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Notice of Ordinary Meeting of the City of Sunshine 16th May 1978 Report of the Town Clerk's Department Report of the Town Clerk Lease Italo-Australian Co-Operative Social Club Land Transfer Discontinued of Right of Way Between Station Road and Hyde Street Deer Park Increase in Violence and Crime Request for Royal Commission Future of M.M.B.W. Representative Increase Commonwealth Financial Assistance to Local Government Proposed Closure of Stanley Street Transfer to the Commonwealth Department R.A.A.F. No 1 Store Tottenham Proposed Shopping Centre Corner of Neale Road and Station Road Construction of Drainage, Etc Sinking Fund Investments Transfer of Land Moira Street, Wright Street & Thyra Street Adjacent ot the Kororoit Creek Report of Land Use Committee Report of the Chief Health Officer Municipal Saleyards Association Removal of Dwelling Outside the Municipality 41 Conifer Avenue Brooklyn to "Grange Grove", Redesdale in the Shire of Metcalfe Prosecution Proceedings Sunshine Magistrate Court Abattoir Proposal H.W. Greenham & Sons Pty Ltd Application for Septic Tanks Removal of Dwelling Outside the Municipality 35 Delacey Street Maidstone to Sugar Loaf Road, Denver in the Shire of Daylesford Australian Institute of Health Surveyors 47th Annual Conference Practical Noise Measurement and Control Course Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology Provision of Comfort Stations Garbage Receptacle By-Lw Dangerous Former Essendon Quarry Chute (Disused) Van Ness Avenue Maribyrnong Report of the Medical Officer of Health Report of the Chief By-Laws Officer Court Proceedings Parking Infringement Disposal of Derelict Vehicles Proposed Parking Alterations Derby Road Report of the City Librarian Bookmobile Report of the Municipal Recreation Officer Municipal Recreation Officers' Conference Outreach Worker Submission Received from the Y.M.C.A. Sunshine Indoor Heated Swimming Pool Use by Sunshinie Swimming and Life Saving Club for Water Polo Training Report of the City Engineer Policy for Medical Consulting Rooms & Veterinary Surgery in Residential Areas Land Use Permit Application New & Secondhand Car Sales Yard 556 Ballarat Road Land Use Permit Application Illuminated Sign 193 Hampshire Road Land Use Permit Application Subdivision Lot 19 Geelong Road North East Corner Francis Street Brooklyn Proposed Rezoning of Land on the East Side of Fairbairn Road Sunshine West Land Use Permit Application Display Home Centre Camelot Drive & Trafalgar Street Albanvale Land Use Permit Application Medical Consulting Rooms Lot 5 Durham Road Land Use Permit Application Proposed Factory Lot 8 McIntyre Road Sunshine North Land Use Permit Application Town Planning Appeal Extension to Existing Place of Worship Lot 90 South West Corner Wilkinson Street & Islington Street Sunshine Land Use Permit Petrol Filling Station & Hotel / Motel Neale Road & Station Road Land Use Permit Application Shopping Plaza Lot 3 Princess Street & Lot 4 St. Albans Road Land Use Permit Application Flats Rita Street South West Corner Vule Street Land Use Permit Application Factory Extensions Lot 293 Hawthorn Avenue Town Planning Appeal Land Use Permit Application Commercial Vehicle Park to Serve Existing Display Home Centre Lot 1171 Main Road West Land Use Permit Application Improvements to Existing Service Station Geelong Road Corner Francis Street Land Use Permit Application Presbytery Lot 6 Drummartin Street Land Use Permit Application Office & Warehouse Complex Fairbairn Road Land Use Permit Application Additon to Store to Existing McDonald Take Away Food Premise 200 Rosamond Road Contract Supply of Ford Passenger and Commercial Vehicles Provision of Turning Space for Rear Access to Shops Hampshire Road South West Corner Sun Crescent Provision of Utility at the Sunshine Tip Tender Reinstatement of Cypress Avenue Tender Fire Service Sunshine Tip Tender Supply of Two Only Wheeled Front End Loaders Tender for Bookmobile Stony Creek (Upper) Cary Street to Furlong Road Concrete Lined Channel Tender Transport Regulation Board Subsidy for Bus Shelters Certificate of Completion Navigator Street Private Street Scheme Sunshine View Estate Private Street Scheme No Standing Anytime 461 Ballarat Road Sunshine Condition of Dempster Street Tottenham Report of the Building Surveyor Rosamond Bowling Club Room Building Construction Albion Tennis Club Pavilion city of sunshine, alexander "alex" george gillon, italo-australian co-operative social club, furlong road, st. albans, station road, hyde street, deer park, stanley street, braybrook, r.a.a.f. no 1 store, neale road, moira street, wright street, thyra street, kororoit creek, sunshine, conifer