The Sunshine RSL Memorial Bowling Club emerged as the bowls arm of the Sunshine Returned Services League, functioning as a social, recreational, and commemorative space for veterans and the wider Sunshine community. Unlike the original Sunshine Bowling Club in the McKay Gardens, the RSL club developed post‑WWII, reflecting the growth of Sunshine’s veteran community and the expansion of the RSL’s social facilities. The club’s biggest on‑field success has been its long-term involvement in pennant bowls, the main competitive format in Victoria. Over the decades the club has been successful in winning a number of premiership flags.These photographs at the unveiling of the Division B Premiership Flag for the Season 1988 - 1999.Bowls Premiership Flag Sunshine R.S.L. 180.1sunshine rsl bowling club, sunshine rsl, dickson street, sunshine

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The Sunshine RSL Memorial Bowling Club emerged as the bowls arm of the Sunshine Returned Services League, functioning as a social, recreational, and commemorative space for veterans and the wider community. It developed separately from the older Sunshine Bowling Club and became a long‑standing post‑war community institution in its own right. The Sunshine RSL fire was a major incident that occurred in the early hours of Thursday, 5 March 2026, causing extensive damage to one of Sunshine’s key community institutions. Firefighters were called to the Dickson Street premises at 5:14am and found the rear section, the kitchen and bowling club room fully ablaze. The blaze was brought under control by 6:37am. The kitchen, bowling room and poker room were destroyed and minor heat and debris damaged to the bowling greens. Some bowling memorabilia was lost, though most military memorabilia were not stored in the affected area. A few days later, ABC News reported that investigators determined the fire was caused by spontaneous combustion in a clothes dryer, even though the dryer was not operating at the time.The effects of the fire to the Sunshine community were emotional, social, cultural, and practical. The club was a key meeting point for hundreds of people.5351.01 - Sunshine RSL Fire 5th March 2026 Photo 01.jpg 5351.02 - Sunshine RSL Fire 5th March 2026 Photo 02.jpg 5351.03 - Sunshine RSL Fire 5th March 2026 Photo 03.jpg 5351.04 - Sunshine RSL Fire 5th March 2026 Photo 04.jpg 5351.05 - Sunshine RSL Fire 5th March 2026 Photo 05.jpg 5351.06 - Sunshine RSL Fire 5th March 2026 Photo 06.jpg 5351.07 - Sunshine RSL Fire 5th March 2026 Photo 07.jpg 5351.08 - Sunshine RSL Fire 5th March 2026 Photo 08.jpg 5351.09 - Sunshine RSL Fire 5th March 2026 Photo 09.jpg 5351.10 - Sunshine RSL Fire 5th March 2026 Photo 10.jpg 5351.11 - Sunshine RSL Fire 5th March 2026 Photo 11.jpg 5351.12 - Sunshine RSL Fire 5th March 2026 Photo 12.jpg 5351.13 - Sunshine RSL Fire 5th March 2026 Photo 13.jpg 5351.14 - Sunshine RSL Fire 5th March 2026 Photo 14.jpg 5351.15 - Sunshine RSL Fire 5th March 2026 Photo 15.jpg 5351.16 - Sunshine RSL Fire 5th March 2026 Photo 16.jpg 5351.17 - Sunshine RSL Fire 5th March 2026 Photo 17.jpg 5351.18 - Sunshine RSL Fire 5th March 2026 Photo 18.jpg 5351.19 - Sunshine RSL Fire 5th March 2026 Photo 19.jpg 5351.20 - Sunshine RSL Fire 5th March 2026 Photo 20.jpg 5351.21 - Sunshine RSL Fire 5th March 2026 Photo 22.jpg 5351.22 - Sunshine RSL Fire 5th March 2026 - Greens Were Not Damaged Photo 22.jpg 5351.23 - Sunshine RSL Fire 5th March 2026 - Greens Were Not Damaged Photo 23.jpg 5351.24 - Sunshine RSL Fire 5th March 2026 