The class photograph was taken at the Bulla State School No. 46 in 1930. Two children have been identified. They are John Daniel, seated in the front row, second from the left. Vincent Daniel is standing, first on the left in the back row. The Daniel family were store holders in the Bulla township. Over the years a teacher's residence and another larger weatherboard classroom were added to the original bluestone building. The school functioned for over 100 years from the late 1870s until 2006 when it was closed and is now a private house.The Bulla State School was one of the oldest schools in the district and served the children from surrounding areas. A black and white school photograph which has been photographed from another image. The twenty two children of twelve boys and ten girls are in three rows and standing in front of a bluestone building with their teacher.bulla state school no46, daniel john, daniel vincent, schools

A few little privately run schools were set up in Bulla township from the late 1850s before Bulla State School No.46 was built and opened on 25th November 1870. It was a bluestone building with a slate roof and an extra weatherboard classroom was built later. The school was built at the end of School Lane near Deep Creek. A swing Bridge was built across the creek to give pupils quicker access to school. The school functioned until December 1996 when it closed and the property was sold and became a private residence.Bulla State School No.46 was one of the earliest government school to be established in the district and functioned in the original building for 126 years until it was closed. A scanned black and white school photograph of children who attended Bulla State School No. 46 in 1930. Twelve boys and ten girls with their teacher are standing outside the bluestone school building.bulla state school no. 46, school lane, bulla bulla, schools

The school photograph of the students attending Bulla State school No.46 was taken in 1930. It was a one-teacher country school and functioned as a state school for over 120 years until it was closed in 1996. Over the years many local Bulla have attended that school.A non-digital black and white photograph of a group of school children with their teacher posing for a school photograph in front of a bluestone building. The names of everyone in the photograph is written across the bottom of the photograph.bulla state school no. 46, schools, school lane

A view of the Bulla State School main gate with the sign over the entrance, taken in 1986The photograph was included in the collection which went into the capsule which was put together in 1986. A non-digital coloured photograph of the main entrance to Bulla State School taken in School Lane. The school sign is displayed above the main gate to the property.bulla, bulla primary school, schools, school capsules.

This is a view of the main of the main gate leading from School Lane into the Bulla State School front yard.A non-digital coloured photograph of two children and an adult walking through the school gate.schools, bulla, school lane, bulla state school no. 46

In the mid 1980s the names of all government schools were changed. The title for schools from Prep to Grade 6 changed from state school to primary school and former high schools, with a few exceptions, became known as secondary colleges. This photograph was taken before the school's name was changed from Bulla State School to Bulla Primary School. A non-digital black and white photograph of children at the Bulla State School photographed at the school gate and standing around the school sign. bulla primary school, schools

The Shire President, Bert Kelly attended the Bulla State School to celebrate the Back to Bulla day. While he was there he unveiled a plaque attached to a time capsule in which documents had been placed.A non-digital coloured photograph of a man pointing to a plaque.schools, bulla, bulla state school no. 46, time capsules, bert kelly

The school in the photograph is Bulla State School No. 46 and was originally known as the Government -funded Bulla Common School, built 1870 - 1871. With the passing of the Education Act in Victoria in 1873 it became known as Bulla State School No. 46. The original building comprised of a rectangular shaped bluestone building with a 3 roomed residence attached. As school enrolments began to increase in the district, a weatherboard classroom was added in 1881 and later extended in 1927 adjacent to the original building with a covered walkway between the two buildings. The modern portable classroom was added in the 1960s. Bulla Primary School closed in 1996 after much local controversy. The property is now privately owned. The photograph was taken in 1964.The bluestone section of the school with residence is one of very few remaining in the state and is of local heritage classification in the City of Hume.A non-digital coloured photograph of children in a school playground with the buildings visible in the background.bulla state school no. 46, school lane, bulla, education act 1873, common schools

The photo of the students at Bulla State School No. 45 was taken in 1893. The school was erected in stages in School Lane. The bluestone building was the first to be built followed by the weatherboard building and a teacher's residence. It closed in 1996 and is now a private residence. Details of the people on a typed sheet is included with the MediaBulla State School No. 46 was one of the first schools to be established in the district.A non-digital very old sepia photograph of children seated in front of a small weatherboard school, their teacher is standing behind the pupils. The photograph has been backed onto thick cardboard. The people's names have been written on the back of the photograph.bulla state school, schools, school lane

