The photograph was taken when the children, who were students at Bulla Primary School were engaged in performing a variety of artistic activities which included drama, dance and music.The performances were acted out at the school and parents and the wider community were invited to attend.

A non-digital coloured photograph of a group of people seated in a sheltered outdoor area listening to eight children performing on a variety of musical instruments including keyboard, recorders and percussion in front of an audience. A teacher is standing to the left of the group observing them.

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The children at Bulla Primary School were engaged in a variety of entertainment activities which included drama, dancing and musical items. The four children in this photo were singing to the accompaniment of their teacher playing the guitar.

A non-digital coloured photograph of a group seated in a covered-in outdoor area watching four children singing to the accompaniment of a man playing a guitar.

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The students from Bulla Primary School were engaging in a variety of creative activities as part of their studies. The activities that they participated in were dancing, drama, singing and instrumental music. The activity in this photograph the children were preparing to lift the coloured banner into the air. It was an activity that involved group cooperation and coordination.

This activity engaged the children in group cooperation and coordination.

A non-digital coloured photograph of group of children standing in a grassed area, in a large circle while holding onto a large coloured circular banner with an adult supervising the group.

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The students from Bulla Primary School were participating in drama activities which included acting, dancing and singing. The children who are dressed in traditional costumes in this photo were preparing to perform in the activities.

The variety of performing activities that the children engaged in gave them an introduction the diversity of areas of the performing arts.

A non-digital coloured photograph of a group of children with an adult gathered around in a covered-in outdoor area with four of the children dressed in traditional costumes and lined up in front of the others.

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The children from Bulla Primary School were participating in a performing arts event at their school. The group in the photograph were singing in a choir. Other items that the children performed in were dancing, play acting and playing a musical instrument.

A non-digital coloured photograph of five boys and seven girls are standing and sitting in an open area and performing for an audience.

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The children were students at Bulla Primary School and were participating in a bicycle education activity.

A non-digital coloured photograph of a group of children standing in an asphalted area while holding their bicycles and listening to an adult.

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The photograph was taken when students from Bulla Primary School were taken on an excursion to the Melbourne Aquarium as part of their science studies.

The excursion to the Melbourne Aquarium was part of the student's science studies,

A non-digital coloured photograph of a group of children seated on the floor listening to a person giving a talk. Some of them have notebooks and writing materials to take notes. behind them is a backdrop of an expanse of water and a reconstructed rock formation.

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The students from Bulla Primary School were visiting a circus and the ringmaster was showing them a pony, a camel and goat which were some of the animals in the circus.The site chosen for the circus must have been v=near an airport as an air control tower is visible on the skyline.

A non-digital coloured photograph of a circus ringmaster, who is holding a pony and talking to them about the donkey, the camel and the goat that are some of the circus animals. There are vehicles in the background and an air control tower is visible on the skyline.

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The children from Bulla Primary School visited Glengala Primary School near Sunshine in March 1993. During their visit they joined in a number of activities with the Glengala children. In this photograph they were practicing soft ball skills in the covered courtyard area. Glangala school was one of the newer schools built in the Western suburbs in the late 1980s-early 1990s.

A non-digital coloured photograph of five young children being supervised by two adults in a sheltered courtyard of a school. The children are playing with a softball bats and balls.

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The students from Bulla Primary School visited Glengala Park Primary School in Sunshine West in 1993 and participated in a number of activities from the Glendale children. Bicycle education was one of the activities that they enjoyed on the day.

A non-digital coloured photograph of children partaking in a lesson on bike riding on a large asphalted open space. A sports pavilion is in the background.

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The building is the Glendale Park Primary School situated in Sunshine West and opened in 1976. The multicultural school with 150+ students from thirty different cultural backgrounds runs a very inclusive program. The students from Bulla Primary School visited on the 3rd March 1993 and enjoyed the day learning about the school and participating in a number of activities with the students.

The visit to a school located in one of Melbourne's western suburbs was a contrast to the semi-rural primary school for the students from Bulla Primary School in the 1990s.

A non-digital coloured photograph of a red-brick school building.