Photo 24 - Meeting With Keilor RSL To Discuss Way Forward After Fire.jpg 5351.25 - Sunshine RSL Fire 5th March 2026 Photo 25 - Site Cleared 1st April 2026.jpg 5351.26 - Sunshine RSL Fire 5th March 2026 Photo 26 - Site Update 9th April 2026.jpg 5351.27 - Sunshine RSL Fire 5th March 2026 Photo 27 - Site Update 9th April 2026.jpg 5351.28 - Sunshine RSL Fire 5th March 2026 Photo 27 - Site Update 26th May 2026.jpg 5351.29 - Sunshine RSL Fire 5th March 2026 Photo 27 - Site Update 29th May 2026.jpgsunshine r.s.l., dickson street, sunshine, sunshine rsl

Notice of Ordinary Meeting of the Council of the City of Sunshine to be held on 2nd November 1977 Report of the Town Clerk's Department Report of the Town Clerk Purchase of Goods Preference to Local Manufacturer Loan Authority Railway Land Corner Devonshire Road and Alexandra Avenue Closure of Warrs Road to Through Traffic Appointment of Auditor Regionalisation of Refuge Disposal Proposed Legislation Land Acquisition Agreement Proposed Open Space Lot 23 Disraeli Street Approved of General Valuation Proposed Purchase of Sunshine Tip Approval of Overdraft Sanitary and Interest Abandonments for 1976/1977 Community Arts Officers' Discussion Day Outreach 77 Refund of Payments to Rosamond Bowling Club & Maribyrnong RSL Report of the Co-Ordinator of Welfare Services Emergency Relief Report of the Chief Health Inspector Application for Install of Gas Fired Dry Septic Tank Units Prosecution Proceedings Sunshine Magistrate Court Report of Weights & Measures Inspector Prosecution Proceedings Sunshine Magistrates Court Registration of Premises Petrol Station Complaint Municipal Refuse Composting Symposium 9th November 1977 Melbourne & Metropolitan Board of Works Pollution Report of the By-Laws Officer Fire Hazard Removal Tenders Season Snake Eradication Authorisations for Council Officers Report of the City Engineer Land Use Permit Application Flats 52B Forrest Street Land Use Permit Application Flats Lot 1 Monash Street North West Corner Cornwall Road Land Use Permit Application Stan Cash Sale and Distribution of Floor Coverings, Building's Hardware and Electrical Domestic Appliances and Furniture Corner Halstead Street and Ashley Street Land Use Permit Sky Sign Somerville Road Land Use Permit Application Subdivision and Detached Houses Albanvale Estate Land Use Permit Application Car Sales Yard Lots 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 & 13 Rosamond Road Land Use Permit Application Office and Warehouse Complex Fairbairn Road and Land Use Permit Application Subdivision Fairbairn Road Land Use Permit Application Addition to Existing Shopping Plaza Lot 4 St. Albans Road Adjacent to Existing Shopping Plaza Lot 3 Princess Street Land Use Permit Application Subdivision and Detached Houses Furlong Road Land Use Permit Application Addition of Sun Blind 323 Main Road West Land Use Permit Application Stan Cash Furniture and Carpet Sales and Buildings Hardware Corner Halstead Street and Ashley Street Land Use Permit Application Sky Sign Lot 1 Duke Street Land Use Permit Application Extension to Existing Office and Amenities Block Serving Fuel Oil Depot Lot 1 Duke Street Car Parking Hampstead Road near Mitchell Street Damage to Kerb & Channel and Road Payment Andrew Street Financial Assistance Restoration Works Easter Flooding Treasury of Victoria Joint Works Robinsons Road Reconstruction and Maintenance Country Roads Board Funded Project Outdoor Employees Christmas Holidays Break-up 1977 Sixteenth Municipal Superintendents' of Works Conference