Deer Park early 1940s Left hand side from No 828 looking south across Ballarat Road Alf Newmans house centre Alec Newman father of Alf Newman milk truck travelling west to Lifeguard milk factory Bacchus Marsh Righthand side from No 828 Walter Curly Vincents Church of England church can be seen also Vincents and Andy Rosss housesearly s deer club, deer, park photograph

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

ICI Deer Park was one of the most important industrial sites in Victoria, the birthplace of Australia’s commercial explosives industry and later a major chemicals, plastics, and fertiliser hub. The factory operated from 1875 until the early 2000s and shaped the entire civic, employment, and suburban landscape of Deer Park, Sunshine, St Albans, and the western suburbs. Darcy Worcester, an ICI employee was a keen photographer. He took many photographs around Melbourne when he was working for ICI during 1955 and 1956. These photographs provide a rare glimpse of the ICI Factory, Deer Park and other locations in Melbourne and Victoria during the mid 1950's5893.01 - Darcy Worcester Photograph Collection - ICI Factory Station Road Entrance Deer Park.jpg 5893.02 - Darcy Worcester Photograph Collection - ICI Factory Deer Park Looking Towards Mess Room.jpg 5893.03 - Darcy Worcester Photograph Collection - ICI Factory Deer Park West Side.jpg 5893.04 - Darcy Worcester Photograph Collection - ICI Factory Deer Park West Side.jpg 5893.05 - Darcy Worcester Photograph Collection - ICI Factory Deer Park West Side.jpg 5893.06 - Darcy Worcester Photograph Collection - ICI Factory Deer Park East Side.jpg 5893.07 - Darcy Worcester Photograph Collection - ICI Oil Store And Cooling Tower From South East.jpg 5893.08 - Darcy Worcester Photograph Collection - ICI Calander Section.jpg 5893.09 - Darcy Worcester Photograph Collection - ICI Factory Witton Street From John McLeod Reserve.jpg 5893.10 - Darcy Worcester Photograph Collection - ICI Factory Picnic Races Maddingley Park Bacchus Marsh.jpg 5893.11 - Darcy Worcester Photograph Collection - ICI Housing Estate Deer Park.jpg 5893.12 - Darcy Worcester Photograph Collection - View Towards ICI Housing Estate Deer Park.jpg 5893.13 - Darcy Worcester Photograph Collection - Deer Park Kindergarten Millbank Drive Cnr Station Road.jpg This kindergarten was built by voluntary labour. 5893.14 - Darcy Worcester Photograph Collection - ICI Recreation Club Entrance Ballarat Road.jpg 5893.15 - Darcy Worcester Photograph Collection - ICI Recreation Club Rear Ballarat Road.jpg 5893.16 - Darcy Worcester Photograph Collection - Exhibition Gardens Melbourne.jpg 5893.17 - Darcy Worcester Photograph Collection - Exhibition Building Melbourne.jpg 5893.18 - Darcy Worcester Photograph Collection - Entrance To Government House Melbourne.jpg 5893.19 - Darcy Worcester Photograph Collection - Approach To Shrine Of Remembrance Melbourne.jpg 5893.20 - Darcy Worcester Photograph Collection - Shrine Of Remembrance Melbourne.jpg 5893.21 - Darcy Worcester Photograph Collection - View From Top Shrine Of Remembrance Melbourne Government House Side.jpg 5893.22 - Darcy Worcester Photograph Collection - View From Top Shrine Of Remembrance Melbourne Looking North West.jpg 5893.23 - Darcy Worcester Photograph Collection - View From Top Shrine Of Remembrance Melbourne Looking South.jpg 5893.24 - Darcy Worcester Photograph Collection - View From Top Shrine Of Remembrance Melbourne Looking West.jpg 5893.25 - Darcy Worcester Photograph Collection - View From Top Shrine Of Remembrance Melbourne Looking North.jpg 5893.26 - Darcy Worcester Photograph Collection - Flinders Street Station Flinders Street Cnr Swanston Street Melbourne.jpg 5893.27 - Darcy Worcester Photograph Collection - Old House In Melbourne East.jpg 5893.28 - Darcy Worcester Photograph Collection - Pt. Londsale.jpg 5893.29 - Darcy Worcester Photograph Collection - Unlabelled.jpg 5893.30 - Darcy Worcester Photograph Collection - Botanical Gardens Melbourne.jpg 5893.31 - Darcy Worcester Photograph Collection - Derrimut Farm.jpg 5893.32 - Darcy Worcester Photograph Collection - Derrimut Farm.jpg 5893.33 - Darcy Worcester Photograph Collection - Derrimut Farm.jpg 5893.34 - Darcy Worcester Photograph Collection - Mt. Macedon Cross.jpg 5893.35 - Darcy Worcester Photograph Collection - Moondah Mansion Mount Eliza.jpg 5893.36 - Darcy Worcester Photograph Collection - Unlabelled.jpgici, deer park kindergarten, ici recreation club, exhibition gardens, exhibition building, government house, shrine of remembrance, flinders street station, mt. derrimut farm, mt. macedon cross, station road, ballarat road, millbank road, deer park, melbourne, mt. macedon, mt. derriut, derrimut

