In 1916 Joe Reece established the Sunbury Pottery works. He excavated clay a from reserve in Jackson Street near Brook Street. His work area included powered equipment, preparation rooms and a large kiln. The pot in the photograph was made at his works.Pottery was one of the early craft industries that were established in Sunbury in the early days of European Settlement.A non-digital coloured photograph of an unglazed round ceramic pot, which has a fluted edge and the words 'Sunbury Pottery' etched into the side.SUNBURY POTTERYpottery, sunbury pottery, jackson street, joe reece

The Kaolin Quarry at Bulla supplied Kaolin to the Northcote and Brunswick Pottery Works until it ceased operation at that site in the 1950s. The three arched bluestone bridge r3placed a ford crossing across Deep Creek, which along with Jacksons Creek flows into the Maribyrnong River.A black and white photograph of the Deep Creek and three arched bluestone bridge in the Bulla Township with the Kaolin Quarry in the background. One truck is crossing the bridge with a tanker approaching the bridge at the bottom of the Bulla Hill.deep creek, bridges, kaolin quarries, quarries, george evans collection

This is a photograph of the bridge in the Bulla township which spans the Deep Creek, a tributary of the Maribyrnong River. It has been constructed from bluestone which is found across the volcanic western plains in Victoria. Kaolin was quarried from the cliff face in the background and was used in the making of bricks and pottery products manufactured at Northcote and Brunswick potteries.The bridge was built in 1869.This is one of the many notable bluestone bridges which were built in the district in the nineteenth century.A non-digital black and white photograph of a valley with a five arched bridge spanning a river. There are high cliffs in the background. Information about the bridge has been written on then back of the photograph. The image was published in then Weekly Times on 23rd December 1933.bulla township, deep creek, bridges