Botany Post Office, Heritage post office in Botany, Australia

Botany Post Office is a single-storey building at the corner of Banksia Street and Nilsson Lane, about 50 metres east of Botany Road. Its light grey cement-rendered walls carry a hipped roof of orange terracotta tiles. Three tall white-framed windows sit left of the recessed entrance, two right of it, and a red pillar stands in the recess.

An unofficial post office opened at Botany in 1881. In 1899 the service moved into the new town hall on Botany Road, south of the present site. After the local council lobbied the Postmaster General's Department, a purpose-built office was erected on Banksia Street, dated to 1917 or 1923.

The name Botany Post Office marks it as the suburb's first purpose-built postal building, opened after the local council lobbied the Postmaster General's Department. The public area sits under a hipped breakfront reached by porch entries on either side, a layout borrowed from Queensland and Victorian post offices. The southwest porch has been boarded in and folded into the retail space, where its plaster ceiling can still be seen.

The building sits in an easily accessible location near Botany Road and continues to provide active postal services for the community. The porch entries on both sides make it convenient to approach from different directions when visiting.

In May 1939, thieves used explosives to break into the strongroom and stole valuables worth 260 pounds, an event that defined the building's history. This robbery was a notable incident within the local community at that time.