The settlement is Bulla township, which attracted Europeans in the 1840s. The bluestone building on the RHS was one of the early hotels in the town but was the Post Office and store until it was destroyed by fire in the 1980s. The school is visible behind a clump of trees in the valley. The road in the foreground is the former Bulla Road, which in the 1850s carried traffic to the Bendigo goldfields. The creek is the Deep Creek which flows into the Maribyrnong River further downstream. In the early days of European settlement, minerals were obtained in the valley at Bulla. Today Felspar and Quartz Streets bear evidence of this early industry in the town. A non-digital old black and white scanned photograph of a small country settlement, with 6 buildings in a valley. The surrounding hills are bare with very little tree growth. A road way is in the foreground and a small creek is in the middle distance.bulla bulla, bulla township, deep creek, minerals

The photograph shows a section of the original settlement of the Bulla township. The cutting on the hillside is significant as it is the remains of one of the original stream crossings in Victoria.A coloured photograph of the Bulla Hill along Sunbury Road with a view of the cutting on the distant hillside. The photograph is a view of the old Bulla township looking to the NW. There is a wide grassy verge in the foreground.bulla township, deep creek, wright, william 'tulip', sunbury road, george evans collection

In 1988 the students from Grades 4 -6 had a sleep-over at Bulla Primary School. The purpose of the sleep-over was to organise the children in construction sign from white painted rocks on the hillside overlooking the school. The sign was 'BULLA' and was clearly visible from the approaching road into the Bulla township. The sign was demolished after the school was closed and the property sold.The project gave the children an experience in working together and constructing something worth while.A non-digital coloured photograph of two girls sitting on a bare hillside. One is holding large white rock and the other girl is painting a rock.painted sign, bulla, bulla township, bulla primary school, sleepovers

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.The bridge was built in 1869.This is one of the many notable bluestone bridges which were built in the district in the nineteenth century.A non-digital black and white photograph of a valley with a five arched bridge spanning a river. There are high cliffs in the background. Information about the bridge has been written on then back of the photograph. The image was published in then Weekly Times on 23rd December 1933.bulla township, deep creek, bridges

The group were attending the launch and displaying of street signs with added historical information that were to be erected in the Bulla township and the former old Broadmeadows township. The historical research on the origin of names of the streets was carried out by members of the Sunbury Family History and Heritage Society with support from Hume City Council. The launch took place in Foresters Hall in the old Broadmeadows township on 3rd April 2025. Shortly after that event the signs were erected in the relevant places.A coloured photograph of eleven people standing in a hall with a green street sign displayed in front of the group.historic street signs, bulla township, former broadmeadows township

In 1988, the senior students at Bulla Primary School, under the supervision of their teacher undertook a community activity to paint a school sign that could be seen from a distance. They collected rocks that were lying across the exposed hillside above the school and arranged them into the word 'BULLA'. They then painted the rocks with white paint. Anyone approaching Bulla township from Sunbury would see the sign across the valley. The sign remained there for the following eight years but was dismantled when the school property was sold.The painted sign on the hillside became an important signpost for people travelling into the township as it was visible even from a low flying aircraft, which were either descending to land or had just taken off from the nearby airport.A non-digital coloured photograph of four children and an adult painting rocks on a hillside.bulla primary school, school painted sign, bulla township

This photograph was taken from the intersection of Loemans and Sunbury Roads. It overlooks the site of the former Bula Primary School and the hillside where stones were laid and painted to form the words "Bulla". The lettering was possible a project carried out by the pupils at the school.A black and white photograph of a panoramic view overlooking the former Bulla Primary School. The photograph has been taken from the intersection of Loemans and Sunbury Roads.bulla primary school, bulla township, george evans collection

