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Hume City Civic CollectionPhotograph, Rupertswood Hotel, 1878
... Rupertswood Hotel...rupertswood hotel...The Rupertswood Hotel used to occupy the intersection..." and on the building "Superior Wines and Spirits"; "Rupertswood Hotel" and "G...Handwritten on face: "McAlpine Bros - Rupertswood Hotel... melbourne The Rupertswood Hotel used to occupy the intersection ...The Rupertswood Hotel used to occupy the intersection of Evans and Brook Streets on the SE corner. It was demolished in the 1970s to make way for a modern retail complex. A photo of the Ruperstwood Hotel, on the corner of Evans Street and Brook Street, with a group of people and a horse and carriage outside it. The group is comprised of 5 men, 1 youth, 5 girls and a woman in the carriage. There is a sign on the fence stating " Horses and buggies always for hire. Good stabling" and on the building "Superior Wines and Spirits"; "Rupertswood Hotel" and "G. Millett. Licensed Victualler"The photo is mounted on a light brown cardboard matt, which is extremely brittle. The lower LH corner is cracked. The upper RH corner is missing and there are a number of pin holes in the corners.Handwritten on face: "McAlpine Bros - Rupertswood Hotel, Sunbury. E. Richd. Melb.April 16 1895" Handwritten on back: "Hazeldines"rupertswood hotel, hotels, buildings, evans street, brook street, sunbury, wines, transport, millett, victuallers, mcalpine brothers, hazeldines, george evans collection -
Sunbury Family History and Heritage Society Inc.Photograph, Rupertswood Hotel
... Rupertswood Hotel...Rupertswood Hotel... was the Rupertswood Hotel, which was on the NE corner of the intersection.... The Rupertswood Hotel was demolished in December 1974 to make way ...The photograph was taken at the intersection of Brook and Evans Streets in Sunbury. The two storey bluestone building was the Rupertswood Hotel, which was on the NE corner of the intersection and the single storey Royal Hotel building in the foreground was on the opposite corner. The Millett family originally owned both hotels. The Rupertswood Hotel was demolished in December 1974 to make way for a modern retail store. In 1939 the old Royal Hotel building was damaged by fire and replaced with a two storey red brick building.The Rupertswood and Royal Hotels were two of the earliest hotels to be erected in the Sunbury township.A non-digital black and white photograph of a street photograph featuring an intersection with a two storey bluestone building on one corner and a partial view of a single storey rendered building on the opposite corner. Two children are standing on the side of the road and a man is in a horse-drawn jinker. george millett, royal hotel, rupertswood hotel, evans street, brook street, hotels -
Hume City Civic CollectionPhotograph, 1/11/1974
... rupertswood hotel...The Rupertswood Hotel was used for many different purposes... bluestone Rupertswood Hotel.... melbourne The Rupertswood Hotel was used for many different purposes ...The Rupertswood Hotel was used for many different purposes over the years. It was painted over in ....... It was demolished in ......This is a black and white photograph of the two storey bluestone Rupertswood Hotel.rupertswood hotel, shops, hotels, clothing and dress, service clubs, williams, george, mary ann, bluestone, sunbury, george evans collection -
Hume City Civic CollectionPhotograph, 1/11/1974
... rupertswood hotel...The Rupertswood Hotel was used for many different purposes... bluestone Rupertswood Hotel.... melbourne The Rupertswood Hotel was used for many different purposes ...The Rupertswood Hotel was used for many different purposes over the years. It was painted over in ....... It was demolished in ......This is a black and white photograph of the two storey bluestone Rupertswood Hotel.rupertswood hotel, shops, hotels, clothing and dress, service clubs, williams, george, mary ann, bluestone, sunbury, george evans collection -
Hume City Civic CollectionPhotograph
... rupertswood hotel... outside the Rupertswood Hotel.... sports rupertswood hotel hotels eric boardman collection george ...Mounted sepia coloured photograph of 14 cricketers taken outside the Rupertswood Hotel.Printed on front: Chris Christiansen, Sunbury Studios Handwritten on back: Eric Boardmanchris christiansen, photographers, boardman, eric, cricket, sports, rupertswood hotel, hotels, eric boardman collection, george evans collection -
