The Sunshine business area has undergone major change from industrial manufacturing to retail. This aerial photograph shows the industrial areas that existed on both sides of Hampshire Road in 1982, and which have since been replaced by two shopping centres and the library building. The photograph also shows the old swimming pool, and retail outlets that no longer exist such as Waltons, Clark Rubber, Fosseys and the original Safeway store. It also shows a vacant land where the current Centrelink office now exists. The photograph was originally used as a promotion for the Sunshine Centre Plaza retail complex.This photograph is a historical record of what part of Sunshine looked like 3 decades ago.Sunshine Centre Plaza Stage 1aerial view, 1982, sunshine centre plaza, sunshine business area, massey ferguson buildings, old sunshine pool, waltons

These scrap books were put together by Tom Riggs, a past St. Albans Train Station Master, St. Albans Centenary Committee & Sunshine & District Historical Society member and they record a history of a wide range of subjects referring to the Sunshine & District. The following list is only a brief description of each scrapbook. 663.01 - People in official postions 1908|H.V. McKay Factory Gates|Part layout in vicinity of Sunshine Railway Station map 1910|Sunshine Station Signal Box|Harvester Museum|H.V. McKay|H.V. McKay Bulk Store|Sunshine's colorful history|Family of Nathaniel & Mary McKay family tree|Sunshine Smithy|Braybrook residents 1903 & 1906 Sands & McDougal listing|Nat & Joyce Wright|Sunshine Market Palce|Sunshine new police station|Sunshine new post office|S&DHS newspaper articles|Black Powder Mill|Deer Park St. John's Anglican Church|Robert Eric Parsons|Rubblish dumping issue|Bob & Cyril Parsons|Deer Park Bypass|Sunshine Leisure Centre|Sunshine Station Interchange|Dorothy Price|Sunshine Hospital expansion|Albert & Amy Russell|Wally O'Brien|Hospital pedestrain crossing|Our Lady's Primary School reunion|Mytle Baylis|Darling Albion Flour Mill|Pokie machines|Harricks Cottage|Jack Tighe|Cr Brooke Gujinovic New Brimank Mayor|Jack Collins|Isabella Williams Reserve|Cairnlea developement|Albert Holden|Old Sunsine Police Station Sun Crescent|Big bins|Phyllis Vance|Sunshine Pipe Band|Dick & Elsie Whiting|Historic house denmiolition|Boom gate deley|Brian & Doreen Duffy|Beth Argyle|Sunshine Railway Disaster|Les Hunter|Sunshine Pool closure protest|Clare Brennan|Mickey Vautier|Jack Sheridan|Balam Balam Reserve|Gwen Goedecke|Derrimut Hotel & licensee Wal Elms|Jimmy Gaylor|John & Leone Hawking|Centrelink move|Joan Carstairs|Hampshire Road roadworks|Lloyd McCallum postman retires|Mavis Kittelty & Sunshine Croquet Club closes|Frank O'Connor|Beth Argyle, Don Deeble, Shirley Wallace & Jack Sheridan|Sunshine Anglican Church & Father Stuart Soley|Ian Baker|Morris Street proposed flat development protest|Brimbank's rich cultural history|Church of Christ|Doreen Foster & Albion Tennis Club|Francis & Lillian Allen|Sunshine Wesleyan Methodist Churst|3LO-3AR radio transmitter|George & Gloria Hales|H.V. McKay Medal Trade Wing|Lorna Cameron|Noala Flynn|St. Ablans Baptist Church & Ralph Phillips|Apostolic Christian Church|Keilor Christian City Church|Sunshine City Band|Maidstone Our Ladys of Perpetual Church|Waterways|Ron & Margaret Craker 663.02 - Black Powder Mill|St. Albans Greek Orthodox Church of St. Paraskeve|Western Ring Road traffic|Joseph & Frances Testa|Sydneham Kimgdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses|Sydenham The