kilda Road Central	SC. 2	1960	Melbourne	*
(St Kilda Road North)	SC. 1			* no Post Office
(St Kilda Road South)	SC. 3			* no Post Office
St Kilda South	S. 2	1928	St Kilda	.
St Kilda Railway Station	S. 2	1928	St Kilda	.
State Parliament	C. 1	1928	Melbourne	.
Stock Exchange	C. 1	1928	Melbourne	.
Stocksville	SE.11	1955	Ashwood	.
Stradbroke Park	E. 5	1951	Balwyn	.
Strathmore	W. 6	1953	Strathmore	.
Sturt Street	SC. 4	1938	Southbank	* City South
Sumner	N.11	1947	Brunswick East	.
Sunshine	W.20	1928	Sunshine	*
Sunshine North	W.20	1958	Sunshine North	.
Sunshine West	W.20	1939	Sunshine West	.
Surrey Hills	E.10	1928	Surrey Hills	*
Surrey Hills North	E.10	1928	Surrey Hills	.
Surrey Hills South	E.10	1928	Surrey Hills	.
Sylvester	N.18	1950	Preston	.
Thornbury	N.17	1928	Thornbury	*
Thornbury East	N.17	1938	Thornbury	.
Thornbury North	N.17	1936	Thornbury	.
Thornbury West	N.17	1928		.
Toorak	SE. 2	1928	Toorak	*
Toorak Road	E. 6	1938		.
Tooronga	SE. 6	1928	Malvern	.
Tottenham Central	W.19	1947	Tottenham	.
Tottenham East	W.12	1935		.
Victoria Dock	C. 3	1934	Docklands	.
Victoria Market	C. 1	1928	Melbourne	.
Wattle Park	E.11	1960	Burwood	.
Wattletree Road	SE. 5	1928	Malvern East	.
Were Street, Brighton	S. 5	1928	Brighton	.
West Melbourne	C. 3	1937	West Melbourne	*
Westbreen	W. 8	1954	Glenroy	.
Williamstown	W.16	1928	Williamstown	*
Williamstown Beach	W.16	1946	Williamstown	.
Williamstown Central	W.16	1945	Williamstown	.
Williamstown North	W.16	1928	Williamstown North	.
Willsmere	E. 5	1955	Kew	.
Windsor	S. 1	1928	Windsor	.
Wishart	S.20	1955	Moorabbin	.
Yarraville	W.13	1928	Yarraville	*
Yarraville West	W.13	1942	Yarraville	.
Yooralla	E. 8	1954	Balwyn North	.

See also

• List of Melbourne suburbs

References

1. "METROPOLITAN MAILS./REORGANISING DELIVERIES./ NEW POSTAL DISTRICTS.". The Argus (1933–1982). National Library of Australia. 11 January 1928. p. 19. Retrieved 10 June 2012. line feed character in |title= at position 46 (help)
2. "Postal Districts". The Horsham Times. National Library of Australia. 3 July 1923. p. 3. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
3. Melbourne Metropolitan Postal District System STREET DIRECTORY 1936. Commonwealth of Australia Postmaster-General's Department.
4. Premier Postal History, Post Office List, retrieved 05-06-2008 Check date values in: |access-date= (help)