avenue, brooklyn, h.w. greenham & sons pty ltd, delacey street, maidstone, essendon quarry, van ness avenue, maribyrnong, derby road, sunshine indoor heated swimming pool, sunshinie swimming and life saving club, service street, ballarat road, albion, hampshire road, geelong road, francis street, fairbairn road, sunshine west, camelot drive, trafalgar street, albanvale, durham road, mcintyre road, sunshine north, wilkinson street, islington street, princess street, st. albans road, rita street, vule street, hawthorn avenue, main road west, drummartin street, rosamond road, sun crescent, sunshine tip, cypress avenue, stony creek, cary street, navigator street, dempster street, tottenham, rosamond bowling club, albion tennis club, selwyn park, selwyn street

Report of the Town Clerk's Department Report of the Town Clerk Lease Italo-Australian Co-Operative Social Club Land Transfer Discontinued of Right of Way Between Station Road and Hyde Street Deer Park Increase in Violence and Crime Request for Royal Commission Future of M.M.B.W. Representative Increase Commonwealth Financial Assistance to Local Government Proposed Closure of Stanley Street Transfer to the Commonwealth Department R.A.A.F. No 1 Store Tottenham Proposed Shopping Centre Corner of Neale Road and Station Road Construction of Drainage, Etc Sinking Fund Investments Transfer of Land Moira Street, Wright Street & Thyra Street Adjacent ot the Kororoit Creek Report of Land Use Committee Report of the Chief Health Officer Municipal Saleyards Association Removal of Dwelling Outside the Municipality 41 Conifer Avenue Brooklyn to "Grange Grove", Redesdale in the Shire of Metcalfe Prosecution Proceedings Sunshine Magistrate Court Abattoir Proposal H.W. Greenham & Sons Pty Ltd Application for Septic Tanks Removal of Dwelling Outside the Municipality 35 Delacey Street Maidstone to Sugar Loaf Road, Denver in the Shire of Daylesford Australian Institute of Health Surveyors 47th Annual Conference Practical Noise Measurement and Control Course Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology Provision of Comfort Stations Garbage Receptacle By-Lw Dangerous Former Essendon Quarry Chute (Disused) Van Ness Avenue Maribyrnong Report of the Medical Officer of Health Report of the Chief By-Laws Officer Court Proceedings Parking Infringement Disposal of Derelict Vehicles Proposed Parking Alterations Derby Road Report of the City Librarian Bookmobile Report of the Municipal Recreation Officer Municipal Recreation Officers' Conference Outreach Worker Submission Received from the Y.M.C.A. Sunshine Indoor Heated Swimming Pool Use by Sunshinie Swimming and Life Saving Club for Water Polo Training Report of the City Engineer Policy for Medical Consulting Rooms & Veterinary Surgery in Residential Areas Land Use Permit Application New & Secondhand Car Sales Yard 556 Ballarat Road Land Use Permit Application Illuminated Sign 193 Hampshire Road Land Use Permit Application Subdivision Lot 19 Geelong Road North East Corner Francis Street Brooklyn Proposed Rezoning of Land on the East Side of Fairbairn Road Sunshine West Land Use Permit Application Display Home Centre Camelot Drive & Trafalgar Street Albanvale Land Use Permit Application Medical Consulting Rooms Lot 5 Durham Road Land Use Permit Application Proposed Factory Lot 8 McIntyre Road Sunshine North Land Use Permit Application Town Planning Appeal Extension to Existing Place of Worship Lot 90 South West Corner Wilkinson Street & Islington Street Sunshine Land Use Permit Petrol Filling Station & Hotel / Motel Neale Road & Station Road Land Use Permit Application Shopping Plaza Lot 3 Princess Street & Lot 4 St. Albans Road Land Use Permit Application Flats Rita Street South West Corner Vule Street Land Use Permit Application Factory Extensions Lot 293 Hawthorn Avenue Town Planning Appeal Land Use Permit Application Commercial Vehicle Park to Serve Existing Display Home Centre Lot 1171 Main Road West Land Use Permit Application Improvements to Existing Service Station Geelong Road Corner Francis Street Land Use Permit Application Presbytery Lot 6 Drummartin Street Land Use Permit Application Office & Warehouse Complex Fairbairn Road Land Use Permit Application Additon to Store to Existing McDonald Take Away Food Premise 200 Rosamond Road Contract Supply of Ford Passenger and Commercial Vehicles Provision of Turning Space for Rear Access to Shops Hampshire Road South West Corner Sun Crescent Provision of Utility at the Sunshine Tip Tender Reinstatement of Cypress Avenue Tender Fire Service Sunshine Tip Tender Supply of Two Only Wheeled Front End Loaders Tender for Bookmobile Stony Creek (Upper) Cary Street to Furlong Road Concrete