The Kaolin quarries at Bulla were an important industry in the district and supplied clay products to the Cornwell and Hoffman companies in Brunswick. The Kaolin deposits were found in the 1850's and were considered to be some of the largest in the colony.A landscape photograph of a valley with a post and wire fence and a partial view of a farm gate in the immediate foreground. A clump of native trees are on the LHS and a small grove of almond trees has been planted on the river flat. Kaolin quarry is on the hillside and two buildings can be seen on the hill top. High tension pylons are in the distance near the skyline.kaolin quarries, almond groves, bulla township, deep creek, hoffmans kaolin mine, hoffmans potteries, cornwell potteries, george evans collection

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 Alister 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 front elevation of the original Shire of Bulla offices. It is a bluestone building, double fronted with a pitched roof on both wings and above the porch. The woodwork trims have been painted in cream and red. The double wooden front door is painted red. The sign outside the building indicates the former function of the building and its importance.ORIGINAL/SHIRE OF BULLA/OFFICE/1868-1923shire of bulla, council chambers, rose gardens, rose growing, bulla township, roses, clark, alistair, george evans collection

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

The building is the Bulla Community Centre, which replaced an older hall that was situated in the Bulla Sports Ground precinct in Greene Street. Over the years many community activities have been staged within the precinct such as district school sports, local dances and community social group functions.A black and white photograph of a brick building with large windows and a return verandah.bulla community centre, bulla township

The building in the image is the former Friendly Societies Hotel which was in Bulla and run by the Kelly family. The Black Horse hotel now occupies the site, which is to the east of the Alister Clark rose garden and former Bulla Roads Board building.By the 1880s when the Bulla township reached its peak this was one of 4 hotels in the township.A non-digital copy of an old sepia photograph of a single storey building with seven people standing on the verandah.hotels, friendly societies hotel, bulla township

The Kaolin Quarry at Bulla supplied Kaolin to the Northcote and Brunswick Pottery Works until it ceased operation at that site in the 1950s. The three arched bluestone bridge r3placed a ford crossing across Deep Creek, which along with Jacksons Creek flows into the Maribyrnong River.A black and white photograph of the Deep Creek and three arched bluestone bridge in the Bulla Township with the Kaolin Quarry in the background. One truck is crossing the bridge with a tanker approaching the bridge at the bottom of the Bulla Hill.deep creek, bridges, kaolin quarries, quarries, george evans collection

Members of the Fanning family standing outside their house 'Sunnyside', in Loemans Road, Bulla. The Fannings were one of the early European families to settle in the Bulla township. A black and white mounted photograph of the Fanning family in front of a cottage with a picket fence.Printed on face: Matson and Frazer / 264 Little Collins Street Handwritten on back: Eric Boardmanmatson and frazer, photographers, eric boardman collection, fanning family, george evans collection

The people were attending the launch of the display of street signs that included historic information and were going to be mounted in Bulla and the old Broadmeadows townships. The signs included street names and information about the origins of the names. The event took place in Foresters Hall in Westmeadows and members of the former Sunbury and District Heritage Association did the historical research.A coloured photograph of six people in a hall looking at green street signs that are displayed on a long table.bulla, old broadmeadows township, historic street signs, sunbury and district heritage association

The narrow swing catanery bridge was built behind the school across the Deep Creek downstream from the bluestone Bulla Bridge. It was built so that children who lived on the south side of Bulla Township could access the school more easily and in shorter time than if they had to go by the main roads.The bridge was constructed in the days when most children walked to school. The use of this bridge cut the children's travel time and distance to school quite considerably and was used for many years until the school was closed in 1996.A non-digital coloured photograph of the children on a narrow swing bridge and the path they used to approach the bridge over open ground. bulla primary school, swing bridge, bridges, catanery bridge

