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Hume City Civic CollectionBooklet, Friends of the Old Sunbury Court House 10th Birthday Celebration, 1993
... Hume City Civic Collection 40 Macedon Street Sunbury ...This booklet was put together by members of the committee of the Friends of the Old Sunbury Court House for the 10th anniversary of the former Court of Petty Sessions becoming the Sunbury Visitor Information Centre. The Sunbury Court of Petty Sessions situated in Macedon Street, Sunbury closed at the end of 1989. The community formed a committee to retain the premises to be used by the community and officially opened by the Shire of Bulla Mayor Cr. Phillip McMahon as the Sunbury Visitor Information Centre on 21st February 1993. The Visitor Information Centre operated seven days a week from 9.00am to 5.00pm.A small cream covered booklet of 27 pages including cover with black printing and a black drawing of the Old Sunbury Court House on the front cover.Friends of the Old Sunbury Court House 10th Birthday Celebration 21st February 1993 - 21st February 2003sunbury visitor information centre, visitor information centre, friends of the old sunbury court house, old sunbury courthouse, sunbury court of petty sessions, court of petty sessions -
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Book, War Service Record 1939 - 1945, 1959
... Hume City Civic Collection 40 Macedon Street Sunbury ...The book is a record of teachers employed by the Victorian Education Department, who enlisted in the defence forces during World War 2.A bound book with a navy blue cloth cover with a coat of arms and lettering in gold. non-fictionThe book is a record of teachers employed by the Victorian Education Department, who enlisted in the defence forces during World War 2.war service records, teachers, victorian education department -
Hume City Civic CollectionPhotograph, Bulla Community Centre, c1980s
... Hume City Civic Collection 40 Macedon Street Sunbury ...The building is the Bulla Community Centre, which replaced an older hall that was situated in the Bulla Sports Ground precinct in Greene Street. Over the years many community activities have been staged within the precinct such as district school sports, local dances and community social group functions.A black and white photograph of a brick building with large windows and a return verandah.bulla community centre, bulla township -
Hume City Civic CollectionPhotograph, Sunbury Fair, 16th March 1996
... Hume City Civic Collection 40 Macedon Street Sunbury ...The people are looking at a photographic display mounted by the former members of the Sunbury & District Heritage Association. The event was the Sunbury Fair, which was staged on the Sunbury Village Green every year in March. A parade through the town took place in the morning and in the afternoon community groups mounted displays on the Village Green.The Sunbury Fair was a popular annual community event amongst the townspeople.A coloured photograph of people looking at a display of photographs in an outdoor area.sunbury fair, village green, sunbury & district heritage association -
Hume City Civic CollectionPhotograph, Bulla Mill
... Hume City Civic Collection 40 Macedon Street Sunbury ...The waterway is the Deep Creek at Bulla. Originally this was the site of one of the earliest mills in the district.In the early days of European settlement a number of mills were established on the banks of both the Jackson and Deep Creeks in Bulla and Sunbury.A coloured photograph of a valley surrounded by hills with the ruins of a stone building on the horseshoe bend of the creek. deep creek, mills, bulla bulla -
Hume City Civic CollectionPhotograph, Fireman's Ball, 26th August 1936
... Hume City Civic Collection 40 Macedon Street Sunbury ...The people were attending the annual Fireman's Ball which was one of the popular events held in Sunbury. Dances and formal balls and other community social events were popular in many towns throughout the country.A black and white photograph of a group of people in fancy dress assembled in a large hall. fireman's ball, sunbury, memorial hall -
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Booklet, Emu Bottom 1836
... Hume City Civic Collection 40 Macedon Street Sunbury ...This booklet was produced for the benefit of tourists or anyone visiting Emu Bottom homestead when it was open for tourists to look around the property. On special days a blacksmith would also be operating. It gives information about the house, the original owner and builder George Evans and his wife Anne Evans. It also tells of the arrival of George Evans on board the 'Enterprise' in 1835. Emu Bottom has had several owners since the Evan's family owned the property and was at one stage known as Holly Green before reverting back to its original name. Emu Bottom at present is a commercial venue for hire.A cream and brown small printed booklet showing a early photo of Emu Bottom with men and horses attending to the property on the front and back cover. It has 16 pages including the covers. Various drawings and photos are in the booklet as well as printed information of the property.EMU BOTTOM 1836emu bottom homestead, emu bottom, holly green, george evans, anne evans -
