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Sunbury Family History and Heritage Society Inc.
Photograph, Woodlands Homestead, c1990
... Oaklands Junction...Oaklands Junction, Victoria, Australia.... Woodlands Park Woodlands Homestead Oaklands Junction Shire of Bulla ...Woodlands Homestead is the building in the photograph and the people standing at the entrance must have been invited by the former Shire of Bulla to visit the property when it became a tourist attraction. Des. Dumbrell, the gentleman wearing the light safari suit and standing in the front was one of the local councillors when Woodlands was opened to the public in the 1990. The park later became a home for retired racehorses.Woodlands Park became a popular tourist park within the area with many varied attractions which include the prefabricated homestead, native fauna and flora and mt. Gellibrand, the highest point in the park. A non-digital black and white photograph with a cream border, of a partial view of the entrance to a homestead built from stone with a galvanised roof. Nineteen people are gathered as a group at the main entrance. A palm tree is immediately behind the group with larger trees in the background.woodlands park, woodlands homestead, oaklands junction, shire of bulla -
Hume City Civic Collection
Photograph, Early 1980's
... Oaklands Junction, Victoria, Australia ...The mud brick cottage and outbuilding was possibly built by James Waylett in the 1850's and it is only one of three remaining mud brick buildings in the Oaklands-Greenvale which were constructed in the late 19th Century.A coloured photograph of farm scene. A dam is in the foreground and the remains of a mud brick cottage and timber and corrugated building in the middle distance. Further farm buildings can be seen in the distance.mud brick buildings, waylett, james, farm buildings, sherwood, somerton road, oaklands hunt club, george evans collection -
Sunbury Family History and Heritage Society Inc.
Photograph, Painting with lime wash, 1992
... Oaklands Junction, Victoria, Australia ...In 1992 the children from the Bulla Primary School had an excursion to Woodlands Park for a Colonial Day where they were introduced to old crafts and skills. In this photograph the children were painting a shed using lime wash instead of commercially produced paint.The purpose of this school excursion was to introduce the children to day to day living in colonial times in Australia by giving them a hands on experience in a number of crafts and leisure time pursuits.A coloured photograph of five children painting a shed wall under the supervision of an adult. One person is mixing the paint while three others are doing the painting.bulla primary school, woodlands park, school excursions, colonial crafts -
Hume City Civic Collection
Photograph, Early 1990's
... of a bluestone quarry on the 'Oaklands' property at Oaklands Junction.... of a bluestone quarry on the 'Oaklands' property at Oaklands Junction ...This is a photograph of one of the many stone ruins which can be seen in the Sunbury area and surrounding districts. These ruins are found in varying degrees of structural damage caused by erosion, vegetation growth and vandalism. This is the remains of a bluestone quarry on the 'Oaklands' property at Oaklands Junction.A coloured photograph in portrait format of a basalt rock ruined structure which has been dug into a hillside with a line of trees in the background.stone structures, oaklands quarry, george evans collection -
Sunbury Family History and Heritage Society Inc.
Photograph, Chapel Bulla
... 'Narbonne' at Oaklands Junction until 1876, the permanent church... services at the Daniel property 'Narbonne' at Oaklands Junction ...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