Genealogy of the Fanning Family from Thurles Co Tipperary Ireland
The 1869 Post Office Directory of Victoria Australia lists the names of post towns with their abbreviations and alternative names.
These town names and abbreviations are from the 1869 Post Office Directory of Victoria which you can read and search on Google Books.
Post Towns and their abbreviations are listed in the 1888 Post Office Directory of Victoria Australia.
The Post Office Directory for Victoria for 1888 is also on Google Books.
The Victoria Post Office directory – Google Books
While the abbreviations used in the Victorian Birth, Marriage and Death records are not necessarily the same as those used in the Post Office Directories for Victoria some may be the same. The Pioneer Index for Victoria covers the period 1836 to 1888.