The first Sunbury Community Health Centre was built on the corner of Horne Street and Gap Road in a temporary building. As result of further funding in 1974, a permanent building was erected and opened in 1981 and operated from that site until 2000 when it was relocated into a larger and more modern building on the former Sunbury Primary School site in Macedon Street to accommodate Sunbury's expanding population and needs.It now operates under the name of Sunbury and Cobaw Community Health Centre. The old building was demolished and replaced with a fast-food outlet.A non-digital coloured photograph of the Sunbury Community Health Centre showing the notice board displayed in the front giving phone details and parking area.sunbury community health centre, health centres, gap road, horne street

Three black & white photos of: Robert Henry Beddoe & family RH&FG Beddoe business premises and Beddoe wood yard on corner Horne St & Glenhuntly Rd Elsternwick. Photograph taken 18/04/1916 All photos have unattributed, undated notes on reversebeddoe robert henry, beddoe ella mary, beddoe charles crichton, beddoe tysae, beddoe archibald, beddoe fg, merchants, wood carters, glenhuntly road, elsternwick, wall geo, photographers, beddoe wood yard, horne street, carriers, coles store, young charles, beddoe francis george

In 2000 work commenced on the further development of railway land on the west side of Sunbury station for the construction of commercial and entertainment facilities. Prior to this time the land had been undeveloped and was often used to accommodate visiting circus troupes. Cereal storage silos also occupied this area for some time. The development of this area has been a reflection of the rapid expansion of settlement within Sunbury and surrounding areas that occurred during the latter years of the twentieth century.A non-digital coloured photograph of a fenced off area undergoing development with earthmoving equipment and trucks in operation and some commercial buildings visible in the middle distance.sunbury railway station, horne street

The open area in the foreground was part of railway land on the west side of Sunbury Station along Horne Street. The initial preparations to develop the area into a commercial and entertainment precinct were just commencing. The development that took place on this site was indicative of the growth that was taking place in Sunbury in the early 2000sA non-digital coloured photograph of an open area fenced off with temporary netting in preparation for construction work. A set of traffic lights are on the RHS of the photograph and a building is in the middle distance.sunbury railway station

A coloured photograph of Cornish Street, looking west taken from Horne Street, with an avenue of pine trees on either side of the road. There is a roundabout at the first intersection and Mt. Holden can be seen in the distance.cornish street, horne street, mt. holden, george evans collection

The photograph was taken after Coles Supermarket and Sunbury Shopping Square were constructed on the railway land on the east side of the line in 1989, but before the Safeway-Woolworths complex was built in 2000 on the west side of the railway line. The open land on the west side of the line was used by rail communters as a car park.A coloured photograph showing part of the T intersection at Cornish and Horne Streets. A large pine tree is growing at the corner immediately in front of a pedestrian crossing. The railway car park, metal water tower and Coles Supermarket are in the background. A boy is walking along the footpath.cornish street, horne street, water towers, coles supermarket, sunbury railway station, george evans collection

Over the years, this building, at the corner of Neill and Horne Streets, has had a number of uses. The original weatherboard structure was a farmhouse before the surrounding farmland was subdivided. It then became a private house. In the 1990s the brick section was added and the building was an x- ray centre. Some time after 2010 it was demolished, along with a number of other adjacent cottages in Horne Street, to make way for a drive-in commercial centre.A non-digital coloured photograph of a partial view of a sizeable house that has been built in stages with the remains of an unpainted wooden picket fence in the front and low growing shrubs in the garden. One section of the building is a brick structure with a pitched red corrugated iron/colourbond roof and the second section is built from cream painted weatherboards. A metal porch connects the two sections and a low ramp leads to the front door.neill street, horne street, housing, medical centres, sunbury

The commercial development was built along Horne Street between Mitchells Lane and Neill Street in 2000 on land that had been open space. This development was one of many that reflected the growth of Sunbury from a country town to an outer suburb of Melbourne.A non-digital coloured photograph of a commercial centre with cars parked in the designated area in front of the businesses. Along the roadside and bordering the footpath are large gum trees. horne street, neill street, mitchells lane, pasley street, sunbury, commercial development

