Postmaster-General of New South Wales

Postmaster-General of New South Wales
Style	The Honourable
Appointer	Governor of New South Wales
Formation	22 January 1866
First holder	Joseph Docker
Final holder	Paddy Crick
Abolished	28 January 1901
Succession	Postmaster-General (Australia) Postmaster-General's Department

The Postmaster-General of New South Wales was a position in the government of the colony of New South Wales. This portfolio managed the Postal Department of the New South Wales Government and was in charge of all postal and communications services in the colony prior to the Federation of Australia, from 1866 to 1901. Upon Federation, Section 51(v) of the Constitution of Australia gave this power to the Commonwealth which now had the power to exclusively legislate on "postal, telegraphic, telephonic, and other like services".

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