Statcon Signal Program Intersection of Ashley Street, Sunshine Road & Dempster Street Royal Victorian Institute of the Blind Work Experience Programs Bon Thomas Reserve Development National Safety Council of Australia Senior Management Local Government Authority National Safety Council of Australia Accident Control Course Royal Australian Insitiute Parks and Recreation Vicitorian Division Seminar Turf Wickets Half Cost Footpath and Kerb and Channel Neale Road Half Cost Footpath and Kerb and Channel Northumberland Road Neale Road Construction Tenders Car Parking Willey Street and Rufford Street Part Olny Private Street Scheme (Drainage) Steer Street Group Objection Variations to Contract Fourth Aveneue Furlong Road Estate Stages 1 & 2 Report of the Building Surveyor Uniform Building Regulations Draft Amendment Fency Lot 343 Anley Place Alteration to Grandstand Skinner Reserve Churchill Avenue Braybrook Dempster Park Cricket Pavilion Ainsworth Reserve Child Care Centre / Pavilion Glengala Road Sunshine West Deer Park Pre-School Centre Cash in Lieu Flats Lot 472 Hendry Street Sunshine West Orders of the Day Accounts Submitted for Payment 15th October 1977 & 16th October 1977 Confirmation of Loan with State Insurance city of sunshine, alexander "alex" george gillon, devonshire road, sunshine, warrs road, maribyrnong, disraeli street, st. albans, alexandra avenue, rosamond bowling club, rosamond road, maribyrnong rsl, raleigh road, forrest street, albion, monash street, cornwall road, stan cash, halstead street, ashley street, maidstone, somerville road, brooklyn, albanvale, fairbairn road, sunshine west, st. albans road, princess street, furlong road, duke street, sunshine north, mitchell street, hampstead road, andrew street, sunshine road, dempster street, tottenham, bon thomas reserve, quinn street, deer park, neale road, northumberland road, willey street, rufford street, fourth aveneue, skinner reserve, churchill avenue, braybrook, ainsworth reserve child care centre, deer park pre-school centre, hendry street, sunshine tip

Minutes of the Ordinary Meeting of Council held on 2nd November 1977 Report of the Town Clerk's Department Report of the Town Clerk Purchase of Goods Preference to Local Manufacturer Loan Authority Railway Land Corner Devonshire Road and Alexandra Avenue Closure of Warrs Road to Through Traffic Appointment of Auditor Regionalisation of Refuge Disposal Proposed Legislation Land Acquisition Agreement Proposed Open Space Lot 23 Disraeli Street Approved of General Valuation Proposed Purchase of Sunshine Tip Approval of Overdraft Sanitary and Interest Abandonments for 1976/1977 Community Arts Officers' Discussion Day Outreach 77 Refund of Payments to Rosamond Bowling Club & Maribyrnong RSL Report of the Co-Ordinator of Welfare Services Emergency Relief Report of the Chief Health Inspector Application for Install of Gas Fired Dry Septic Tank Units Prosecution Proceedings Sunshine Magistrate Court Report of Weights & Measures Inspector Prosecution Proceedings Sunshine Magistrates Court Registration of Premises Petrol Station Complaint Municipal Refuse Composting Symposium 9th November 1977 Melbourne & Metropolitan Board of Works Pollution Report of the By-Laws Officer Fire Hazard Removal Tenders Season Snake Eradication Authorisations for Council Officers Report of the City Engineer Land Use Permit Application Flats 52B Forrest Street Land Use Permit Application Flats Lot 1 Monash Street North West Corner Cornwall Road Land Use Permit Application Stan Cash Sale and