The photograph was taken looking towards Jacksons Hill at the T intersection of Mitchells Lane and when Vineyard Road becomes Horne Street, before there was a lot of commercial development at that intersection and on Jacksons Hill.A coloured photograph of an intersection where a small car is waiting to go ahead. Some cars are parked in an allotment outside building on the opposite side of the road.jacksons hill, mitchells lane, vineyard road., horne street, sunbury

The Shire of Bulla received a grant of $88,000 from the Federal Government on 14th March 1974. A public meeting was called to discuss how the funds would be used. After much discussion it was decided to establish a Community Health Centre for Sunbury and surrounding areas. In 1975, a new building opened on the corner of Gap Road and Horne Street. In 2000 as the health needs of the area increased the Community Health Centre relocated to a more modern building on the former Sunbury Primary School site in Macedon Street. The Horne Street building was sold to developers and a fast-food outlet now occupies the site.Over the years the Sunbury Community Health Centre has provided many important health related services for the community.A non-digital coloured photograph of an L shaped building with a low pitched roof and a trellis covering the front view of the building. A notice board attached to the trellis gives the details of a podiatry practice.sunbury community health centre, sunbury cobaw health centre, health centres, horne street, gap road, sunbury

This is one of a number of cottages that were in Horne Street, Sunbury and have been demolished to make way for commercial development. It was built at no.30 at the corner of Horne and Cornish Streets some time in the 1930s. Originally it was a house for railway employees working at Sunbury. In later years it was a private house. It was demolished in the early 2010s. A car wash facility now stands on the site.A non-digital coloured photograph of a double fronted fibrocement house with a corrugated iron roof and navy blue trim around the sash windows and the guttering. A partial view of a garage is on the LHS and a large elm tree is growing on the front nature strip.horne street, cornish street, sunbury, railway houses

In the early 1990s, open land which was situated on the west side of Sunbury Railway Station and fronting on to Horne Street, underwent development with Big W and Safeway stores, a theatre complex, car park and other businesses built on the site.For many years the open land on the west side of Sunbury Railway Station was the venue for travelling circus groups. A wheat silo, which local cereal crop farmers used to store their wheat, occupied some of the land.A non-digital coloured photograph of the rear view of a Safeway store and 7 cars in the adjoining carpark.sunbury railway station, commercial development, horne street, sunbury

The photograph of Sunbury was taken from the pedestrian bridge at the railway station and is looking NW to Horne Street and beyond. The water tower in the foreground was used to pump water into the steam train engines. The commercial development on the site was built shortly before this photograph was taken.A non - digital coloured photograph of an elevated view of Sunbury with a metal water tower in the foreground and a car park with commercial buildings in the middle distance.sunbury, sunbury railway station, horne street

For a few years a wheat silo was erected on railway land on the west side of the Sunbury line. The photograph was taken in Evans Street looking across to Horne Street and the hill in the distance is Mount Holden. Just beyond the two elm trees was the former sports ground, that was used before the Clarke Oval was built. Local farmers used the silo to store their grain before it was transported to other destinations either by rail or road. The silo was dismantled in the 1980s to make way for commercial development on the site. Cereal growing was one of the agricultural pursuits practised in the area around Sunbury until the land was sold and developed for housing. A scanned coloured photograph of a wheat silo erected in an open area with some cottages and a bare hillside visible in the background. Two bare elm trees are in the foreground.wheat silos, sunbury railway line, horne street, evans street

Excavation work began to remove the grasslands and trees on the railway land on the west side of the Sunbury Station to make way for commercial development on that side of the line.A non-digital coloured photograph of excavation work in operation on land which has cyclone fencing around its perimeter. There are buildings in the middle distance beyond the work site.sunbury railway station

On 17th December 1985 record torrential rain fell in Sunbury, which flooded the main Melbourne Bendigo rail line and disrupted traffic. The photograph is looking to the north of the station and takes in the historic Macedon Street bridge and the open ground with the storage silo on the west side of the railway line. A non-digital coloured photograph of a former V Line train stopped at a station where the railway line has been flooded. A storage silo occupies vacant ground adjacent to the railway line.sunbury railway station, storage silos, horne street

