Photograph, September 1996

Historical information

The photograph shows the railway station at Sunbury in Surrey in the United Kingdom. The town of Sunbury in Victoria was named after the English township of Sunbury-on-Thames in Middlesex by the Jackson Brothers who took up land in Sunbury, Victoria. The area was originally known as Koora Kooracup by the Wurundjeri people.

Significance

Sunbury in Victoria like many other settlements in Australia were given names of towns in the United Kingdom

Physical description

A coloured photograph of a railway station with three cars parked outside the building, which has grey walls and scarlet and blue trims. There are framed maps and notices on the exterior walls.

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