Historical information

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.

Significance

This is one of the many notable bluestone bridges which were built in the district in the nineteenth century.

Physical description

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.