Lined Channel Tender Transport Regulation Board Subsidy for Bus Shelters Certificate of Completion Navigator Street Private Street Scheme Sunshine View Estate Private Street Scheme No Standing Anytime 461 Ballarat Road Sunshine Condition of Dempster Street Tottenham Report of the Building Surveyor Rosamond Bowling Club Room Building Construction Albion Tennis Club Pavilion Orders of the Day Proposal to Close Part of Orama Street and Bird Street Deer Park Under the Provisions of Section 528 of the Local Government Act 1958 Accounts Submitted for Payment as at 30th April 1978 city of sunshine, alexander "alex" george gillon, italo-australian co-operative social club, furlong road, st. albans, deer park shopping centre, station road, neale road, deer park, stanley street, r.a.a.f. no 1 store tottenham, braybrook, moira street, wright street, kororoit creek, sunshine, conifer avenue, brooklyn, h.w. greenham & sons pty ltd, delacey street, maidstone, essendon quarry, van ness avenue, thyra street, maribyrnong, derby road, sunshine indoor heated swimming pool, sunshinie swimming and life saving club, ballarat road, albion, hampshire road, geelong road, francis street, fairbairn road, sunshine west, camelot drive, trafalgar street, albanvale, durham road, mcintyre road, wilkinson street, islington street, princess street, st. albans road, rita street, vule street, hawthorn avenue, sunshine north, main road west, drummartin street, rosamond road, sun crescent, sunshine tip, cypress avenue, stony creek, cary street, navigator street, dempster street, ottenham, rosamond bowling club, albion tennis club, selwyn street, selwyn park, orama street, bird street

Steelweld and Industrial Engineering were two large metal engineering and fabrication companies that provided significant employment opportunities in the district. In the background you can see the large R.A.A.F. No 1 Store and Invicta Carpets. In the foreground the residential houses of Maidstone and on the left the former Hill Street Braybrook can also be seen. Hill Street was taken over by the R.A.A.F. No 1 Store and the houses were subsequently demolished.5650 - Ashley St Braybrook - Steelweld And Industrial Engineering Photo 01.jpgashley street, braybrook, steelweld, industrial engineering, hill street, invicta carpets

air force, no 1 store

No. 1 RAAF Stores Depot in Braybrook (often called the Tottenham RAAF Stores Depot) was one of the most important defence facilities in Melbourne’s west, a massive wartime logistics base built in 1944–45 and operated until 1993. The site expanded significantly after WWII, adding: RAAF Police Dog Training Centre (established 1962), supply‑officer training facilities, accommodation blocks, mess halls, chapels, gyms and sports grounds which transformed the depot into a self‑contained military community. It shaped Braybrook’s industrial landscape, employed hundreds of locals, and played a central role in Australia’s WWII and post‑war supply chain. These photographs capture only a small part of the No. 1 RAAF Stores Depot that one of Australia’s major wartime and post‑war defence logistics centres, representing the scale, organisation, and industrial capability required to support the Royal Australian Air Force from 1945 to 1993. Established during the critical final years of the Second World War, the depot consolidated dozens of scattered storage sites into a single purpose‑built facility, demonstrating the Commonwealth’s shift toward modern, centralised military supply systems. Its extensive warehouses, rail sidings, and specialised training areas illustrate mid‑20th‑century defence planning and the functional architectural style of the Department of Works. The depot played a vital role in national logistics, handling equipment, clothing, barracks stores, demobilisation materials, and returned overseas supplies. It was also a major employer in Melbourne’s western suburbs, shaping the social and economic life of Braybrook, Sunshine, and Tottenham for nearly five decades. The presence of the RAAF Police Dog Training Centre further highlights the site’s operational diversity and long‑term importance to defence readiness. Although most of the depot has been demolished, the surviving guard house and office block on Ashley Street remain as rare physical evidence of a once‑vast military complex. The depot’s legacy endures in the urban form of Braybrook and in the community memory of the thousands who worked there. Its significance lies in its contribution to Australia’s defence history, its impact on the development of Melbourne’s west, and its representation of large‑scale wartime infrastructure.R.A.A.F. Base Tour 285.1raaf no 1 store, south road, braybrook