The former bluestone Bulla Shire Hall building was constructed in 1867 and remained the centre of local government until the early 20th century when the administration was moved to Sunbury. In the 1990's the Alistair Clark Rose Garden was established in the surrounding grounds. The garden is open to the public all the year round. In 1999 the rose garden was officially opened.A coloured photograph of the side garden and the bluestone building which was the shire offices of the former Shire of Bulla. A treated pine fence runs along the front of the property. The roses in the garden are supported with the stakes and there is a backdrop of trees behind the building.shire of bulla, council chambers, rose gardens, rose growing, roses, bulla township, clark, alistair, george evans collection

A black and white photograph of a group of school children and their teacher taken at the Diggers Rest State School No.2479. Eileen and Uraina Cullinan are amongst this group but not identified.on back in ink: E & U CULLINANcullinan, uraina, eileen, chris, bayview farm, diggers rest, farms, farming, clothing and dress, harvesting, schools, diggers rest state school, education, george evans collection

The photograph is of the Sunbury Junior Fire Brigade in uniform standing by a fire truck driven by their leader, Ron Fisher.A black and white photograph of twenty-four boys and girls next to the Sunbury fire truck with drivers.country fire authority, fire brigades, fisher, ron, veitch, j., draper, f., hurford, t., hayes, b., thomson, s., carroll, d., riley, kelders, sheppard, m., burckeridge, allan, brock, k., dawson, sulac, l., r., morris, tuvey, g., krishna pillay, c., baird, peters, ashley, -, sebastian, p., fire engines, motor vehicles, george evans collection

The war memorial was erected in memory of those from Bulla who served and died in World War 1.A framed black and white photograph of the war memorial at Bulla.ERECTED by the residents of Bulla / in honour of the men who fought for the Empire in the Great War 1914-1919. On back: G. RANDALLworld war 1, soldiers, armed forces, shire of bulla, wars, clark, alistair, randall, george, johnson, j.w. l., tate, e. j., andrews, j., daniel, h.h., s. t., fanning, monuments and memorials, war memorials, returned servicepeople, george evans collection

The Aitken's Gap Inn was built and owned by Owen Fisher. He also built the stone wall. He was one of the original settlers at Aitken's Gap in the 1840's.A black and white photograph of the Aitken's Gap Inn.aitken's gap, pioneers, fisher, owen, stone walls, aitken's gap inn, george evans collection

Mounted sepia photograph of 3 soldiers - identified as follows (L to R) R. S. Gregor, T. Gardner, R. Punshon (seated). They are with their rifles and there are tents in the background.Handwritten on paper: T. Gardiner, R. Gregor, V. R. Punshon. Handwritten on back: 21-9-14 with compliments to A. F. Boardman, from R. S. Gregor Expeditonary Force 7th Battalion E Company on the eve of Departure for the Front under Colonel Elliott / R. S. Gregor, T. Gardner, Roy Punshon Stamped on back: Hewitt, Photographer, 92 Regent St. North Richmondgardner, t., gregor, r., punshon, v. r., boardman, a. f., r. s., armed forces, roy, soldiers, gardiner, elliott, - (col.), photographers, hewitt, george evans collection

Infantry Private 1st AIF 1915 - 1917A b/w postcard sized full portrait of soldier Frank Letten at ease with riding crop tucked under right arm.Typewritten on front: FRANK LETTEN Handwritten on back: FRANK LETTEN Printed on back: POST CARD S.R. SHIER, CAMP STUDIO, SHOW GROUNDSworld war 1, postcards, letten, frank, shier, s. r., photographers, soldiers, uniforms, clothing and dress, armed forces, george evans collection

F. S. Frank Mounsey's Coy in Egypt.A mounted b/w photograph of soldiers attending to horse lying on the ground. Group of Lighthorsemen c 1914.world war 1, soldiers, uniforms, armed forces, clothing and dress, mounsey, frank, horses, george evans collection

A postcard of the front view of the State School.Printed on front: State School Written on back: Miss E. L. Hamnet S. S. Riddell / Thought you might like this. Found it the other day. See you next Saty most likely. Yrs Ivo.schools, hamnet, e. l. (miss), state schools, sunbury, postcards, george evans collection