Assemblies of God|Michael & Rosalia Skok|Werribee's State Rose Gardens|Tom & Maria Diele|Tom Rigg and the origin of the district's street names|Sunshine & St. Albans Baptist Church|ICI Estate protest|Sunshine Salvation Army Church|Macedonian Orthodox Church|Anita-Marie Neumann|Albanvale path of recongnition|Sunshine Pool action group|Minnie Gorsuch|State Election 2000|Jean Folry & Ilma Weir|Brimbank Uniting Church|Harvester Town book launch - Olwen Ford|Brooke Jujinovic|Keilor Cemetery grave stones|John Howard ignores Braybrook|Norman & Joan Wales|Clare Brennan Drive named after Clare Brennan|Fosseys Sunshine closure|Commonwealth Bank (CBA) Glengala Road closuer|James Frederick McKay|A history of Sunshine|H.V. McKay's Russell Street gates|Barry McMahon|Sunshine Swimming Pool Aquatic centre sale|Keith Buckley|Migrants' move to brave new world|Vasilos & Eugenia Karaoglandis|William Hyett|Darryl Myers|Kathleen Inkster|Sunshine RSL Kevin Keegan, Kevin Bryar & Fred Russell|Barney & Renee Cater|Mona Malouf|George Carter|Sunshine Pottery memorabilia & reunion|Des Johnson Duke Street Aborigine artifacts|Albert Drayton|Two pools planned|Sunshine Pool repairs approved|Olympic Tooch journey through Brimbank|Maurice & Kathleen Sanders|Paul & Suzanna Vicek|Deer Park By Pass Road|Bert & Noreen Craddock|St. Albans Legless Lizards under fire|Sunshine rare orchid scare|St. Albans Road black spot|Viet name for Burke street|Russell Street gates unveiling ceremony|Don & Val Byrnes|Emily Hall|Sunshine Swim centre|Water action plans|Melton Highway sugar gum tree removal by Vicroads|Sunshine Police Station Olympic Rings Brick|Emmaus Catholic School Sydenham opening|Black Powder Mill|Stevens Farm House fire|Yvonne Flack|Frank Gathercole|Commonwealth Bank closurer|Marion Martin|Deer Park State School|Tom & Flo Beagley|Call for railway land buffer|Clarrie Salvador|Braybrook Hotel|Sunshine Harvester Smithy|2000, A year to remember|Bus Re-route hits traders|Sunshine Swimming Pool end of life|Pam Chapman|Prune Goldrick - When the Whistle Blew|Wally O'Brien recalls Deer Park during his childhood|Western Highway / Ballarat Road traffic|Tom Rigg confusing St. Albans bus signs|Rubbish in Deer Park|Phyllis Frost|Basil Morcos|Allan "Titch" Williams|George Thoms|Clarrie Salvator|Tom Dile|Igor Balabin|John McArdie|Sam & Rita Attard|Jack & Dorothy Roberts|Joe De Gabriele|Beth Argyle|John Refshauge surgeon|Bill Fogarity|Brimbank Heritage Listing in peril|Museum of Victoria virtually tour of H.V. McHarvester Factory|Jock McLeod|John & lorna Stainer|Rita Shimmin|Smithy|Nettlefolds - Len Duxon, Betty Scott, Frank Richards, Thelma Burnett, Reg Ratcliffe & Frank Farrugia|Emma Broadhead|Bill Bunting|Gwen Goedecke|Ron Dorre|Sunshine Hospital Redevelopment|Braybrook Squash Centre|Megan Blair|Harvester Town book launch|Tom Rigg rail safty activist|Lloyd & Gislaine Simpson|Sunshine's past revealed|Legless Lizards site Jones Creek|Wetlands|St. Albans time capsule|Cainlea suburb name causing a stir|Agnes Clark|Norman de Pomeroy|Ern & Dot Nicholls|Anton & Maria Gerber|Peter & Margaret McManus|H.V. McKay Offices heritage listing|Cr. Chris Evans out|Two historial walks in Sunshine|Brink Back the H.V. McKay Smithy opening invite|Counicl destroys old files|Harricks Cottage|Special Exhibution Models of Sunshine made farn implements exhibition invite 663.03 - Wally O'Brien|Cr. Chris Evans|Sunshine pool debate|Black Powder Mill|Sydnenham / Hillside Primary School name changes|Say goodbye to Sydnenham, Watergardens|Spalding