Hume City Civic CollectionPhotograph, 1/01/1971
... rupertswood hotel...The photograph was taken before the Rupertswood Hotel... melbourne The photograph was taken before the Rupertswood Hotel ...The photograph was taken before the Rupertswood Hotel was demolished to make way for modern shops and before Evans Street became the busiest street in Sunbury CBD.A black and white photograph of the intersection of Evans and Brook Streets. A hotel is on the RHS of the photograph and two small median strips are on either side of the intersection in Evans Street.evans street, brook street, streetscapes, hotels, rupertswood hotel, royal hotel, george evans collection -
Hume City Civic CollectionPhotograph, Late 1970s
... rupertswood hotel...The Rupertswood Hotel was built on the NE corner... melbourne The Rupertswood Hotel was built on the NE corner ...The Rupertswood Hotel was built on the NE corner at the intersection of Brook and Evans Streets. It was demolished in the late 1970s, in the dead of night, to make way for a modern retail area. In its heyday the two storey hotel was the pride of Sunbury and offered accommodation for rail travellers.A black and white photograph of a bluestone building which is being demolished. Three workmen are working from scaffolding which is on the RHS of the photograph.rupertswood hotel, hotels, evans street, brook street, cathie, james, goodby, norman, levvy, f.w., george evans collection -
Sunbury Family History and Heritage Society Inc.Photograph, c1970s
... . The Rupertswood Hotel is visible behind the bystanders.... The Rupertswood Hotel is visible behind the bystanders ...The tractor declaiming pollution was being driven in one of the Sunbury Festival celebrations in the early 1970s, which were held in March each year. The street parade where many community organisations participated was popular with the townspeople. The Rupertswood Hotel is visible behind the bystanders and it was demolished in the latter half of the 1970s.The Sunbury Festival was an important community event in Sunbury each year as many community groups participated in it with displays. A black and white photograph with a white border, in post card format of a tractor decorated with anti pollution slogans being driven in a street parade. There are a number of spectators along the roadside. sunbury festivals -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Document - A LONG TIME AGO: THE HISTORY OF THE MELBOURNE TO BENDIGO LINE
... Hotel Rupertswood Sunbury Diggers Rest Sydenham St Albans ...'A LONG TIME AGO: THE HISTORY OF THE MELBOURNE TO BENDIGO LINE' Bi-fold publication. A schematic 'strip' map of the line with particular places (approx 40) marked on the route with short descriptions of these sites. Concise description of the construction of the line; a summary of present attractions for the visitor to Bendigo and V/Line information.Walker Printing Bendigorailways, bendigo to melbourne, brochure, barkers creek , harcourt, elphinstone tunnel, malsmbury, malmsbury viaduct, kyneton, carlsruhe, hanging rock, woodend, mount macedon, riddells creek, clarkefield hotel, rupertswood, sunbury, diggers rest, sydenham, st albans, spencer street. v/line. -
Sunbury Family History and Heritage Society Inc.Postcard, Newcolourvue Productions Pty.Ltd, Sunbury Victoria, c1970s
... in the town. They are the 1930s Royal Hotel building which was build ...The four photographs on the post card are well-known places in the town. They are the 1930s Royal Hotel building which was build on the same site of the original building on the corner of Evans and Brook Streets, Rupertswood Mansion, built 1874-45, the historic bluestone road bridge over Jacksons Creek and a view of the township in the 1970s taken from Francis Boulevard.The four views of Sunbury give an overview of the township in the 1970s before the increased development took place from the 1980s onwards.A coloured collection of four non-digital photographs of places in Sunbury in post card format. The edges of the post card are rippled. the back of the card gives details of the places as well as the maker.Sunbury Victoriaroyal hotel, rupertswood mansion, bluestone road bridge, sunbury, post cards -
Hume City Civic CollectionRupertswood Battery Collection, Royal Irish Military Tournament/1895. Riding & Jumping sections 2nd prize, c.1893