The two storey The Hunt Club Hotel was built in 1886, replacing a much earlier single storey hotel from the 1850's, that burnt down the same year. In 1982, the City of Sunshine purchased the historic Hunt Club Hotel and surrounding land from ICI. The building was then repurposed by the Brimbank City Council and opened in 1985 as a community arts precinct offering art classes, exhibitions, artist studios, community arts projects, a garden amphitheatre for performances and rooms for hire for community and business groups.The Hunt Club Community Arts Centre is located in one of the few surviving 19th‑century buildings in Deer Park and surrounding district.Metal sign painted green with white writing.Brimbank City Council Hunt Club Community Arts Centre Office Hours Monday to Friday 9:30am to 4:30pm 92494800 Emergency After Hours Ph 9249 400the hunt club and community arts centre, ballarat road, deer park

No formal name has been assigned to this reserve. From research, which is still to be confirmed, it is believed the Deer Park Lions Club installed the infrastructure in the area, which includes the wooden path, table and bench seat, therefore for convenience we will refer to it as the Lions Club Reserve. Situated on the west bank of the Kororoit Creek, it lies directly opposite the Deer Park Hotel, where a swimming hole once enjoyed popularity among the early residents of Deer Park. Unfortunately, as the surrounding areas were developed for residential and industrial requirements, along came pollution that made these holes unsafe to swim in. The use of these holes were discouraged in the mid 1900's and subsequently the local Councils of the district started to provide man made swimming pools such as the ones located in Sunshine and St. Albans. Today, now an almost forgotten location in Deer Park, the water hole provides a tranquil location for visitors to relax and watch the creek slowly flowing past and the birdlife that frequent the area.Water holes along the Kororoit Creek and Maribyrnong River were once used for providing drinking water, relaxation, recreation sport and spots to cool off on the long summer days.5651.01 - Lions Club Reserve Kororoit Creek West Bank Deer Park 2021 Photo 23.JPG 5651.02 - Lions Club Reserve Kororoit Creek West Bank Deer Park 2021 Photo 17.JPG 5651.03 - Lions Club Reserve Kororoit Creek West Bank Deer Park 2021 Photo 19.JPG 5651.04 - Lions Club Reserve Kororoit Creek West Bank Deer Park 2021 Photo 20.JPG 5651.05 - Lions Club Reserve Kororoit Creek West Bank Deer Park 2021 Photo 21.JPG ballarat road, deer park, kororoit creek, deer park lions club

Donated to the Society by the Sunshine Library. Many of the photographs have been used in displaysNewman J : Blacksmith and Wheelwright Ballarat Rd Braybrook H.V. McKay Workers : hats on and off H.V. McKay : Highland band in front of his home at Toorak Sunshine Harvester Works : ploughs tractors etc Harrison men : Harrison's Fram Werribee RSS & AILA Sunshine (Returned Sailors' Soldiers' & Airmen's Imperial League of Australia (RSL R.S.L.) Coles Hampshire Rd Sunshine Opening Day C1951 (Replaced the store of JW McGrath & Co) ICI Deer Park C1920's|Old Braybrook Shire Hall Hunt Club Hotel Deer Park House photos and street photograph perhaps of Sunshine includes 179 Morris St Sunshine Melbourne Meat Preserving Works (later Hume Site) Maribyrnong River Raleigh's Castle Maribyrnong River (Highpoint West nowadays) Maribyrnong Swimming Club and Syd Dunne 1921 AIF Lighthorse Camp or Remount Depot Maribyrnong C1920 (Later ordinance factory site) Riverview Tea Gardens Tennis Etc Maribyrnong River Angler's Hotel Maribyrnong River Maribyrnong River near Ordinance Factory area early 1900's Maribyrnong River in flood 1906|Other area of Maribyrnong River photos Female workers Women hand sewing gloves ammunition workers Kororoit Creek in flood with Parson's house and horsehair factory in the black ground Gum tree and sheds