Reuion|Harry Unger|Gwen Goedecke|Frances Fitzgerald|Preerving Brimbank's significant landmarks|Bernard Reilly kindergarten train|Albert Holden|St. Peters Channel Catholic Church|Terry Muscat|Smithy|Norman & Geoff Pomeroy|Sunshine disaster recalled|Sydneham Railway Station|Sunshine Baseball Club|Albert Evans|Sunshine Pool anger|Albion car crash|Jackson School to loose portables|Black Powder Mill|John Kontek|Harvester basic wage case|Sushine Harvester & Offices complex|Deer Park Primary School|Sunshine underpass / subway shame|Albion Railway Station Rolando & Lilia Antonio|Furlong Road tragery|Anita Ciancio & baby Montana kidnapping|Harricks Cottage|Fence to keep out snakes|Shire of Braybrook Financial & Rate records donated to S&DHS|Bikini protest in Council Chambers|Talintyre Reserve name change from Tallintyre Reserve|Peter Somerville and the Blackbird|Keith Miller|Gerald Griggs|St. Albans Hume & Hovell cairn in the move|Iramoo Committee|Shopping bags ban|Harvester City, the making of Multicultural Sunshine book grant|Susan Jennison|Melchior Bajada|Ray Carlton book donation to Sunshine Library|Hampshire Road connection the Market Place with the Plaza|Girls should be girlsSunshine & Districtsunshine advocate, brimbank messenger, newspaper

Newspaper Article August 2003 Trust warms of history crunch time|Letter 26 June 1996 from ICI Australia David Meale regarding a Heritage panel for Hunt Club Hotel|Photocopy of photograph Swimming Bath State School Sunshine|Handwritten Notes Old Town Hall|Handwritten Notes Parson and Lewis|Handwritten Notes Wright and Edwards|Handwritten Notes sunshine Technical School HV McKay donated 4 and half acres of land and 2000 pounds Mr HV McKay was chairman of the school council until his death in 1926 An innovation by HV McKay was the progressive move to allow his apprentices to attend day time classes 1922 a girls school was added with an initial enrollment of 33 girls|Handwritten Notes Swimming Pool|Newspaper Article The Sunshine Town Hall 21 May 1960|Photocopy of aerial photograph of Sunshine Station Precinct|Photocopy of photograph of Train Wagon|Photocopy of photograph of Train Carriage|Photocopy of photograph of Sunshine Technical College|Photocopy of photograph of Parsons and Lewis Horsehair Drawers and Curlers|Photocopy of photograph of Swimming Pool|Newspaper Article Municipal Chambers and Public Hall Hampshire Road|Printed Report Financial Details of Project for which you are requesting funds Anticipated cost of project $8905 7 Panels|Newspaper Article The Leader 31 August 1907 HV McKays Sunshine ahrvester Works at Sunshine Braybrook Junction|Photocopy of photograph The old Braybrook Hotel Ballarat road about 1954|Photocopy of photograph First Shire hall at Deer Park erected 1885|Photocopy of photograph Gunns Braybrook Hotel|Newspaper Article The Advocate 8 May 1996 Preserving our History Mr Norm Carlton and Ross MacKenzie unveil the plaque displaying the history behind the old town hall|Planning Permit Application No 96/228 Dated 18 June 1996 for Signs 5 Heritage Panels in Sunshine|Newspaper Article Brimbank Independent 7 May 1996 Marking time|Typed Report Texts for Heritage Panels 1995 Parsons and Lewis Old Town Hall Wright and Edwards Sunshine Technical school Kororoit Creek Swimming Pool|Photocopy of photograph Happy Children at the Swimming Pool Kororoit Creek|Drawings for Planning Permit 2 May 1996|Photocopy of photographs for consideration Parsons and Lewis Factory Man with Jugs Bill Hyetts Home First Avenue