A b/w photograph mounted on card of students of Sunbury State School No. 1002 taken in 1914. The group is taken in front of the shelter shed on Macedon Street site. (Names are on the photo and also on catalogue worksheet)Printed on front: Sunbury State School 1914 / "see on back"schools, sunbury state school, macedon street, sunbury, dempsey, bill, walls, stan, -, neville, trask, con, clayton, 'doctor', parke, cecil (saishle), griffins, maurice, ter hofstede, gerat, s, g., titford, willie, healey, perc, austin, johnnie, boardman, eric, wilson, don, smith, d. n., williams, will, baker, arthur, johnstone, bert, clarence, 'darkie', mclauchlin, bob, annie, jamieson, jessie, gilchrist, hazel, balfour, jean, rita, leggett, betty, curry, jim, hudson, ted, ray, flintoft, billie, syd, finn, jack, hilda, mavis, florence, gregor, lilian, dorothy, mclellan, alice, stagoll, millie, polly, leggo, margaret, bailey, lily, mcgregor, butcher, ruth, burke, connie, nellie, ella, alma, phillips, sadie, coggins, eileen, johnston, george, olive, gordon, effie, iris, vera, down, len, mickie, gilmour, wil, wykes, laurie, lacey, alan, huf, c. w. (mrs), shelter sheds, 1910s, george evans collection

Photo was taken in the early 1960s when the school was first established.Sepia portrait of the original Sunbury Secondary College building. Photograph is unframed and unmounted.Stamped indentation on back: 'C-AUS' and 'S' in pencil handwritten.sunbury secondary college, schools, kismet park, education department, parks and reserves, george evans collection

Ann Holden married George Evans at the age of 16 in 1843. She lived at Emu Bottom and died in 1893 at the age of 67. Possibly taken between 1880 and 1890, perhaps when she was operating the Royal Oak Hotel, Latrobe Street, Melbourne.Sepia photograph of a lady standing in front of a chair and dresser. This photo is mounted on brown cardboard edged in a darker brown outline.On back: stamp: S.A.MAYOR / Morrah Street / PARKVILLE Written in ink: Mrs George Evans / nee Ann Holden / Married 1843 / died 1893 aged / 67 years.evans, george, emu bottom, oldest house, holden, anne, mayor, s. a., photographers, royal oak hotel, hotels, george evans collection

The Melbourne Airport was built at Tullamarine in the late 1960's and officially opened in 1970. The Travel Lodge Hotel was built opposite the main terminal building to accommodate air travellers.A black and white photograph of the Travel Lodge Hotel in the Melbourne Airport complex and the landscaped gardens in front of the building.hotels, melbourne airport, tullamarine, travelodge hotel, george evans collection

The bottle was donated to the museum by Ron and Joan Parker for use in the exhibition ' A history of the Vineyards in Sunbury' held in the George Evans Museum in 1996. The vineyard was planted in 1992.Conventional bronze green glass bottle with indented base. Cream, gold & maroon printed labels. On the front there is a map impression of Longview Gorge in Sunbury. On the back there is geographical and historical information about the vineyard. There is black cap with a thin gold band at its base which covers the neck and opening of the bottle.Front label: " LONGVIEW CREEK / SUNBURY / PINOT NOIR / 1994 / Produce of Australia"; " S A A 5300" embossed on the glass around the base of the bottle.wines, wineries, longview creek vineyard, longview gorge, parker, joan, winemakers, hodgson, david, ron, george evans collection, 1990s

A girls straw hat known also as a boater worn as part of the uniform at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Catholic school in Sunbury in the 1970's. The petersham ribbon is in the school colours of brown, green and gold.A girl's straw boater with petersham ribbon in school coloursour lady of mount carmel primary school, hats, clothing, schools, sunbury, george evans collection

Sculpture was made by a personal friend of the subject in the mid 1940's and displayed in the home of the subject's son, John B. Crosbie until 2001. Bernard Crosbie (subject) was the nephew of Michael Loeman, former Shire of Bulla President and owner of 'Glen Loeman'. Bernard Crosbie and his brother inherited Glen Loeman from Michael Loeman.Bust of a man, Bernard Michael Crosbie, President of Bulla Shire 1936-1937. Made from plaster of Paris (?) painted metallic brown.crosbie, bernard michael, shire presidents, shire of bulla, loeman, michael, glen loeman, houses, george evans collection

The knitting needle gauge was used as a guide to the needle sizes used in Britain and Australia before metric measurements were adopted for weights and measures in the mid 1970's.A silver metal knitting needle gauge in the shape of a bell with different sized holes in the middle numbered from 1-5 and slots around both sides numbered from 6-22. These holes were used as a guide to gauge the size of knitting needles. The numbers and lettering have been engraved into the metal.KNITTING / PIN SIZE / IS WIDTH / OF SLOTShandcrafts, knitting, knitting gauge, george evans collection

Compacts containing face powder and foundation in one were sold in department stores from the early 1950's. Their widespread use meant that the heavier powder compacts with face powder were less popular.A round black plastic compact with a gold design on the hinged lid. There is a gold border around the circumference and part of the paint has disappeared near the catch. In the centre there is a coronet which is surrounded with a floral design. Manufacturer's details are stuck on the back of the compact. There is a mirror inside the compact with a small powder puff.CHESEBROUGH PONDS PTY. LTD REG. USER / ANGEL / FACE / by PONDS / BRONZEcosmetics, angel face, face powder, personal effects, chesebrough ponds, george evans collection