The six boys were from Bulla State School and with their teacher, Mr. Clifford, were attending the Somers Camp in 1961. The camp was owned by the Education Department and ran school camps for Grade 5 and 6 children attending Victorian State Schools. The children with their teacher were preparing to go rowing on the river.A black and white photograph with a cream border of six children and an adult with two rowing boats at the edge of a river. Stamped on the back of the photograph '7249'somers camp, school camps, bulla state school, somers, mr. clifford

The original swing bridge was built across the Deep Creek in 1854 to allow the Daniel family to visit the Dickens sisters. It was renewed in later years and was used by Bulla children until the school closed in 1995.A coloured photograph of the swing bridge which straddles the Deep Creek at Bulla. The photograph shows the full length of the wooden and wire bridge from bank to bank. There is a thick row of conifers growing along the opposite river bank.bulla swing bridge, deep creek, daniel family, bulla state school, george evans collection

A register of the pupils who attended the Bulla State Scool from 1906 to 1942. Details in the register are the child's name, date of birth, admission date, previous school, parents' names, address and occupation, date of achieving the Qualifying and/ or Merit Certificate, attendance record, last attendance and destination.The register is a record of the children who lived and attended the Bulla State School from 1906 to 1942 when it was a small country school. It continued to function as a school until it was closed in December 1996. It shows the movement of families and occupations in the district over that time.A 46 page booklet with black tape around the spine and covered in clear plastic. bulla state school,, state schools, pupil register, education

The four men were teachers who were supervising the Grade 5 and 6 children from Bulla Primary School. The children were attending the Somerset Camp in July 1961. The younger man wearing glasses is Mr. Clifford, who was the head teacher at Bulla Primary School in 1961. Somers Camp became a camp for school children in 1959 and was run by the Education Department. The programs organised at the camp were outdoor education and environmental studies for Grade 5 and 6 children attending Victorian Primary Schools. Prior to 1959, the site was initially used as an RAAF training camp and later became a migrant camp during the immediate 1940s post-war immigration.Children attending the Somerset Camp participated in a variety of outdoor activities in the natural environment that they could not experience at school.A non-digital black and white photograph with a cream border of four men standing in front of a building. A tall tower is visible behind the building. somers camp, bulla state school no. 46, mr. clifford, outdoor education, environmental studies, school camps

The photograph of the 30 pupils with their teacher was taken in 1968 at the Bulla S.S. No. 46. after they came first in the Greenvale and District School Sports Association. Other schools competing were Greenvale, Mickleham, Craigieburn, Broadmeadows, Yuroke and Tullamarine. In 1968 all these schools were rural schools.When this photograph was taken, Bulla State School was classed as a one-teacher rural school with 30 students in the one room.A non-digital black and white photograph, with a cream border, of 30 students with their teacher. A girl in the centre front row is holding up a sports banner. There is a tree plantation in the background. bulla state school no. 46, sports, district sports associations

The older man in the photograph is a former student, Jim Hume, who attended Bulla State School for the school's Back to Bulla celebrations. He has written a short history of Bulla and the Bulla State School, which is in the Bulla State School collection held by the Sunbury and District Heritage Association. He and other former students were invited to visit the school for district celebrations.A non-digital coloured photograph of a group of children talking to three adults. schools, boardman, a, bulla primary school, hume, jim, school capsules.

As school enrolments increased at Bulla State School, there was a need for extra classrooms. A portable classroom was brought to the school site and erected adjacent to the existing rooms.Portable classrooms have been used in many government schools across the state where there has been an increase in the enrollments or there is the need for an specialist activity room.A non-digital coloured photograph of a section of the school yard with a view of a portable building in the backgroundschools, bulla primary school, portable class rooms

The folder was issued and used by the former Shire of Bulla for promotional documents. It features a photograph of the first shire offices in Bulla, Bulla State School and the Rupertswood Battery and sketches of an early wine maker and milkman.A decorative manilla folder featuring 3 sepia photographs and 2 sketches of the Bulla district. SHIRE OF/BULLA/HISTORY AND/PROGRESSshire of bulla

While on a school camp in Victoria's NE region in 1984, the children from Bulla State School were taken to a number of historic sites in the area. One visit included a visit to one of the area's mansions. A nopn-digital coloured photograph of a group of children with two adults standing in a large garden. A red-brick and rendered mansion is in the background.bulla primary school., school camps.

