Bendigo Advertiser ''The way we were'' from 1999. Growing city: Myers Street, intersected by Mitchell Street, St Andrews Avenue and Mundy Street, the church is at right.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were

The building was the former Sunbury Fire Station. It was in Evans Street on the site where the shopping square has been built. Mount Holden can be seen in the background. A newer building was built for the CFA on the opposite side of Evans Street and closer to Macedon Street. As the shopping centre expanded and Sunbury grew, the CFA moved from the town centre to a site in Jackson Street and another one in Elizabeth Drive.Over the years the CFA has played an important role in numerous fire fighting activities over summer months.A scanned coloured photograph with a fine white border of an old weatherboard building with a metal roof by an unmade roadway. A hill is in the background and two bare trees are growing near the building.sunbury cfa.

Could be river bend in Jackson's Creek.A sepia photograph mounted on a cream frame of a river bend. There is a small cottage on the LHS of the photo partly covered with gum trees. Exotic trees are growing on the RH river bank.rivers, houses, jackson's creek, landscapes, george evans collection

This photo is one of a collection of photos taken during Alan Niemann's - Drainage-Road Making Scheme.Black and white photo of Fifth Avenue, Aspendale. The road is unmade with grass growing on the road, is rutted, houses can be seen on the left and electricity poles are both side of the road. unmade street, aspendale, alan niemann, drainage-road making scheme, edithvale, fifth avenue

Small booklet (32 pages) "The guide through boyhood" A reliable sex education book for Australian boys 8-12 years. Foreword by Professor Harvey Sutton O.B.E., M.D. Booklet published by Father and son welfare movement of Australia. Fifth edition April, 1958. Contents - Part 1: The miracle of being born; chapter 1: boys will be boys. Chapter 2: we grow from an egg. Chapter 3: father's help too. Chapter 4: how we start to grow. Chapter 5: growing and being born. Chapter 6: into the world. Part 2: Your body a wonderful machine. Part 3: A lad's friend.books, school, sex education

Community information brochure issued in 1972 by Ringwood Council outlining local services, sporting, and cultural facilities. Includes names of Ward Councillors, and two City of Ringwood Free Tipping Vouchers valid until the end of 1973."Frontpiece: New bridge of pressure treated pine over Ringwood Lake." "Ringwood Must Grow, Not Go! With your money, Council provides these vital Services."rinx

Displayed at History House.Colour photograph of a bluestone building with enclosed verandah. Ivy grows on right-side wall. Step with white ballastrades lead to entrance at centre of porch. Attached to (masonite?) backing board.Front: Redmond Pearce (printed sticker, lower right). Back: (no inscriptions)

Bendigo Advertiser ''The way we were'' from 1999. Growing city: horses and carts were part of busy Hargreaves Street in the 1800s. In the 1980s the street was converted into Hargreaves Mall.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were

A small black and white photograph of two men sitting on a bench on a porch near a doorway and behind an arched entrance. There is a creeper growing around the arch. A person is silhouetted in a distant doorway.men, unidentified, clothing and dress, george evans collection

On 4th August 1978 the construction of the Goonawarra Estate commenced. The estate was formerly known as the Goonawarra Farm and overlooked the Sunbury town and the Jacksons Creek valley. Plans for the development included a golf course, houses, community and recreational facilities..The golf course opened in 1980 and the housing construction continued throughout the last two decadesd of the twentieth century and into the twenty firsat century.A coloured photograph showing the signpost indicating the entrance to the Goonawarra Estate from Sunbury Road. Trees are growing on either side of the road and Mt. Holden can be seen across the skyline.goona warra golf club, goonawarra farm, goonawarra housing estate, sharkey, robert b., kilkenny homes, australian ideas homes pty.ltd., craftsmen homes., glamor homes, villa bella homes, mt. holden, george evans collection

The Sunbury Leisure Centre in Elizabeth Drive was built as a community learning and activity centre for many local groups in Sunbury. It was completed in 1980 and officially opened on 25th February 1981 by the Premier of Victoria Hon. R.J.Hamer The Sunbury Leisure Centre is an important meeting place for many community groups in Sunbury.A black and white photograph of a large brick building, surrounded by a garden bed with low growing shrubs. An extensive car parking area is in front of it with four cars parked outside the building. sunbury leisure centre, elizabeth drive

The single span bluestone bridge is on the Calder Highway at the base of Corkscrew Hill between Gap Road and the town of Gisborne. In the early 1990s the highway was widened and dual carriageways constructed, as a result the traffic no longer travelled along the winding Corkscrew Hill road. The bridge still stands between the two carriageways. A black and white photograph with a cream border of a single arched stone bridge spanning a watercourse. Small bushes are growing in the foreground and there are some buildings dotted across the hill in the middle distance.bridges, corkscrew hill, calder highway

