The Postmaster-General of Victoria was a former ministry portfolio within the

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. The position was created in 1857, shortly after the colony separated from

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. Upon Federation,

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gave the Commonwealth exclusive power for "postal, telegraphic, telephonic, and other like services"

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s. 51(v). and the position in Victoria was abolished three months later on the 1st of March 1901.

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Victoria State Government

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