Students and staff Bulla State School had a dress-up day when they arrived at school in colonial costume to celebrate the 150th anniversary of European settlement in Victoria. In this photograph the entire school and staff assembled in the school yard.A non-digital coloured photograph of the students an teachers from Bulla Primary School assembled in the school yard. Everyone was dressed in colonial costume to celebrate an important local event.bulla primary school, bulla

The photograph was printed for a historic display at the Bulla Primary School. The children in the photograph who were past pupils of the Bulla State School are Eric Lewis Grant, who was born on 10th September in 1889 and died on 26th March 1969 and Harold Bruce Grant, born 2nd December 1891 and died on 21 December 1934. Further information states that they were 'Ossie's uncles', who was also an old Bulla resident. Bulla State School was one of the earliest schools to be established in the nineteenth century. It was closed down in 1996, which caused much disappointment to the residents.A photocopied print of an old photograph of two boys in a garden. It has been pasted on board and has a white surround with information about the people in the photograph printed under the image. SCHOOL DAYS is printed at the top of the photograph. grant, eric lewis., grant, harold bruce., bulla, bulla primary school

This photo is part of a larger collection donated by Eric Boardman. There are 6 references to O'Shea in Margaret & Trevor Dunn's Directory of Residents in the former Shire of Bulla (1850s-1920s; three of these are for Cornelius O'Shea listed in the 1891 rate books as a state school teacher, in the 1919 voters' roll as teacher and in the 1929 voters' roll as of independent means. Other references are to Joseph Michael O'Shea, Annie Agnes O'Shea and Agnes Mary O'Shea.A family group in a garden setting. There are 5 females and 2 males, with the older male and female centrally seated. A sepia photo mounted on a grey board.On the front in lead pencil in the upper LH corner of the mount board "(School teacher)"; "Eric Boardman" in red pencil on the centre back & "O'Shea family" in upper LH corner of the back of the mount board.teachers, o'shea, cornelius, matson & frazer, boardman, eric, george evans collection

The Bulla Primary School was a semi-rural school in the Bulla township which was established in 1872. It was one of the first government schools to open in the district and continued to function for the following 124 years until December 1996 when the State Government closed the school. After that date, Bulla children were bused to schools in either Sunbury or Greenvale. The school property is now privately owned.Along with Bulla Primary School there were a number of Victorian Government schools closed down and sold to private enterprise in the 1990s.A non-digital coloured photograph of the school notice board erected at the main gate of the school. Two of the buildings are partially visible in the background. Four girls are standing on the main pathway.bulla primary school

The children from Bulla Primary School were taken on an excursion to Gellibrand Hill Park which is a short distance from the School. The emphasis on the day's excursion was to identify the native fauna in the park as well as the vegetation.The property was originally settled by the Greene family in 1843. In 1980 the State Government purchased the property and it is now one of the state's parks where the natural vegetation has gradually been restored on the property. A non-digital coloured photograph with a cream border, of a group of adults and children listening to a man who is standing in front of a low seat and talking to them. There are buildings visible in the background. gellibrand hill, bulla primary school, school excursions

The parkland is part of the Village Green, which is surrounded by Barkly, Brook and Macedon Streets in Sunbury. In the foreground is the temperature controlled glass building which houses the restored Armstrong twelve pounder gun that the Clarke family gifted to the people of Sunbury in 1922. For many years it stood in the open at the junction of Macedon, Stawell and Barkly Streets until 1970. The Starkie Water Fountain is on the LHS of the image. The cream building in the middle distance is the Memorial Hall, formerly the Mechanics Institute, built in 1885 and the red brick building is the former Sunbury State School. St. Mary's Church Hall is the small building in the distance.In 1973 Shire of Bulla council closed off Stawell Street to create the Village Green for a passive recreation area, which also included a section for the placing of important memorials. The green space has become a popular recreation area close to the town centre for Sunbury residents.A non-digital coloured photograph of parkland with lawn and elm trees, interspersed with four buildings. A glassed in structure with a hipped roof is in the foreground. A red-bricked building with white trim as well as a cream building is in the middle distance and a smaller brick building is in the distance.sunbury gun, stawell street, memorial hall, j.d.starkie memorial, barkly street, macedon street, sunbury village green