In 1885 the Melbourne Hunt Club moved its operations from Caulfield to Deer Park. As part of this move the Hunt Club built the Hunt Club Hotel as a base for its members, The Hunt Club has been through many iterations since these early days and is currently operating as a community arts centre. This is a video recording of a guest speaker at the annual Sunshine and District Historical Society's Pioneers Dinner, Mrs Ivy Morton, discussing her experience as a former manager of the Melbourne Hunt Club.Historical Society Pioneers Dinner 27/11/1987 Toast to pioneers David Templeton Chairman Norman Parsons Speaker Mrs Ivy Morton one time manageress Hunt Club Hostel 1932 - 1943 Arrival Church (B Stanway) Visit to Williamstown Husband ill (Foot) So primitive 2 pounds per week Starting Red Cross 38ivy morton, melbourne hunt club, pioneers dinner, sunshine and district historical society, hunt club hotel, david templeton, ballarat road, deer park, ici, kororoit creek hotel, joseph harrison, opies, annie mcleod, reverend alfred stanway, geoffrey samble, dulcie beryl ross, deer park red cross, deer park mothers' club, richard richardson, old kororoit creek hotel, deer park hotel, james cunningham, john cunningham, barley mow hotel, bridget cunningham, alexander dixon thorne

oseph Harrison and his wife Caroline, nee Opie, ran the Hunt Club Hotel 1886-7. Before the present brick hotel was built, they had a hotel on the same site called the Barley Mow Hotel. Their children attended the local school and Joseph was active in community affairs, including the cricket clubthe hunt club hotel, hotel, deer park, ballarat road

Three photos of the Hunt Club building in 1993 after garden work and painting Joseph Harrison and his wife Caroline nee Opie ran the Hunt Club Hotel 1886 to 1887 Before the present brick hotel was built they had a hotel on the same site called the Barley Mow Hotel Their children attended the local school and Joseph was active in community affairs including the cricket clubdeer park hunt club, ballarat road, deer park, joseph harrison, caroline opie

The Hunt Club is one of the oldest surviving buildings in Deer Park and a rare 19th‑century structure in Melbourne’s west. Its story weaves together hunting culture, early white settlement of the Deer park area, explosives manufacturing, and community arts. This video features the second celebration of the opening of The Hunt Club and Community Arts Centre on the 26th November 1988.A hotel was first located at this site in 1850's. Over the years the hotel has been called various names including the Kororoit Creek Hotel, the Barley Mow Hotel & Plough Hotel. This hotel was described as an old English style wooden building pub consisting of eleven rooms exclusive of a storeroom and kitchen. The current Hunt Club Hotel building was built in 1886 on the former site of the burnt down ruins of the original hotel. It is one of the few 19th Century buildings remaining in the district. The hotel was named by the members of the Melbourne Hunt Club who used the hotel as a base for their deer hunts after leasing land nearby of over 300 acres from Sir W. J. Clarke.​ The Hunt Club Hotel operated between 1886 and 1911.​ In 1911, the hotel became a private residence. In 1921, the Australian Explosives and Chemicals Co. Ltd (later ICI Australia) purchased the Hunt Club building. By the 1950s, the Hunt Club building was converted into a research and staff training centre. In 1982, the City of Sunshine purchased the Hunt Club building. In 1985, it officially opened as the Hunt Club Community and Arts Centre. Opening Of Hunt Club Saturday Nov 26, 1988the hunt club, ballarat road, deer park, the hunt club and community arts centre