Distribution of Floor Coverings, Building's Hardware and Electrical Domestic Appliances and Furniture Corner Halstead Street and Ashley Street Land Use Permit Sky Sign Somerville Road Land Use Permit Application Subdivision and Detached Houses Albanvale Estate Land Use Permit Application Car Sales Yard Lots 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 & 13 Rosamond Road Land Use Permit Application Office and Warehouse Complex Fairbairn Road and Land Use Permit Application Subdivision Fairbairn Road Land Use Permit Application Addition to Existing Shopping Plaza Lot 4 St. Albans Road Adjacent to Existing Shopping Plaza Lot 3 Princess Street Land Use Permit Application Subdivision and Detached Houses Furlong Road Land Use Permit Application Addition of Sun Blind 323 Main Road West Land Use Permit Application Stan Cash Furniture and Carpet Sales and Buildings Hardware Corner Halstead Street and Ashley Street Land Use Permit Application Sky Sign Lot 1 Duke Street Land Use Permit Application Extension to Existing Office and Amenities Block Serving Fuel Oil Depot Lot 1 Duke Street Car Parking Hampstead Road near Mitchell Street Damage to Kerb & Channel and Road Payment Andrew Street Financial Assistance Restoration Works Easter Flooding Treasury of Victoria Joint Works Robinsons Road Reconstruction and Maintenance Country Roads Board Funded Project Outdoor Employees Christmas Holidays Break-up 1977 Sixteenth Municipal Superintendents' of Works Conference Statcon Signal Program Intersection of Ashley Street, Sunshine Road & Dempster Street Royal Victorian Institute of the Blind Work Experience Programs Bon Thomas Reserve Development National Safety Council of Australia Senior Management Local Government Authority National Safety Council of Australia Accident Control Course Royal Australian Insitiute Parks and Recreation Vicitorian Division Seminar Turf Wickets Half Cost Footpath and Kerb and Channel Neale Road Half Cost Footpath and Kerb and Channel Northumberland Road Neale Road Construction Tenders Car Parking Willey Street and Rufford Street Part Olny Private Street Scheme (Drainage) Steer Street Group Objection Variations to Contract Fourth Aveneue Furlong Road Estate Stages 1 & 2 Report of the Building Surveyor Uniform Building Regulations Draft Amendment Fency Lot 343 Anley Place Alteration to Grandstand Skinner Reserve Churchill Avenue Braybrook Dempster Park Cricket Pavilion Ainsworth Reserve Child Care Centre / Pavilion Glengala Road Sunshine West Deer Park Pre-School Centre Cash in Lieu Flats Lot 472 Hendry Street Sunshine West Orders of the Day Accounts Submitted for Payment 15th October 1977 & 16th October 1977 Confirmation of Loan with State Insurance Extraordinary Business Financial Assistance for Persons Affected by the Recent S.E.C. Strike city of sunshine, alexander "alex" george gillon, devonshire road, alexandra avenue, sunshine, warrs road, maribyrnong, disraeli street, st. albans, maribyrnong rsl, rosamond road, raleigh road, forrest street, albion, monash street, cornwall road, stan cash, sunshine tip, halstead street, ashley street, maidstone, somerville road, brooklyn, albanvale, fairbairn road, sunshine west, st. albans road, princess street, main road west, duke street, sunshine north, hampstead road, mitchell street, andrew street, sunshine road, dempster street, tottenham, bon thomas reserve, quinn street, deer park, neale road, northumberland road, willey street, rufford street, fourth aveneue, anley place, skinner reserve, churchill avenue, braybrook, dempster park, phoenix street, ainsworth reserve child care centre, deer park pre-school centre, hendry street