From the early 1950's compacts containing face powder and foundation in-one were sold in department stores. Their widespread use resulted in heavier compacts and conventional face powder becoming less popular.A round blue plastic powder compact with the captions and design done in gold and blue on lid. The compact contains face powder and foundation in-one and there is a small flatened foam powder puff and information sheet inside.PONDS / ANGEL FACEchesbrough ponds, angel face, cosmetics, face powder, personal effects, george evans collection

The stand used when ironing was done on a bench which didn't have iron stands.A metal iron stand with the words 'Servex and 'S' embossed at the pointed end and etched into the straight end. A straight bar down the centre links the pointed tip with the straight back. The sides are raised to hold the iron in place.SERVEX / Sservex, irons, laundering, domestic items, george evans collection

The damping bottle was filled with water and used to moisten starched clothes and linen before garments were ironed. The introduction of steam irons into households in the early 1960's resulted in damping bottles becoming superfluous.A glass 'Schweppes' bottle has yellow and black graphics on it. It has been recycled and used as a damping bottle. The metal stopper has been inserted into a cork. There are spray holes on the top of the stopper. The word 'Schweppes' has been embossed around the base of the bottom.13 FL. OZ / SCHWEPPESlaundering, ironing, starching, schweppes, domestic items, george evans collection

This book published in the 1950's is about the beginnings of the wool industry. It is set out in comic book style and was used for social studies in primary schools.A cream coloured cover with blue and orange in background with drawing of sheep, wool bales and a male.australia, wool, education, macarthur, john, henty, thomas, george evans collection

Slates were used in the junior grades at primary school probably from the 1900's to the early 1940's. The children wrote on the slate with a special slate pencil. A small slate framed with wood and a piece of string through a hole at the top and knotted.school, education, teaching, writing, george evans collection

This object was used to distribute free milk to primary school children during the early 1950's. This distribution of milk was a means of ensuring the children had some way of obtaining milk. Each bottle held 1/3 of a pint of milk.A small glass bottle used to hold a third of a pint of milk.on shoulder "THIRD PINT MILK..."schools, education department, george evans collection

This object was used to distribute cream in shops during the 1950's - 1960's.A small glass bottle used to distribute creamon shoulder "HALF PINT...."houses, businesses, george evans collection

The flash bars were slotted into a clip on the top of an Instamatic Camera and other small cameras used in the 1960's and 1970's. The flash bars provided a flash light attachment for those cameras.A packet of flash bars which provide the flashlight attachment for Instamatic Cameras. The packet contains five flashlights. On the packet there is a picture of a boy in a red T-shirt holding a Snoopy doll. there is also a Coles price tag for $2.88 on the packet."SYLVANIA/FLASH BR/SYLVANIA"1970s, photographers, george evans collection

The cream plastic telephones replaced the black telephones of a similar design in the early 1980's. They were used throughout Australia until the mid 1990's when the wall units and touch phones were introduced.A plastic cream telephone with a dial and receiver which sits on top of the unit. The telephone unit has a fawn cord with a plug which is fitted into the wall."TELECOM AUST..."telecom, telstra, george evans collection

The blouse made from a man-made fibre which resembled linen and trimmed with crochet motifs and edging was fashionable during the early 1970's. They were often worn with batik printed skirts.A cream linen blouse with three pin tucks and a crochet band on either side of the centre front opening. There is a shell pattern crochet border around the square neckline and across the hem of the short sleeves and around the bottom of the blouse. There are two darts in the back. there are five brown buttons down the centre front."Made in the/PHILIPPINES/..."1970s, clothing and dress, george evans collection

The T Shirts were worn by the men and women who attended the Over 50's exercise classes at the Sunbury Community Health Centre. The exercise classes were established in 1986 and were initially conducted in the Scout Hall in Miller Street. The instructor was Kate Tremlett. the classes were later moved to the Community Health Centre and have expanded into three groups as well as weight programs.A white cotton short sleeved T Shirt with ribbing trim around the neck. There is black lettering across the upper front of the T Shirt."OVER 50'S/EXERCISE GROUP..."1980s, sunbury, george evans collection

This iron is from Bayview Farm, Diggers Rest and believed to have been used there.Flat based irons were used to iron clothes and other items prior to electric irons being invented and electricity being connected to houses. They were used mainly in the 1800's and early 1900's.Heavy flat based iron with handle. Inscriptions on front, tapers from wide back to rounded point at front.on point of iron "6" on front "SILVESTER'S/PATENT..."cullinan, c, diggers rest, george evans collection