St. Mary's Anglican Church at Bulla was originally built on the outskirts of Bulla township in 1858. In the early 1970s it was moved to its present site to make way for the flight path at the newly constructed Tullamarine Airport. The former site was on the corner of Oaklands and Sunbury Roads and is covered with vegetation. The church was designed by Thomas Taylor.A coloured photograph of the board which is along the fence line outside St. Mary's Church at Bulla. The white writing is on a navy blue background and is framed in white. The notice gives details of services, clergy and caretaker.churches, religion, anglican church, taylor, thomas, potter, charles e. rev., prior, a., st. mary's anglican church, george evans collection

St. Mary's Anglican Church at Bulla was originally built on the outskirts of Bulla township in 1858. In the early 1970s it was moved to its present site to make way for the flight path at the newly constructed Tullamarine Airport. The former site was on the corner of Oaklands and Sunbury Roads and is covered with vegetation. The church was designed by Thomas Taylor.A profile view of the west side of St. Mary's Anglican Church at Bulla and the garden area around the church. A slate covered gable roof has been constructed over the porch nave and chancery with a cross at each end of the roof over the nave. 6 bluestone buttresses and 3 lance windows are along the side with 3 small lancet windows and a blue painted wooden lancet door on the porch.churches, religion, taylor, thomas, st. mary's anglican church, 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

In the late 1960s St. Mary's Anglican Church was dismantled from its Oaklands Road site and rebuilt on land in Bulla township adjacent to the old shire offices. It was moved because of the interference it would create for aircraft landing in the new Melbourne Airport at Tullamarine. The site has been left timbered because some of the district's early settlers were buried in the church yard before the Bulla Cemetery was established.A black and white photograph of the site of the former St. Mary's Anglican Church at Oaklands Road. There are heaps of building rubble in the foreground and trees in the background.st. mary's anglican church - bulla, oaklands road, graveyards, george evans collection

St. Mary's Anglican Church at Bulla originally occupied a site along Oaklands Road, adjacent to 'Woodlands' homestead. It was established in 1859. With the building of the Melbourne Airport at Tullamarine it was found that the church on its existing site was directly under the flight path and subject to possible damage from vibrations caused by the aircraft. As a result the historic building was demolished stone by stone and rebuilt in the Bulla township adjacent to the Alistair Clark Rose Garden. The original site has not been developed because some early graves are there.St. Mary's Church at Bulla is one of the earliest to be established in the Bulla district. Its mother church, St Pauls Church of England at the original Broadmeadows township was established in 1850 and it still stands and operates on its original site.A non-digital black and white photograph with a cream border of a stone church with the congregation members entering the church. A saloon car is parked near the church.st. mary's church of england, bulla., churches.

The church in the image is the former St. Michaels Catholic Church that was on Sunbury Road in the small Bulla township. After holding religious services at the Daniel property 'Narbonne' at Oaklands Junction until 1876, the permanent church building opened 0n 19th November 1876. Services were held there until the land was sold in the 1980s and the building was demolished despite undergoing renovations in 1978. Members of the Catholic faith then worshipped at the Sunbury Catholic Church. The note on the flip side was written by a Sunbury resident to his sister.A post card with a non-digital sepia photograph of a weatherboard church in an open grassed area. A short note has been written on the flip side of the card.st. michaels church, bulla, catholic church

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 children in the art class were pupils at Bulla Primary School in the early 1990s. Bulla Primary School was a semi -rural school in the township of Bulla, about 10kms from the Tullamarine Airport. There is no evidence of computers or other IT aids in the classroom as these items did not come into widespread use until 2 decades later.A non-digital coloured photograph of six children in an art class at school. The four visible sets of tables and chairs are strewn with art materials and there are shelves in the background where books, folders and other items are kept along with a guitar. art activities, bulla primary school

The photograph was taken from the west side of Bulla Hill near Loemans Road, which is west of the township of Bulla. The rocks outlining the name of the town were a landmark when approaching the township along the Sunbury Road on the west side of the town. They remained there until the school was closed in 1996 and the new owner removed them.A non-digital coloured photograph of Bulla Primary School with the word 'Bulla' formed from rocks on the distant hillside. schools, bulla primary school