On the 7th June 2025 a number of community volunteers were invited to join with councillors and the local state and federal parliamentarians to witness the tree planting ceremony in the garden of the Sunbury Arts and Cultural centre building, which is being restored. The building was the former Women's Prison in the Sunbury Asylum complex. After the tree planting ceremony, guests were served a delicious morning tea.A coloured photograph of a gathering of people wearing work safety vests standing in front of windows in a large room. tree planting, sunbury arts and cultural centre, sunbury asylum, women's prison

The building in the photograph is the Boiler House which was part of the former Sunbury Asylum. It was built in the 1920s to replace an older boiler. Coal and/or briquettes were burned to produce hot water and steam which was used to heat and supply hot water for the Asylum buildings. Steam attendants monitored and maintained the furnace and boiler seven days a week. It ceased production in October 1992 and since then has served as an Arts and Cultural complex for the local community. The building is of local heritage significance, especially the tall chimney, which can be seen from many vantage points in Sunbury.A non-digital black and white photograph of a large brick building with a tall chimney overlooking open rural countryside with two women sitting on the grass in the foreground. The image has been photographed from an earlier photograph. sunbury asylum, boiler house, arts and cultural complex, performing arts

The decorative brick work is on the chimney at the boiler house at the former Sunbury Asylum. In its day the boiler house provided heated water for both heating and general use throughout the entire complex. Since its closure, it has been an arts and cultural centre for Sunbury community.The tall chimney can be seen from many parts of the asylum grounds and reflects the craftsmanship of the men who built it.A coloured photograph of the top of a tall chimney showing detail of the decorative brickwork.chimneys, sunbury asylum, boiler house, chimney stacks