This biscuit barrel of silverplate and wood was won by a member of the Victorian Horse Artillery, Driver J. Mc Keon, along with Sergeant Harry Looney, Driver J. Ryan and Driver J. Wallace at Islington in 1893.A wood and silver-plated biscuit barrel with plated lidRoyal Irish Military Tournament /1893/Riding & jumping in sections/2nd prize (on Lid) on barrel. M. A. Williams. Royal Hotel Sunbury August 11th 1905royal irish military tournament., victorian horse artiller, rupertswood battery collection, george evans collection -
Hume City Civic CollectionPhotograph - View of Jackson Creek Sunbury, c1870
The photograph was taken on a rise overlooking the early settlement of Sunbury with Mount Holden and other hills across the skyline. The five arch railway bridge is visible in the distance on the RHS of the image. Two of Sunbury's early hotels, the John Franklin and the Ball Court are across the middle distance. Craiglee Vineyard with the vines growing is in the foreground. A black and white photograph with a white border.Written across the bottom: VIEW OF JACKSON CREEK SUNBURYsunbury, vineyards, jackson creek, craiglee vineyard -
Hume City Civic CollectionBook, Saltwater River History Trails
This book which was printed in 1984 gives not only the geology of the area but also the history of the various areas that Jacksons Creek and the Saltwater River now known as the Maribyrnong River pass through. There are many drawings and photos accompanying the information relating to the various areas and buildings researched in this book. From Sunbury to Williamstown some of the names and places mentioned include John Aitken, George Evans, William J.T. Clarke, Ben Eadie, Rupertswood, Goonawarra Vineyard, Organ Pipes, Glenara, Walter Clark, Keilor, Overnewton, Avondale Heights, Solomons ford, Riverview Tea Gardens, Anglers Hotel, Aberfeldie Park, Humes Pipe Works, Powder Magazine, Maribyrnong, Munitions factories, Footscray Park, Flemington, Footscray, Yarraville, Newport, Williamstown, Commonwealth reserve, the blue stone lighthouse. A small cream/olive green colour covered printed book of 74 pages. The front cover shows part of a pen and wash drawing of a homestead. It has the name of the book and the author Hugh Anderson printed at the top of the cover and Sunbury to the Sea printed at the bottom. There are many drawings and photos included in the book.SALTWATER RIVER/HISTORY TRAILS/HUGH ANDERSON/Sunbury to the Seasaltwater river, maribyrnong river, jacksons creek, anderson hugh, sunbury, keilor, organ pipes national park, solomons ford, riverview tea gardens, humes pipe works, powder magazine, footscray, yarraville, newport, williamstown -
Sunbury Family History and Heritage Society Inc.Post Card, c1912
A.J.Gregor, a Sunbury resident, had written the message on the back of the card to his cousin Harriet on the 11th April 1912 informing her of his state of health and some of the town's activities. Those mentioned were his need to travel to the hospital in Melbourne fot medical treatment, billiard contests at the local hotel, theatre shows in the town as well as weather details.The message on the reverse side of the card gives an insight into the day to day happenings in Sunbury in 1912.A non-digital sepia post card with four photographs of sites in Sunbury, namely the Mill Fall, Rupertswood mansion, Dr. Faulkner's residence and the race track at Kismet. A greeting is also on the card. A handwritten note is on the back of the card.IN/AND/AROUND/SUNBURY/WITH/GREETINGSgregor, a., sunbury town -
Sunbury Family History and Heritage Society Inc.Photograph, The Royal Hotel, c1939
... Hotel and the Rupertswood Hotel, opposite the Royal Hotel. Royal ...The two storey building is the Royal Hotel which is sited on the corner of Brook and Evans Streets in Sunbury's main shopping strip.The photograph was taken sometime in 1939 after it was totally rebuilt. A fire had damaged the old single storey structure, which was built on the same site c1860 shortly after Sunbury had a rail service. The building still operates today on the same site.The Royal Hotel is one of four hotels that were built in Evans Street Sunbury between Brook and Station Streets ion the 1860s shortly after the rail service arrived in the town. They were They were the Railway Hotel (Olive Tree), White Horse Hotel, Royal Hotel and the Rupertswood Hotel, opposite the Royal Hotel. A non-digital black and white photograph with a cream border of a two storey brick hotel building with light concrete trimming around the windows and entrances sited on a corner. A large black sedan car is parked near the corner. royal hotel, hotels
