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Photograph, Hen and chickens
The children were enjoying looking at the chickens, that were from hatched from eggs that one of the of the hens in the school's flock had laid.A coloured photograph of the teacher putting the hen with her chicks back into their portable cage at the Bulla Primary School.bulla primary school, poultry rearing -
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Photograph, Girls with their Hens
A coloured photograph of three older girls who each have a chicken in their hands. They are standing in the school ground at the Bulla Primary School.bulla primary school, poultry rearing -
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Photograph, Schol excursion
As the school is close to Tullamarine Airport, they children had an excursion there as part of their local area studies.A coloured photograph of the children from Bulla Primary School at the Tullamarine Airport. They were taken on an excursion to the airport which is situated about 5 kms from their school.bulla primary school, school excursions, tullamarine airport -
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Photograph, Bulla Primary School - Father Christmas
A coloured photograph of a bare-footed Father Christmas visiting Bulla Primary School while another man looks on. They are standing in the school yard.bulla primary school, father christmas -
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Photograph, Bulla Primary Schol - Colonial Day
The coach was at the school for the Colonial Day celebrations which has been included as part of the students' history studies. Coaches are relevant to the district's history as they regularly plied between Melbourne via Bulla on their way to the Bendigo Gold Fields before the advent of rail transport.A coloured photograph of a Cobb and Co. Coach arriving at Bulla Primary School. bulla primary school, colonial days, cobb and co. -
Sunbury Family History and Heritage Society Inc.
Photograph, Bulla Primary School - Colonial Day
The children were encouraged to join in singing Australian ballads as part of their Colonial Day celebrations. The day was also included in their history studies.A coloured photograph of a man seated in the school courtyard playing a guitar while children dressed in colonial dress gather around to listen to him.bulla primary school, colonial days, history studies -
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Photograph, Bulla Primary School - Dress-up Day
who are enjoying the colonial day. Some have had their faces painted while others are wearing party hats.A coloured photograph of nine students from Bulla Primary School in various styles of dance dress and face-painting. -
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Photograph, Greenvale State School, 27 June 1934
The building is the former Greenvale State School No. 890. Although a school had been functioning at Greenvale since 1870. This is a photo of the school building that was renovated in 1926. At weekends the building was often used for family gatherings and social functions in the district. As the area became developed and changed from a country settlement to a suburb, the school was relocated to a new building closer to the new housing development. The existing building became a community centre. Many country settlements throughout Australia had similar school buildings which as well as being used for education also doubled up as venues for local social functioons.A non-digital sepia photograph with a surrounding white border of a two roomed country school with a water tank against a wall. A gum tree is growing in front of the building.schools -
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Photograph, Rail
A black and white photograph with a white border in post card format of a steam train and its carriages on its side. Workmen are working to prepare the engine to be lifted back onto the tracks. -
Sunbury Family History and Heritage Society Inc.
Photograph, Tree-Planting, 10 May 1983
The photo was originally published in the Regional Newson the 10th May 1983. The School's Mothers' Club president, Mrs. Scott is supervising the students , Craig Scott, Brett Baguley and Michael Clarke in planting a tree as part of Bulla Primary School's Arbor Week activities.The school's observance of Arbor Day aimed to give the student's an awareness of the importance of native trees in the environment and was included in their scientific studies.A non-digital black and white photograph of three boys and a lady digging in a garden.bulla primary school, bulla, arbor week, school gardens, tree planting -
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Photograph, Geoff Foletta, Bulla Community Centre, 17th September 1987
Councillor Pauline DeLuca was driving the grader and 'turning the first sod' at the beginning of the upgrade work that was done on the Bulla Community Centre. She was the councillor who represented that area in the former Shire of Bulla. The upgrade work on the local community centre provided a more modern facility for the town's growing population'A non-digital coloured photograph of a lady driving a grader on a work site at the Bulla Community Centre with two sedan cars in the background.bulla community centre., cr. pauline de.luca, shire of bulla, bulla, greene street -
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Photograph, School excursion
The Bulla Primary School students were taken on a nature excursion to a nearby park as part of their science and nature studies.A non-digital coloured photograph of children on a school outing from Bulla Primary School running across an open area.bulla primary school, school excursions, nature studies -
Sunbury Family History and Heritage Society Inc.
Photograph, Bulla Primary School, 31 May 1996
A coloured photograph of a head and shoulders view of a little girl who is wearing the Bulla Primary School wind cheater. -
Sunbury Family History and Heritage Society Inc.