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Book, Saltwater River History Trails
... Hume City Civic Collection 40 Macedon Street Sunbury ...This book which was printed in 1984 gives not only the geology of the area but also the history of the various areas that Jacksons Creek and the Saltwater River now known as the Maribyrnong River pass through. There are many drawings and photos accompanying the information relating to the various areas and buildings researched in this book. From Sunbury to Williamstown some of the names and places mentioned include John Aitken, George Evans, William J.T. Clarke, Ben Eadie, Rupertswood, Goonawarra Vineyard, Organ Pipes, Glenara, Walter Clark, Keilor, Overnewton, Avondale Heights, Solomons ford, Riverview Tea Gardens, Anglers Hotel, Aberfeldie Park, Humes Pipe Works, Powder Magazine, Maribyrnong, Munitions factories, Footscray Park, Flemington, Footscray, Yarraville, Newport, Williamstown, Commonwealth reserve, the blue stone lighthouse. A small cream/olive green colour covered printed book of 74 pages. The front cover shows part of a pen and wash drawing of a homestead. It has the name of the book and the author Hugh Anderson printed at the top of the cover and Sunbury to the Sea printed at the bottom. There are many drawings and photos included in the book.SALTWATER RIVER/HISTORY TRAILS/HUGH ANDERSON/Sunbury to the Seasaltwater river, maribyrnong river, jacksons creek, anderson hugh, sunbury, keilor, organ pipes national park, solomons ford, riverview tea gardens, humes pipe works, powder magazine, footscray, yarraville, newport, williamstown -
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Headwear - Wooden Milliner's Model, c1920 - 1930s
... Hume City Civic Collection 40 Macedon Street Sunbury ...Rob. J. Godfrey was a company in Melbourne that manufactured many different forms of wooden milliners hat blocks in the first half of the twentieth century.A wooden milliner's block with no facial features on a square stand used by milliners to shape hat crowns. The headpiece can come apart from the base allowing another shape to fit on the stand.Stamped under the headpiece - 22.millinery, rob. j. godfrey, wooden hat blocks -
Hume City Civic CollectionAudio, Railway and Rupertswood: the Stories and Images, 2009
... Hume City Civic Collection 40 Macedon Street Sunbury ...The Powerpoint presentation was compiled by Paul Miles from Salesian College. The CD has 150 illustrated slides with information revealing 150 years of railway history in Sunbury. It was produced in 2009 to mark 150 years of the story of Sunbury's rail history and includes information about Rupertswood Mansion.The railway came to Sunbury in 1859 and was the first regional government railway to be completed in Victoria. It was later extended to Bendigo in 1861.A Powerpoint presentation CD in a case with an information leaflet featuring 150 slides and information of Sunbury Railway history.paul miles, railways, sunbury, rupertswood -
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Print, 1993
... Hume City Civic Collection 40 Macedon Street Sunbury ...The coloured print features the railway bridge which spans the Rupertswood Cutting and is north of the Sunbury Railway station. The Rupertswood Mansion is also featured in the distance.A coloured print with a white border of a rural landscape in a valley featuring a bridge in the middle distance and a large building in the distance.A.Rafferty 93bridges, rupertswood cutting, rupertswood, railways -
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Print, Rupertswood, 1983
... Hume City Civic Collection 40 Macedon Street Sunbury ...The coloured print features the bridge which spans the Rupertswood Cutting and is north of Sunbury station on the Bendigo line with the Rupertswood Mansion in the middle distance.A large coloured print of a railway bridge spanning a river with a mansion in the distance.rupertswood mansion, rupertswood cutting, railways -
Hume City Civic CollectionBooklet, 120 Units New Primary Mathematics: Metric Edition, 1972
... Hume City Civic Collection 40 Macedon Street Sunbury ...The text was written as a supplement to 'Primary Mathematics' and is designed to give students a greater understanding of mathematics from the basic to the complex.A cream and green cardboard covered mathematics textbook - metric edition compiled by E.G. Heffernan. It has been designed for primary school students from grades 3 to 6.non-fictionThe text was written as a supplement to 'Primary Mathematics' and is designed to give students a greater understanding of mathematics from the basic to the complex. -
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Magazine, ASH WEDNESDAY 1983 BUSHFIRES, 1983
... Hume City Civic Collection 40 Macedon Street Sunbury ...A large size printed magazine consisting of 78 pages with red border top and bottom of front and back cover with white writing in red border. A picture of a burnt out house and car is on the front and back cover.non-fictionash wednesday fires, victoria, the herald, the sun, newspapers, geelong, bendigo, south australia, 1980s, bushfires, macedon ranges -
Hume City Civic CollectionBook - School Reader, John and Betty, 1954