Sunshine Illustrated 1860–1960 was a special souvenir issue of the Sunshine Advocate newspaper, published in 1960 to commemorate 100 years of the district’s development. Most of the photographs in this edition were taken C1950's.5639.01 - Anderson Rd - Sunshine Gardens.jpg 5639.02 - Anderson Rd 100 Sunshine - St Mark's Church.jpg 5639.03 - Anderson Rd Sunshine - Sunshine Bowling Green.jpg 5639.04 - Anderson Rd Sunshine - Sunshine Presbyterian Church.jpg 5639.05 - Ashley St 185 - 195 Braybrook - National Motor Springs.jpg 5639.06 - Ashley St Braybrook - Industrial Engineering Limited.jpg 5639.07 - Athol St Braybrook - Christ the King Catholic School.jpg 5639.08 - Ballarat Rd 236 Braybrook - Leroc Oil Company.jpg 5639.09 - Ballarat Rd 254 - ETA Foods.jpg 5639.10 - Ballarat Rd 484 Sunshine North - Nettlefolds.jpg 5639.11 - Ballarat Rd 528 Albion - ARC Engineering.jpg 5639.12 - Ballarat Rd Braybrook - Braybrook Hotel 1854.jpg 5639.13 - Ballarat Rd Braybrook - Braybrook Hotel.jpg 5639.14 - Ballarat Rd Braybrook - Braybrook State School.jpg 5639.15 - Ballarat Rd Deer Park - Deer Park State School.jpg 5639.16 - Ballarat Rd Sunshine North - Sunshine High School.jpg 5639.17 - Berkshire Rd 86 - 100 Sunshine North - Corrugated Fibre Container.jpg 5639.18 - City Place Sunshine Looking South.jpg 5639.19 - Commercial Bank Dickson St Sunshine - Commercial Bank.jpg 5639.20 - Corio St Sunshine - Sunshine Elderly Citizens Club.jpg 5639.21 - Cranwell St 37 Braybrook - Ficken Halliday McClelland.jpg 5639.22 - Derby Rd Sunshine - Girls Junior Technical School.jpg 5639.23 - Derby Rd Sunshine - Sunshine Technical School.jpg 5639.24 - Devonshire Rd 2 Sunshine - McKay Administrative Block.jpg 5639.25 - Devonshire Rd 22 Sunshine - Sunshine Cabinet Works.jpg 5639.26 - Devonshire Rd 34 Sunshine - Kindergarten.jpg 5639.27 - Devonshire Rd Sunshine - McKay New Clock Tower.jpg 5639.28 - Devonshire Rd Sunshine - Sunshine Methodist Church.jpg 5639.29 - Dickson St 99 Sunshine - 5639.28 - Sunshine RSL Club.jpg 5639.30 - Dickson St Sunshine - ANZ Bank.jpg 5639.31 - Dickson St Sunshine - Sunshine Advocate.jpg 5639.32 - Dickson St Sunshine Look North East.jpg 5639.33 - Drummartin St 12 Albion - St Teresa Catholic Church.jpg 5639.34 - Duke St Sunshine - East Sunshine State School.jpg 5639.35 - Durham Rd Sunshine - E S and A Bank.jpg 5639.36 - Durham Rd Sunshine - Hotel Derrimut.jpg 5639.37 - Fourth Ave Sunshine - Connor Shea.jpg 5639.38 - Geelong Rd 700 Brooklyn - Guiding Star Hotel.jpg 5639.39 - Geelong Rd Brooklyn - William Adams and Co.jpg 5639.40 - Hampshire Rd - Rockmans Shop.jpg sunshine, sunshine gardens, anderson road, ashley street, athol street, ballarat road, berkshire road, city place, dickson street, derby road, devonshire road, corio street, cranwell street, drummartin street, duke street, durham road, fourth avenue, geelong road, hampshire road, sunshine bowling club, sunshine presbyterian church, christ the king catholic school, braybrook hotel, braybrook state school, deer park state school, sunshine high school, leroc oil, eta foods, corrugated fibre container, commercial bank, sunshine elderly citizens club, ficken halliday mcclelland, sunshine technical school, sunshine cabinet works, sunshine methodist church, sunshine rsl, anz bank, sunshine advocate, st. theresa catholic church, east sunshine state school, derrimut hotel, guiding star hote, william adams, rockmans, connor shea, st mark's church