The three brick shops were part of the later commercial development which emerged along O'Shanassy Street. These shops were built on the northern side of Brook Street. Earlier commercial development was confined to the south side of Brook Street.A coloured photograph of a street scape in O'Shanassy Street showing three shop fronts. At the time the photograph was taken the shops were occupied by Kilkenny Real Estate Agent, Camera Action and Heron Electrics. There is a roof top patio area above the camera shop and two treated pine rails are along the nature strip.o'shanassy street, sunbury, kilkenny real estate, camera action, heron electrics, george evans collection

The Bendigo Bank in Sunbury was built on the site of the Boardman news office and General Store. It is situated on the corner of Brook and O'Shanassy Streets. Image on this Data Base, P0868 is a photograph of the former Boardman News Office on the same site.A coloured photograph of a modern building occupied by the Bendigo Bank in a shopping centre.brook street, o'shanassy street, sunbury, shopping centres, arthur boardman, sunbury news

This is a photograph of St. Mary's Anglican Church in Sunbury, which is located in O'Shanassy Street in Sunbury. The congregation celebrated the official opening of their church in 1867. Services are still conducted in the church. It is one of two churches that are situated in The Village Green.St. Mary's Church of England is one of the oldest churches in the district.A scanned copy of an old black and white photograph of a simple Gothic style bluestone church with a slate roof. A wooden fence and gates are in the foreground of the building. The photograph has a cream border.st. mary's church of england., sunbury, o'shanassy street, sunbury village green

These are the original wrought iron gates which served as the entrance to St. Andrews Uniting Church, formerly St.Andrews Presbyterian Church. They were erected there in 1922 and were made at H.V.McKay's Sunshine Harvester foundry, at Sunshine. H.V McKay was a member of the Presbyterian Church in Sunbury. Originally the gates opened onto Stawell Street, which ran at an angle between O'Shanassy and Barkly Streets. Apart from a small area leading to the Memorial Hall the rest of Stawell Street has been incorporated in the Village Green in Sunbury.The gates were restored and erected on their original site in 2000. A scanned coloured photograph of white painted wrought iron double gates with two smaller gates on either side and supported by stone pillars. A church building is just beyond a grassed area.st. andrews church, st. andrew's uniting church, wrought iron gates

The Edwardian style house, built in the early years of the 20th century, is at 181 O'Shanassy Street, Sunbury and for a time it was the residence of former Shire of Bulla, Shire Engineer, John McKerrow. Over the years it has a number of owners and has been well maintained. A non-digital coloured photograph of an Edwardian style weatherboard house with a corrugated iron roof. It was originally a double fronted house but an addition was built on the right side of the house at a later date. The middle section of the house extends with a bay window. The house is painted cream with brown trim. Across the front is a picket fence.o'shanassy street, edwardian homes, john mckerrow, houses

The Sunbury News Office was established by the Boardman family initially in Brook Street closer to the station. In 1880 Arthur Boardman opened a bookshop and news agency and in 1882, he printed the first issue of the Sunbury News.The building was on the SW corner of Brook and O'Shanassy Streets. Members of the Boardman family also ran the adjacent business. The Sunbury News was the local paper for residents until the late 1960s A non-digital black and white photograph with a cream border of a weatherboard news office building with six men standing the front. Three of the men are wearing white aprons. An attached building with a verandah is on the RHS of the office building.sunbury news, arthur boardman, brook street, o'shanassy street

The house was at 175 O'Shanassy Street, Sunbury and was one of the first houses to be built there. It was listed in the Shire of Bulla Heritage Study as being of local heritage importance but was demolished in the early 2000s to make way for unit development on the block. For some time after the Sunbury Asylum closed in 1994, the house was a community cottage for former Asylum residents.This is one of a number of older houses built on large housing blocks in Sunbury, that have been demolished to make way for unit development.A non-digital coloured photograph of a double-fronted weatherboard cottage with a front verandah and a hipped corrugated iron roof. Some tall shrubs are growing in the front and there is a new cyclone wire front fence. The main colour is cream with a darker cream and bottle green trim.o'shanassy street, victorian cottages, sunbury, weatherboard houses

This is an early photograph of St. Mary's Anglican Church in Sunbury. On 13th October 1863, the Government granted one acre of land on the corner of Stawell and O'Shanassy Streets for the building of a church. he first service was held on 24th November 1867. After that date subsequent additions were made. The gas lamp outside the church indicates that the photograph was taken before electric power was installed in Sunbury. St. Mary's Anglican Church is one of the earliest places of worship to be built in Sunbury.A non-digital sepia post card photograph of a small bluestone church with a slate roof with a wooden picket fence and two gates across the front. A gas lamp is on the pathway. Peter Collett's signature is on the back as well as a sticker with number 7 written on itst. mary's church of england., o'shanassy street, stawell street