... Hume City Civic Collection 40 Macedon Street Sunbury ...The school reader was published by the Victorian Education Department and was the official reader for the Preparatory grades throughout Victorian school.A twenty four paged book with an orange cardboard cover and stapled together with the title 'John and Betty' printed in dark green lettering and a silhouette picture of a boy and girl with a dog in dark green and red.non-fictionThe school reader was published by the Victorian Education Department and was the official reader for the Preparatory grades throughout Victorian school.school readers, victorian education department, john and betty -
Hume City Civic CollectionBook - School Reader, Victorian Education Department, Playmates, 1952
... Hume City Civic Collection 40 Macedon Street Sunbury ...The reader was the second in the series commenced in 1951 and was the official reading text for Grade 1 in all Victorian schools. This series of texts replaced an earlier set of Victorian Readers that were used in schools from 1924. The were all produced and published by the Victorian Education Department and were gradually phased out in the 1980s when different methods of teaching reading were introduced.A school reader with a cardboard cover bound on the spine with two staples. The front cover has a silhouette picture in purple, green and cream of a boy with a dog and a little girl pushing a pram. There are 72 pages with illustrations and text throughout.non-fictionThe reader was the second in the series commenced in 1951 and was the official reading text for Grade 1 in all Victorian schools. This series of texts replaced an earlier set of Victorian Readers that were used in schools from 1924. The were all produced and published by the Victorian Education Department and were gradually phased out in the 1980s when different methods of teaching reading were introduced.victorian education department, school readers, playmates -
Hume City Civic CollectionBook - School Reader, Victorian Education Department, Holidays, 1953
... Hume City Civic Collection 40 Macedon Street Sunbury ...A book with 104 pages and a cardboard cover, bound with two staples along the spine. The back and front covers feature a blue and white silhouette drawing of three children at the beach with seagulls flying overhead and the title ' Holidays' in red.non-fictionvictorian education department, school readers, pllaymates. -
Hume City Civic CollectionBook - School Reader, Victorian Education Department, Among Friends, 1950s
... Hume City Civic Collection 40 Macedon Street Sunbury ...A school reader used in Grade 3 throughout Victorian schools from 1954 until the late 1970sA bound book with a cloth cover decorated on the front, spine and back covers with a drawing in purple and grey of two girls and a boy carrying cases or satchels and walking to school. The title 'Third Book Among Friends' is in grey on a purple background and the publisher's name is written across the bottom of the front cover in the same colour combination. There are 247 pages of print and illustrations. non-fictionA school reader used in Grade 3 throughout Victorian schools from 1954 until the late 1970svictorian education department, school readers, among friends, grade 3 -
Hume City Civic CollectionBook - Grammar text book, Whitcombe and Tombs, Whitcombe's New Austral Grammars with Composition and Vocabulary Work Grade IV
... Hume City Civic Collection 40 Macedon Street Sunbury ...A revised grammar text book for grade 4 students covering exercises in basic English grammar.A paperback book with 96 pages stapled together along the spine .It has a blue cardboard cover with text and illustration in navy blue. The illustration features three children on the ground looking at an open book in the countryside.with a patterned bprder surrounding it. The back cover features a list of other graded publications from Whitcombe & Tombs Publishers.A revised grammar text book for grade 4 students covering exercises in basic English grammar. grammar, whitcombe ant tombs, text books -
Hume City Civic CollectionBook, Sixty Number Games for the Infant Classes by Jane Spencer, 1951
... Hume City Civic Collection 40 Macedon Street Sunbury ...A series of number games designed for teaching arithmetic to young children.A slim cloth bound grammar textbook with an orange cover with the title printed in black on the front and along the spine..non-fictionA series of number games designed for teaching arithmetic to young children.mathematics, number games, jane spencer -
Hume City Civic CollectionBooklet, Whitcombe's New Federal Arithmetic, Grade III, 1944
... Hume City Civic Collection 40 Macedon Street Sunbury ...The book has been written to cover all aspects of the teaching of arithmetic in the course of study for Victorian Schools.A soft cover school textbook covering the Grade 3 Arithmetic course for primary schools. The orange cardboard cover is bound on the spine with two staples and the printing on the inside and outside cover is black. non-fictionThe book has been written to cover all aspects of the teaching of arithmetic in the course of study for Victorian Schools.arithmetic, grade 3, victorian schools -