The man on the horse was photographed close to the main entrance of The Avenue which was the main approach to the former Sunbury Asylum. In later years the conifer trees were replaced with oak trees and today The Avenue is still the main road leading into Jacksons Hill, the housing estate that has been built on the former Sunbury Asylum land.The housing development on the former Sunbury Asylum site began in the 1980s. A black and white photograph of a man astride a white horse standing on an unmade road with an avenue of tall trees growing on either side of the formed road. A building is just visible in the distance.the avenue, sunbury as, jacksons hill

Principal's Residence. From an original 1909 photograph, man seated on bench in front of the house. (A) Sepia enlargement. (Appears as an illustration in, Green Grows Our Garden," A.P.Winzenried p 47.green grows our garden, a.p.winzenried, principal's residence

The former Old Broadmeadows township in the photograph was taken in 1949. The hotel is the two storey building in the middle distance and the former general store is partly hidden by trees on the RHS. The image is looking to the north in Fawkner Street, across the Moonee Ponds Creek. The township is now part of Westmeadows.Old Broadmeadows Township was an important stopping-off point for travellers on their way to Sydney on the Old Sydney Road, (now Mickleham Road) up until 1869 when Sydney Road was finally opened. A print of a non-digital black and white photograph of a small country township with a shop on the RHS and a two storey building in the middle distance. Pine trees are growing on either side of the roadway.old broadmeadows township, townships, moonee ponds creek, westmeadows

This photo is one of a collection of photos taken during Alan Niemann's - Drainage-Road Making Scheme. First Avenue runs between Station Street and Sixth Avenue.Black and white photo looking east along First Avenue, Aspendale. The road us unmade and rusted with vegetation growing on the road, houses and electricity poles line both sides. unmade street, aspendale, first avenue, alan niemann, drainage-road making scheme

Herbert John Rumsey (1866-1956) started a nursery and seed business at Barbers Creek (Tallong) near Marulan in 1895. In 1901 he moved his operations to Dundas. From 1896 he regularly published seed catalogues. Some time before 1929 he set up a company, Herbert J. Rumsey & Sons Ltd, which later on (before 1937) changed its name to Rumsey Seeds Pty. Ltd.A small book with a cream cover which has colourful drawings of vegetables. The print is green and red. The book is titled "RUMSEY'S SEED CATALOGUE BEST SEEDS THAT GROW". It has 50 pp.agriculture horticulture catalogue seeds rumsey

Coloured slide transparency. Image is of a bush area. There is low growing scrub in the foreground. The words, Allotment 18 Bagshot looking east to 13 of 15 Bagshot are handwritten across the bottom border.Kodachrome Transparencyslide, bendigo, bendigo institute of technology

Coloured slide transparency. Image is of a bush area. There is low growing scrub in the foreground. The words, Allotment 18 Bagshot looking east to 13 of 15 Bagshot are handwritten across the bottom border.Kodachrome Transparencyslide, bendigo, bendigo institute of technology

St. Andrew's Uniting Church, formerly the Presbyterian church includes two different church buildings as well as a new addition built at the rear of the 1904 red brick building. A small weather board structure was used as a church until the Romanesque brick building opened in 1904. The new church extensions were completed on 14 December, 1986.A rear view of St. Andrew's Uniting Church before the extensions were built. The photograph shows the small apse and porch as well as the surrounding conifers which were growing in the church grounds.churches, religion, tompkins, f. b., h. w., goyen, w. rev., st. andrew's uniting church, presbyterian church, george evans collection

The photograph shows a picture of Evans Street Sunbury taken from the T intersection at Macedon Street and looking south. When the photograph was taken it was one of Sunbury's main residential areas. Since the 1980s the houses in the image have been demolished and replaced with commercial development.- Over the years Evans Street has undergone much change from being a residential strip to being the main commercial hub in Sunbury.– An enlarged photograph of a streetscape with a row of trees growing along the footpath and a number of weatherboard Victorian style double fronted cottages. Both the roadway and footpath are not surfaced and the gutter is lined with stone pavers.sunbury

The photograph was taken in 1989 when the children in grades 4 an 5 attended a school camp at Gundiwindi, which is in the Yarra Valley on the border of Wandin and Nth. Silvan. At the camp the children were acquainted with the skills used by the local indigenous people. The children the photograph attempted to construct a bark shelter along the lines of those build by the local indigenous people. While the children from Bulla Primary School attended the camp at Gundiwindi they were introduced to skills used by local indigenous people.A coloured non- digital photograph of three children sitting at the entrance of a primitive bark shelter. The immediate surrounding area has been cleared but native woodland is growing beyond the fence line. school camps, gundiwindi, bulla primary school, indigenous culture

The building pictured is the former Sunbury Library which closed in December 2017 to be demolished and to make way for a modern three storey building more suited to updated library needs. A coloured printed digital photograph of brick paved open area leading to the entrance of a single storey cream brick building. Some plants are growing in three metal planters in front of the buildingsunbury library, libraries

The pinnacle was called "The Idol". The valley could be Fyans Valley.The photo shows a free-standing pinnacle in front of a cliff edge (on the left). A bush/young tree is growing out from the cliff face near the top of the pinnacle. There is a valley and another range in the background."the Idol" written on the back in blue pen.scenery, grampians ranges