The people are looking at a photographic display mounted by the former members of the Sunbury & District Heritage Association. The event was the Sunbury Fair, which was staged on the Sunbury Village Green every year in March. A parade through the town took place in the morning and in the afternoon, community groups mounted displays on the Village Green. The Sunbury Fair was a popular community annual event that had wide support in the town.A coloured photograph of people looking at a display of photographs in an outdoor area.sunbury fair, sunbury & district heritage association, village green

The group of men in the photograph were marching in file along Brook Street and were making their way to the War Memorial in Stawell Street on Anzac Day. They were approaching the intersection of Brook, O'Shanassy and Stawell Streets, known locally as the 5 ways. Every year returned soldiers march in Sunbury on Anzac Day before the service that takes place in the memorial area on the Village Green.A non-digital sepia photograph with a cream border of men dressed in suits and hats marching in file along a tree-lined street. One man holds a wreath to place on a memorial. A service station with petrol pump are to the RHS of the photograph.The words 'Kodak Print' and S579 are stamped on the back of the photograph.war memorials, anzac day, brook street, stawell street, o'shanassy street, marches

The Federation style house was the former vicarage for St. Mary's Church in O' Shanassy Street, Sunbury. It replaced the former 'Priorswood' vicarage, which was in Station Street about a mile from the church. The foundation stone for the new vicarage was laid by Mrs. Russell Clarke on 21st February 1914 and was opened by His Grace the Archbishop of Melbourne on 10th June 1914. A non-digital black and white photograph with a cream border across the top and base of the image off a brick federation style home with a corrugated iron roof. It has a return verandah with a decorative wooden trip under the eaves. A car is parked in the street by the gate and there are two buildings behind the house.st. mary's church of england, sunbury, vicarages, o'shanassy street

This vicarage to be built for St. Mary's Church in O' Shanassy Street, Sunbury. It replaced Priorswood which was over a kilometre from the church. It was demolished in the 1960s to be replaced by a modern brick residence, which in turn was demolished to make way for the building of 8 Oaks Community Centre.A non-digital back and white photograph of Federation style brick house with a corrugated iron roof. There is a white post and rail front fence and a 1920s vintage car is parked on the verge.vicarages, st. mary's vicarage, o'shanassy street, sunbury, st. mary's church of england

A copy of one of the few postcards of Sunbury produced in the 1950s. It may have been produced for the 'Back to Sunbury' celebrations in 1952.A photocopy of a postcard showing the Royal Hotel on the corner of Evans Street and Brook Street looking east towards O'Shanassy Street. Two men are standing on the corner and the roads are not made and there are cars parked along the footpath.S. DAVIES SERIES NO 6 BROOK STREET SUNBURYbrook street, sunbury, hotels, evans street, postcards, festivals and celebrations, men, clothing and dress, transport, royal hotel, 1950s, george evans collection

The Sunbury bakery which was in O'Shanassy Street was demolished in the 1970s to make way for newer retail development. Bakery Walk off O'Shanassy Street defines the vicinity of the former bakery site.A black and white photograph of a demolished bakery. Two men standing above the oven on the RHS with a heap of rubble in the foreground.bakeries, bread making, bakery walk, george evans collection

The people in Sunbury were celebrating the end of World War 1. They gathered at the junction of Stawell, Brook and O'Shanassy Streets and around the Starkey Fountain which was the original site of the fountain.The World War 1 Armistice was an important world event and was celebrated in many countries in 1918 - 1919.A non-digital copy of a sepia photograph of a group of people celebrating outdoors/ world war 1, celebrations, starkey fountain

The grand home is the first Church of England vicarage, 'Priorswood' to be built in Sunbury. It was sited at the east end of Station Street on Vicarage Hill and about a kilometre from St. Mary's Church in O'Shanassy Street. The distance between the two buildings presented a problem especially when the vicar had to negotiate a natural waterway across the lower end of Station Street after heavy rain. In 1914 a new Federation style vicarage was built adjacent to the church in O'Shanassy Street and was replaced in the 1960s with a more modern building, which was demolished in the 2020s to make way for 8 Oaks Community Centre.'Priorswood' is now a private home and has a local heritage listing.A print of a non-digital black and white photograph of a Gothic style brick home with a slate roof.'priorswood' vicarage, st. mary's church of england., sunbury, vicarages

The weatherboard house is one of the six weatherboard cottages which were built on the east side of O'Shanassy Street in the early 1900s. It has been listed in the Heritage Study in 1998. Scheduled as having some significance and recommended for further investigation.A coloured photograph of a weatherboard Victorian cottage with an overhanging verandah across the double fronted building. The weatherboard walls are painted biscuit and the window and door frames are tan. A wooden tile trim painted in biscuit, tan and dark green. There are two stepped chimneys protruding from the white painted corrugated iron roof. The overgrown garden has low growing trees and shrubs.george evans collection

