Occupation Postmaster | Died 28 August 1934 | |
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Thomas Andrew Bradshaw (1859-1934) was the postmaster of the Alice Springs Telegraph Station from 1899 until 1908.
Bradshaw was the eldest son of Thomas and Martha Bradshaw formerly of Portland, Victoria.
Thomas Bradshaw joined the Post and Telegraph Department in 1878. He worked as a telegraph operator in Adelaide before being appointed postmaster of the Alice Springs Telegraph Station on 1 April 1899.
Bradshaw sued the Commonwealth in 1925 for wrongful dismissal in the High Court of Australia.
Bradshaw Primary School in Alice Springs is named after Thomas Bradshaw.
Personal life
Bradshaw married Atalanta Allchurch in Adelaide. They had eight children Eric Ivan Bradshaw, McDonnell Stuart Bradshaw, Allan Todd Bradshaw, Mortimer Bradshaw, Winifred Doris (Mrs A. Blackwell), Katherine Constance, Edna (Mrs George Murray) and Shelia Bradshaw. Three of the Bradshaw children were born at the telegraph station.
Thomas died in a private hospital in Adelaide on the 28 August 1934 at the age of 75.