Photograph, Science study, 31st May 1996
Anon-digital coloured photograph of a man studying the trunk and the bark of a large tree in a forested area. -
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Photograph, 31st March 1996
The students from Bulla Primary School were taken on a nature excursion to a nearby nature park as part of their scientific and environmental studies. They were studying the number and types of insects that could be found in the plants and water in the area. The park ranger then asked them to identify any insects on the chart that they found. Nature and environmental studies give the students of the importance of caring for the environment and are included in their science work.A non-digital coloured photograph of a group of children sitting on the ground in front of a teacher who is holding up a chart featuring common insects. One child has her hand up while others are looking down onto the grass.bulla, bulla primary school, nature studies, school excursion -
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Photograph, Nature studies, 31st March 1996
The students from the former Bulla Primary School were enjoying an excursion to a nearby nature reserve to study some of the insect life to be found in the waterway and the native plants in that environment. The nature excursion was part of the students' environmental and science studies.A non-digital coloured photograph of children sitting on a grassy hillside listening to a teacher who is holding up a large chart while explaining something to them.bulla primary school, nature studies, bulla, school excursions -
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Photograph, River studies
Students from Bulla Primary school were taken to the nearby Deep Creek to study some of the river life inn the local water course.Bulla township is situated in the Deep Creek valley and was an ideal place to take students to study river life close to their school.A coloured photograph of eight children with two adults standing on a rocky outcrop beside a river and looking at the riverlife in the water.rivers, deep creek, river studies, bulla, bulla primary school -
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Photograph, Three ladies, c1910 - 1920
A sepia photograph with a cream border printed on very thin paper of three ladies dressed in long skirts and white long sleeved blouses with dark ties. They are standing in a valley with a hill and trees behind them. Written on the back in ink: WITH FONDEST LOVE/FROM MURIEL/I FORGOT TO PUT IT IN/MY LETTER. -
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Photograph, c1900 - 1910
A sepia photograph printed on very thin paper of a fashionably dressed lady standing in a garden. She is wearing a long black skirt, white shirt and large dark hat. -
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Photograph, Monument, c
The monument is on George Evan's grave. George Evans died on 26th August 1876, aged 92. He is buried in Melbourne Cemetery in 'Compartment H'.George Evans was one of the earliest of the European colonists to settle in Sunbury at Emu Bottom.A sepia photograph with a cream border taken in a cemetery of a grave with tall monument mounted at the top with a draped urn and surrounded with a decorative metal fence. There are trees in the background.emu bottom, cemeteries, graves -
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Photograph, Cam, 1900
From information written on the back of the image, this was 'a Dutch camp in township' which was there in 1900. There is no indication as to where the camp actually was.A dark sepia photograph of a campsite in on open are with tens and some large horse-drawn vehicles set up. -
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Photograph, Social
A black and white photograph in post card format of five ladies in evening dress seated in a room. The same ladies are in P0651 dressed in the same attire and seated in the same order.Written on the back: SCOPIE. -
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Photograph, 27 June 1934
This is a photograph of the bridge in the Bulla township which spans the Deep Creek, a tributary of the Maribyrnong River. It has been constructed from bluestone which is found across the volcanic western plains in Victoria. Kaolin was quarried from the cliff face in the background and was used in the making of bricks and pottery products manufactured at Northcote and Brunswick potteries.This is one of the many notable bluestone bridges which were built in the district in the nineteenth century.A black and white photograph of a valley with a five arched bridge spanning a river. There are high cliffs in the background.bulla township, deep creek, bridges -
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Photograph - Photograph, Black and white, c 1914
A black and white photograph of a World War 1 soldier standing near a weatherboard building.world war 1, soldier -
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Photograph, c. 1914
A black and white photograph of a World War 1 soldier and another civilian waving. They are standing in a garden next to a building which has a wall of windows. -
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Photograph, c
A black and white photograph of a main street with buildings in a town. There is a 1920s motor car being driven along the street with a stationary horse and cart on the opposite side. Members of a pipe band are waiting further up the street to perform. towns -
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Photograph
A small photograph of Rupertswood Mansion. -
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Photograph, c1914
The members of the brass band are wearing army uniform from World War 1. A black and white photograph with a cream border of an army brass band made up of fourteen men.australian army, brass bands -
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Photograph, c1920s
A black and white photograph with a cream border of two ladies on a small motor bike. A picket fence and a black and white dog are behind them. -
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Photograph, c 1940s
A black and white photograph with a narrow cream border, of a man wearing light sports clothes standing in a garden and holding a dog. A house is visible in the distance.