It is a photograph of the Sunbury Football team possibly taken in the 1940-1950s decades when the matches were played on land bounded by Shields, Evans, Harker and O'Shanassy Streets. A football team was formed in the early 1890s and in 1892 was known as 'The Swifts'.A non- digital black and white photograph of a football team.football, australian rules football, sunbury football club

As Sunbury grew from a country town to an outer suburb the town centre and shopping centre expanded along Evans and O'Shanassy Streets. The Victorian cottage on the LHS of the photograph has been demolished and a KFC complex has been built in its place.A coloured photograph of Evans Street looking south with one of the remaining Victorian cottages on the LHS and angle parking areas along the curbside. The elm trees on the LHS of the road have been severely pruned. The roof top of the Sunbury Shopping Square is on the RHS above the treeline.shopping centres, sunbury shopping square, evans street, george evans collection

The building is the Sunbury News Office after the business moved to larger premises on the SW corner of Brook and O'Shanassy Street. In its new location, the Boardman family ran the news office and a general store in the adjacent shop.See entry P0868 for further information.A non-digital black and white photograph with a cream border of three men standing outside a weatherboard news office and a shop.

The Boardman family were local business people in Sunbury, who were storekeepers and also produced the local newspaper. Their original building was in Brook Street near the railway station but they later located their business further down in Brook Street on the corner of O'Shanassy Street. A black and white photograph with a cream border of a news office, store and cottage with a picket fence. The buildings are weatherboard with corrugated iron roofs.A young tree surrounded by a tree guard has been planted on the footpath between the cottage and shop.Two men and two ladies and a boy are standing in front of the buildings on the unmade road. A boy on horseback is alsoweith the group.j.a. boardman, sunbury news office, businesses., brook street

J.S Boardman was a local businessman who ran and produced the local newspaper until it closed down in the 1960s. The Boardman store and newspaper office was originally sited in Brook Street near the railway station but it was later relocated to a site on the SW corner of Brook and O'Shanassy Street.A black and white phitograph with a cream border of a weatherboard store with seven males standing in front of the building .The building has a verandah and two side entrances. Three off the men are wearing white work aprons and the others are dressed in suits.boardman j s., sunbury news office, country stores, businesses.

In the 1950s there was a move to bring some light industries into Sunbury. The large building in Barkly Street, which was used to make gloves and other items of clothing was taken over by the Yakka Company and boys shorts were made there. In the 1960s the Yakka Company moved to new and larger premises in Broadmeadows resulting in the closure of the Sunbury factory. A car park which services the business owners and employees from O'Shanassy Street now occupies the site.The Yakka Factory was one of the early manufacturing ventures to be started in Sunbury.A non-digital scanned copy of a coloured photograph of a large shed-like building with two utility trucks parked in the street in front of the building. There are some tall shrubs on either side of the building and a tall electric light pole on the RHS of the picture.He photograph has a narrow cream border.yakka factory, barkly street, manufacturing

The older fenced-off grave without a headstone is that of Cornelius Ford who had a private funeral when he was buried in Sunbury Cemetery on 7 December 1908, aged seventy-one. He is buried in Section H, plots 1 - 4. The registrar was McMahon and the undertaker was Trask. Cornelius Trask conducted a butcher's business in Brook Street and O'Shanassy Street. He also worked for some time as a publican at the Ball Court Hotel. He was also known as Gus.A non-digital black and white photograph of a recently dug grave in readiness for an internment. A short distance from the recently dug grave is a fenced-off grave without a headstone. There are a number of graves with headstones in the middle distance.ford, cornelius., sunbury cemetery

The fountain was erected at the entrance to the Village Green in Sunbury adjacent to the corner of O'Shanassy and Brook Streets in 2017. It replaced a former one that had been damaged. In past times a fountain was erected in the middle of the intersection of O'Shanassy, Stawell and Brook Streets but was relocated to a memorial reserve within the Village Green.For many years a fountain stood near the present one and has been feature in the Sunbury township. A coloured photograph of an attractive fountain with a circular base in an open parkland.sunbury village green, fountains

In the early 1980s, the CBD of Sunbury bounded by Evans, Brook, O'Shanassy and Station Streets underwent major redevelopment. The photograph was taken in the centre of this developed area.A black and white photograph of a small shopping complex showing a craft shop and a coffee lounge. Five people are at the entrance of the small arcade.shopping centres, bakery walk, link arcade, let's be crafty, suzanne's coffee lounge, george evans collection

The Starkie drinking fountain was erected to commemorate the work done by Joseph Starkie to formation of the Sunbury Waterworks Trust in 1905. This later led to the establishment of a water supply system in Sunbury. Originally the fountain was at the intersection of O'Shanassy and Brook Streets. As the shopping centre expanded, the fountain was moved to a reserve in the Village Green. The establishment of a town water supply system in Sunbury in the early years of the nineteenth century was quite an achievement.A coloured photograph of a drinking fountain set in a grassed area. Parked cars can be seen in the background.sunbury waterworks trust, joseph starkie