The Rabbit Canning Factory was established on land that was part of the Rupertswood estate, near the present site of Sunbury Secondary College. Tins of rabbit meat produced at the factory were sold on the local and overseas markets. .The venture to can rabbit meat was seen as a lucrative move to try and manage the multitude of rabbits that had been introduced into Australia in the early days of European settlement.A digital coloured photograph of a coloured label that was used on tins of rabbit meat.Rupertswood Rabbit Canning Factory Sunburyrabbits, labels, rabbit canning factory, sunbury

The photograph of Form 2 students was taken at Sunbury High School in 1966. That was the year the school officially opened in the new buildings, which are situated on the former Rupertswood Rabbit Canning factory site. The photo is significant because the students in the image were the first to be enrolled at Sunbury High School.A non-digital black and white school photograph with a white border, of 27 students in arranged in three rows with a teacher seated in the front and a boy sitting on the ground holding the information board. sunbury high school, school photographs

Sunbury Secondary College was established in 1959 and was built on the site of the former rabbit canning factory on the corner of Riddell and Racecourse Roads. Over the years the school has expanded in number and size to cope with the increased needs for secondary education in the area.A black and white photograph of a double storey building and a single storey physical education centre. The buildings are built on a raised embankment with an open grassed section in front of the building.sunbury secondary college, education, schools, george evans collection

The photograph is of Sunbury High School students who were in Evans House and were attending the school in 1967.The photograph was taken two years after Sunbury High School was established. It was built on the site of the former Rupertswood Rabbit Canning factory.A non-digital black and white photograph of a large group school students with two of their teachers arranged in seven rows, with a school building in the background.sunbury high school, school houses, evans house, education, schools