Hume City Civic CollectionBook, Education Department of Victoria, Physical Education for Victorian Schools, 1946
... Hume City Civic Collection 40 Macedon Street Sunbury ...A physical education course of study for primary and secondary school teachersA 480 paged bound text book with a grey cloth cover and navy blue printing on the cover and spine.non-fictionA physical education course of study for primary and secondary school teachers physical education, reference books, schools, teachers -
Hume City Civic CollectionBook - Grammar text book, Richard Lawson et al, Lessons and Exercises in Grammar and Composition for Grade V, 1945
... Hume City Civic Collection 40 Macedon Street Sunbury ...An English grammar and composition textbook for Grade V students.A108 paged grammar text book with the blue cardboard cover and pages stapled together with the details printed in navy blue on the cover. Details of other books produced by the same company are listed on the back cover.non-fictionAn English grammar and composition textbook for Grade V students.english grammar, composition, text books -
Hume City Civic CollectionAlbum - Photograph Album, Kodak
... Hume City Civic Collection 40 Macedon Street Sunbury ...A small bound photo album with 12 double sided cardboard pages for displaying photographs.non-fictionphoto album -
Hume City Civic CollectionBook - Reference Book, The Method of Teaching Arithmetic, 1944
... Hume City Civic Collection 40 Macedon Street Sunbury ...A reference book outlining the different methods used to teach arithmetic to primary school students.An orange clothbound book with blue lettering on then front cover and spine. The book has are 197 pages of text. non-fictionA reference book outlining the different methods used to teach arithmetic to primary school students.arithmetic method, primary schools, teachers -
Hume City Civic CollectionBook - School Reader, Education Department of Victoria, Gather Round/Fourth Book, 1965
... Hume City Civic Collection 40 Macedon Street Sunbury ...A school reader for Grade 4 children.A bound school reader with a soft dark green cloth cover with lettering and diagrams in black and white. Both front and back covers are decorated with lines and circles of children holding readers. Inside there are 248 pages containing stories, poems and illustrations. fictionA school reader for Grade 4 children.school readers, gather round, grade 4, education department of victoria, a.c. brooks, government printer -
Hume City Civic CollectionBooklet - Policy guidelines adopted by Shire of Gisborne, Rebuilding Macedon and Mt. Macedon, August 1983
... Hume City Civic Collection 40 Macedon Street Sunbury ...A booklet outlining the policy guidelines adopted by Shire of Gisborne Council to rebuild the community after the 1983 bushfires.A 27 page booklet outlining policies adopted by the Shire of Gisbourne for rebuilding the local community after the 1983 bush fires. The cream pages have sepia photographs throughout the booklet of a variety of buildings and sites throughout the area that were affected by the fires.non-fictionA booklet outlining the policy guidelines adopted by Shire of Gisborne Council to rebuild the community after the 1983 bushfires.mt. macedon, macedon ranges, ash wednesday fires, bush fires -
Hume City Civic CollectionBooklet - History Reference Book, Sunbury: Pioneer to Pop Festivals, c1980
... Hume City Civic Collection 40 Macedon Street Sunbury ...A short local history covering 140 years of European Settlement in Sunbury from 1836 to 1972. The booklet was produced by Dr. John Patterson with help from local Sunbury people.A paperback book of 58 pages with text and black and white photographs stapled together with a cardboard cover and a coloured reproduction of a painting by George Rowe of an early race meeting in Sunbury. non-fictionA short local history covering 140 years of European Settlement in Sunbury from 1836 to 1972. The booklet was produced by Dr. John Patterson with help from local Sunbury people.local history, sunbury, dr. john patterson -
Hume City Civic CollectionMagazine - Directory, "Sunbury Times" 1st Edition, c1994
... Hume City Civic Collection 40 Macedon Street Sunbury ...A local community magazine.A commercial publication issued by the local Sunbury community, featuring stories of people and events in Sunbury as well as advertising local businesses. It has been printed on glossy paper with a colourful cover with 8 small photos and the title written in different colours on the front and the rest of the cover contains advertisements. The inside pagesw are in black and white.non-fictionA local community magazine.community magazines, sunbury times -
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Newspaper - The Sun News Pictorial, 8th May 1945
... Hume City Civic Collection 40 Macedon Street Sunbury ...A copy of the Sun News Pictorial issued across Victoria on 8th May 1945 containing local and overseas news.An A3 size newspaper comprising 14 pages covering news of local and overseas interest as well as advertisements.non-fictionA copy of the Sun News Pictorial issued across Victoria on 8th May 1945 containing local and overseas news.newspapers, world war 2, germany's unconditional surrender