The hay shed was sited on railway land fronting onto Evans Street and near Station Street. Retail shops including Harris Scarf now occupy the site. The pine trees in the background were along Horne Street.The hay was stored in this building before being transported.Cereal growing was one of the agricultural activities carried out in the Sunbury area.A scanned print of an old black and white photograph of a corrugated shed with hay bales stacked at the rear of the building. A 1960s sedan car is parked in front of the building and there is a smaller shed in the background.hay shed, railways, sunbury station, evans street, horne street

The train crash pictured in the photograph occurred at Sunbury between the station and the Station Street level crossing on 6th February 1952 at around 10pm. The goods train, pulled by a green locomotive, ran into the back of another stationary goods train on the rail line. The guard, A.C Read, in the stationary goods train was killed. P. J. McWhirter, the guard in the other train was injured.Over the years there have been a number of train smashes in the vicinity of Sunbury Station. The rail service runs from the river town of Echuca and then on to Bendigo and Melbourne. Since its inception in 1861, a lot of rail traffic both passenger and freight has been transported along this rail line.A non-digital black and white photograph of a train accident involving a goods train with some of the carriages smashed and lying on their sides. A level crossing is a short distance from the crash and open land on either side of the rail tracks is in the distance. Nine men are working at the scene of the crash. The tree-lined street in the background is Horne Street.train smashes, goods freight, sunbury railway line, sunbury station

The railway land between Horne Street and the railway line was developed for commercial and industrial purposes during the late 1970s and early 1980s. The former Shire of Bulla developed much of this area and leased the space to private companies.A coloured photograph with rounded corners of 4 brick factory units. There is a large digger on the RHS. The area in front of the units has been paved but the remaining area is unsealed.factories, industrial estates, shire of bulla, george evans collection

The photograph is of Gap Road just west of Horne Street in Sunbury. The open ground on the RHS is on the corner of Pasley Street and was taken before the adjoining blue stone cottage was demolished. In 2020 the cottage was demolished and a large medical centre, complete with car parking was built on the property.Gap Road is one of Sunbury's main roads and is the quickest route to take from the town to the Calder Highway and on to Bendigo.A non-digital coloured photograph of a main road with a bus stop in the foreground and some open ground on the RHS of the image. gap road, pasley street, medical centre, sunbury

The train smash occurred in Sunbury between the Station Street level rail crossing and Sunbury Station on February 6th 1952 at around 10pm. The goods train was being pulled by the green locomotive, which was used to take the Jubilee train throughout Victoria in 1951, to acknowledge 125 of European settlement in Victoria, ran into the back of another stationary goods train on the rail line. The guard, A.C Read, in the stationary goods train was killed. P J Mcwhirter, the guard in the other train was injured. The tree lined street in the background is Horne Street.This smash was one of a number that have happened along the Sunbury rail line and in the vicinity of Sunbury Station over the years.A black and white photograph with a white border of a train smash which wrecked a steam engine and carriages. Workmen are on the tracks surveying the wreckage. A rail crossing is in the background.jubilee train, train crashes, station street, sunbury railway station, a c read, p j mcwhirter

The old Sunbury CFA station was situated in Evans Street where part of the Sunbury Shopping Square has been built. It was opened on that site in 1914. In 1969 a newer fire station was built in Evans Street on the opposite side of the road and closer to Macedon Street. From 1969 until 1978 the old fire station became a scout hall. In the early 2000s two new fire stations were built away from the main shopping area. One was built in Jackson Street, opposite the Ball Court Hotel and the other one was built on the corner of Gap Road and Elizabeth Drive. By locating them out of the immediate shopping centre which had become quite busy, it meant that access in and out of the new stations was quicker. The butter factory in Horne Street is on the RHS and the former public tennis courts are on the LHS of the photograph.A coloured photograph of the CFA firemen standing outside the former CFA building. The bell tower is on the LHS of the building.country fire authority, fire fighters, sunbury fire station, butter factory, tennis courts, george evans collection