Sunshine Railway Accident Sunshine Group photograph and 24 men Sunshine FC 1932 Railways Lines with Manures on side of roof|Typed Letter from Joan Welsh to Norm Carlton listing possible sites for heritage signs Powder Magazine Humes Site Essendon Rowing Club Spongs Hotel Anglers Hotel 1862 Nelsons Boat Shed Swimming Site Maribyrnong Solomons Clancys Ford Rocks Across Trestle Bridge|Extract from The Victorian ailways Magazine September 1927 Bridge building in Excelsis By Chas H Perrin Chief Engineer for Railway Construction and two photographs of bridge getting built|Typed Letter from Joan Welsh Friends of the Maribyrnong Valey to Norm Carlton 26 November 1992 with heritage sign sites for City of Footscray City of Sunshine City of Keilor City of Essendon|Text for Panel Angling Match at Raleighs Punt 1866 and Photocopy of photograph|Text for Panel Castle and Meat Works 1868|Handwritten Letter 21 February 1993 From Joan Welsh to Norm Carlton|Handwritten notes and Photocopy of photograph|Quotation from Scott Williams Signs and Designs for $1430 each|Typed Letter 21 April 1993 to City Of Sunshine Planning for the HV McKay Industrial Site|Booklet Sunshine Heritage Tour|Letter 27 February 1991 to Schools Re Sunshine Heritage Panels including Booklet Sunshine Heritage Tour|Handwritten Notes 6 June 1990|Pamphlet Swan Hill Heritage Walk|Handwritten Notes Booklet Numbers and costs|Typed Notes Aborigianl Heritage William Barak|Handwritten Letter 27 June 1990 Photostory Pty Ltd William Barak and Children|Typed Letter 9 November 1989 to Sunshine and District Historical Society|Typed Lettter 9 February 1989 to City of Sunshine Heritage Panels quotesat $2250 each Photostory|Handwritten estimate 9 May 1988 Barry Searle Photographs|Typed Letter 1 March 1989 to Photostory placing order for 7 heritage panels at $2100 each|Handwritten Note about Funds|Typed Letter 20 November 1988 Sites for Heritage Panels|Typed Letter 27 July 1987 from Sunshine Community Committee BiCentennary 1988|Handwritten Notes|Brochure Bring Your History to Life|Map for sites|Typed Notes for Kororoit Creek Swimming Pool Heritage Panel Number 8|Handwritten Notes|Application for Planning Permit Blank|Typed Notes Unveiling of Heritage Panels|Handwritten Notes|Typed Letter 28 November 1994 from Photostory Quotation|Typed Notes Texts for Heritage Panels 1995|Photographs and Negatives for Heritage Panels|Typed Letter 18 October 1995 Map of Sunshine and district|Typed Letter 3 November 1995 5 additional heritage panels Kororoit Creek Swimming Pool The Old Town Hall Sunshine Technical school Parsons and Lewis Horse Hair factory Wright and Edwards Railway Carriage Works|Typed Notes Wright and Edwards|Typed Notes Old Town Hall|Typed Notes Sunshine Technical School|Typed Notes Parsons and Lewis|Typed Notes Kororoit Creek Swimming Pool|Maps You are at Panel Number|Typed Notes Places of Interest in the City of Sunshine|Handwritten Notes for 5 additional heritage panels|Booklet The History of the Land Discovery Trail|Extract from Municipal Directory Braybrook Shire|Programme 1994 General Meeting Pipemakers Park 10 March 1994|Typed Notes Financial Details of Project for which you are requesting funds|Sunshine Heritagte Tour|Flyer Western Ring Road Information bulletin No 10|Newspaper Article The Conservation Gazette April May 1996|Flyer Your History Mate The work of a community museum in Melbournes Western suburbs by Peter Haffenden|Brochure compulsory competitive Tendering|Heritage Panels Condition Review 2025 by Kerry Hewson