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In 1855 Edward Truslove built a store and Post Office on the corner of Bay Rd and Maude St, Encounter Bay.
The former Yilki Post Office is a heritage-listed site located off Franklin Parade in Encounter Bay, near Victor Harbor, South Australia. It is recognized for its historical significance to the local area, representing early communication and postal services.
Ruby Rumbelow owned the Yilki Store & Post Office at No 60 Franklin Parade. When the store was sold Ruby operated the Post Office from the front room of her home at Yilki until a small building was placed in her front yard.
Situated on Franklin Parade, Yilki (Encounter Bay), it is often associated with the early development of the area and the Rumbelow family, a prominent local family.
It was one of the early postal locations in the region, with Encounter Bay having a weekly mail service as early as August 1839.
By 1976, the former post office was moved and placed on blocks to make way for new housing developments (units) in the area.
7 Luxury Home Units
7 Luxury Home Units
This site at Franklin Parade, Yilki, is being prepared by local contractor K.L. Virgin & Sons who will build seven luxury home units. Each unit will have a large lounge, dining room, spacious modern kitchen and separate laundry and bathrooms with ample cupboard space A feature of the development will be walled port gardens to each unit, giving complete privacy, and an individual carport for each unit with driveways from the main approach. The whole area will be tastefully landscaped with lawns and trees. The units should be available for release in December this year.
Here a bulldozer is demolishing the former home of Mrs. Shirley Rumbelow and another house, iron and brick owned by Mrs. Ruby Rumbelow, was burned to the ground and then carted away. The Yilki post office at left was moved and then replaced on blocks. When the home units are completed the post office will close down, the postmaster, Mr. Ken Rumbelow, said this week.
However, the District Postal Manager, Murray Bridge, Mr. H.A. Riebeling, said that Australia Post's role in the Yilki area was still under consideration.
Rumbelow family 'patriarch' dies
Rumbelow family 'patriarch' dies
OBITUARY Kenneth Rumbelow
VICTOR HARBOR - Kenneth Rumbelow, patriarch of the well-known Victor Harbor fishing family of the same name, died last week aged 95.
The Rumbelow family first migrated to Australia from Suffolk, England, and settled at Encounter Bay in 1854. Friends and family will remember Mr Rumbelow for his strong community involvement. His favourite pastimes included singing in a church choir and following the Encounter Bay Football Club.
Mr Rumbelow was born at his Encounter Bay home on July 30, 1902. His father, Godfrey Rumbelow, was the first non-fisherman of the family because he suffered from sea sickness. His mother, Ada Heading, was originnally from Campbelltown.
Mr Rumbelow attended school at Victor Harbor until he was 10 and then went to Wellington Road School in the eastern suburbs of Adelaide. He left school at 13, but had to return because the leaving age was increased to 14. He started work in the Button Department of John Martins, but became ill and was diagnosed with a weak heart.
From John Martins he went to work on his uncle's farm at Narrung for two years to get some good country air. He then had a series of selling/delivery jobs including bread, carting, groceries, milk, tea and coffee, fish, furniture on the West Coast, haberdashery at Narrung, almonds, door to door with Telsons and AMP Insurance.
Singing was always a major part of his life and he won many prizes throughout South Australia at singing competitions in the 1930s. He married Reta Hentschke in 1936. She had German descendants and moved from Freeling to Victor Harbor in the 1920s and built the house, which is now the home of Bill Thomas.
When Mr Rumbelow retired he ran the Yilki Post Office as a part time job until it closed.
For 65 years Mr Rumbelow sang in a church choir and he was also a Deacon in the Congregational Church for 36 years and Church secretary for 11 years.
His community involvement included being the secretary and president of the Encounter Bay Football Club, chairman of the primary school council for seven years, he was also on the high school council, president of the scouting committee, vice president of the youth club, choral society, Toc H, music club and Meals on Wheels.
He was a Corporal in the VDC during WW2 and rode his bike to Adelaide on several occasions.
A spokesperson for Mr Rumbelow's family said he would outrageously defend his family, team or group even though they were clearly wrong -"This was the way he was." Mr Rumbelow lost his drive after his wife died and the bike rider at nearly 90 years of age started having falls.
He went from his unit to the hostel and then the nursing home. His last few days were peaceful dying in his sleep.
"He led a long, full life contributing to his family, church, community and we who were closest to him are glad that he is now at peace and reunited with mum," the spokesperson said.
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