This is a reproduction of the original 1897 Captains' petition to build a Central Institute on the Yarra river. "To the Executive Committee of the Victorian Seamen's Mission, Melbourne. "Ladies and Gentleman, "We, the undersigned captains of several ships now lying at the Melbourne wharves think it most desirable that the Victorian Seamen's Mission, being the mission that has for so many years shown a most part their interest in the spiritual, moral, and social well-being of the seamen of all nationalities, shall him on the banks of the Yarra an institute such as that at Port Melbourne, where sailors of every grade could profitably and pleasantly spend their evenings. At almost every other seaport in the world such institutions are being provided for seamen, and we are satisfied from our opinion of the Melbourne public that the matter needs only to be prominently brought under their notice to be accomplished. We are confident that the good work of the mission is being hampered by its not having such a place near the shipping at the Melbourne wharves. Our crews are at present placed at a great dis advantage through not having an institute more convenient to the scene of their labours than that at Port Melbourne, which, on a very wet or a very hot, is not easily reached. If a site could be obtained immediately above the Gasworks but on the other side of Flinders street extension, that is to say, on the lower part of the land on which the Harbour Trust offices are built, it would be most convenient for the shipping on both the north and south side of the river. Trusting that it may be possible to do some thing to meet this long felt want, We suscribe ourselves, Yours respectfully, Geo.H Steven, master ship Dharwar; Thos. Curd, master ship Narcissus; James Horne, master ship Loch Garry; T.Tait, master ship Loch Ryan; T. Nilsen, master ship Hebe; G. Ch Christian, master ship Anna; R.E. Peasley, master ship Seminole; Wm. Martin, master ship Loch Ness; T.C. Martin, master ship Loch Tay; W.H. Bennett, master ship Loch Vennachar; J. Raglan Brodie, master s.s. Warrnambool; James E. Coles, master ship Mermerus; J. H. Walker, master ship Hinemoa; R.J. Johns, master ship Ariel; D. Gorchem (sic. Gerckens), master ship Matador; H. Petersen, master ship Nesaia; Wm. J. Reid, master s.s. Star of New Zealand; A. F. Svhanstrom, master ship Hermes; Alex. Smith, master ship Sophocles; W. Y. Bunn, master ship Carmanian; William Anderson, master ship Loch Katrine."Framed and mounted reproduction of Captains' petitionpetition, seamen's mission, yarra river, captains, victoria, melbourne, ships, australia-wharf, signatures, 717-flinders-street-docklands, maritime welfare services, mission to seafarers, mission to seamen, mermerus, captain coles, sir john coode, loch line, loch ness, loch gary, loch ryan, ss warrnambool, loch tay, loch vennachar, matador, nesaia, d. gerckens, h. petersen, a.f. svhanstrom, hermes, ariel, loch katrine, william anderson, dharwar, narcissus, hebe, anna, hinemoa, sophocles, carmanian, early origins, 2016, exhibitions

Hilda Horne (b 06/05/1888 in Yendon) was the 10th child of Thomas William Watson and Emma Eliza Jane Phillips (who was one of the first white children born in the Barrabool Hills area (Geelong). Thomas worked on the Victorian Railways and was stationed at Yendon where they acquired a small farmlet named Graceland. Hilda married George Horne in. They lived in a small cottage in Windermere Street, Ballarat.Three black and white photographs of the Horne family .1 Hilda Horne b Watson 06/05/1888 at Yendon, the daughter of Thomas William and Emma Eliza Jane (b Phillips)Watson. .2 Three Watson sisters - Emma Jacka b Watson 30/08/1866 - 03/04/1904, died in childbirth in South Africa (standing); Hilda Horne b Watson 06/05/1888 (seated L); Eva Watson b 4/06/1890 - 08/07/1959 (seated R) married Leo Wise. .3 George Horne aged 6 months, married Hilda Watson..1 Verso: upper Hilda 1910 Horne; Jack in pencil (her brother John Richard Watson) .2 Verso: upper L - The Yeoman Studios ; C- POST CARD; R - postage stamp outline. CORRESPONDENCE / ADRESS ONLY LHS - handwritten "To Jack with love from Eva"; All Watson sisters; RHS Emma Batt( believe incorrect surname) Eva Watson Hilda Horne .3 Verso: Upper L - Eden Studios; C POST CARD; R - postage stamp outline CORRESPONDENCE / ADDRESS ONLY LHS - EDEN STUDIO Sturt Street Ballarat; handwritten in biro -George Horne; in pencil - Georgie 6 months hilda horne, hilda watson, eva watson, emma jacka, emma watson, eden studio, the yeoman studios, yeoman & co