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After the police spoke to the students from Bulla Primary School and they had all had a chance to look over the rescue helicopter, the children were taken a safe distance away from the craft and watched it take off.

A non-digital coloured photograph of a group of children lined up and looking at a police helicopter in a paddock. There are a number of tall gum trees in the background.

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The police with their rescue helicopter visited the Bulla Primary School and talked to the students about their work and the importance of the rescue helicopter. he children were also able to see the helicopter up close.

A non-digital coloured photograph of a group of children under the supervision of some adults and policemen are being shown the workings of a police helicopter.

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The police flew to the Bulla Primary School in their helicopter to give the children an understanding of the work of the Police Helicopter service as well as showing them the helicopter's workings up close. In this photograph a policeman is talking to the children about the helicopter service.

A non-digital coloured photograph of a policeman talking to a group of children about the helicopter that he and two of his workmates arrived in.

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The police flew the helicopter and landed in the Bulla Primary School ground. On that occasion a policeman spoke to the students and informed them about the role of the police helicopter and also outlined the physical aspects of the craft. In this photograph the children were lined up so that each one was able to see inside the helicopter.

The children gained an understanding of the importance of the Police Rescue Helicopter in safety.

A non-digital coloured photograph of children lined up to see inside the helicopter that has landed in an open paddock. A number of adults are supervising as the children file past the helicopter.

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The children from Bulla Primary School were enjoying swimming lessons at a private swimming pool and are learning to swim with the aid of kick boards. The swimming classes were included in the school curriculum

A non-digital coloured photograph of five children in an indoor pool learning to swim with the aid of kick boards.A group of adults are seated at the side watching the children.

As part of the school curriculum, Bulla Primary School included swimming lessons for the students. The classes took place in a private indoor swimming pool.

The Bulla Primary School included a variety of extra curricular activities into the curriculum including swimming lessons.

A non-digital coloured photograph of children swimming with the aid of noodles in an indoor pool.

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One of the activities the children enjoyed at their Williamstown Beach excursion was a snd castle competition, which they are busy constructing.

A non-digital photograph of a group of children at a beach by the water's edge and digging in the sand. A rocky breakwater is across the middle distance.

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One of the activities the students from Bulla Primary School did during their Williamstown Beach excursion was to walk as a group along the pier. It gave them a chance to see some of the sea-life from above.

The beach excursion was part of the students scientific and social studies.

A non-digital coloured photograph of some children with a couple of adults walking along a pier at a beach.

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The penguins were amongst the rocks when the students from Bulla Primary School were on a school excursion to Williamstown Beach.

A non-digital coloured photograph of a flock of penguins amongst rocks along a seashore.

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Students from Bulla Primary School were taken on an excursion to Williamstown Beach. While there they did a number of beach activities, which included creating sand sculptures.

The excursion was part of the children's social and scientific part of their studies.

A non-digital coloured photograph of three boys at the beach and kneeling down on the sand starting to make a sand sculpture.

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The children from Bulla Primary School had an excursion to Williamstown Beach and some of them constructed a sculpture of a man in the sand.

While at the beach the children were encouraged to pursue a number of seaside activities.

A non-digital coloured photograph of a sand sculpture of a man.

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The students from Bulla Primary School were taken on ain excursion to Williamstown Beach where they enjoyed a number of activities. One of them was a cricket match.

The beach excursion allowed the children to be involved in a number of activities related to t6he seaside,

A non-digital coloured photograph of a group of children playing cricket on a beach. In the background there are a number of buildings.

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The students from Bulla Primary School visited a farm in the local area to learn about farm life in the district, where there are many small hobby farms. In this photograph the girls came up close to a pig in its pen enjoying a meal.

The farm excursion introduced to a variety of farming activities in their local area.

a non-digital coloured photograph of four children standing in a pig pen while watching the animal eat its food.

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The students from Bulla Primary School visited a local farm to experience some aspects of farm life. In this photograph a little boy is finding out that 'milk comes from a cow' and not from the supermarket, as he watches the lady milk the cow that has been leg-roped in its bail.

The purpose of this school excursion was two introduce the children to aspects of farm life.

A non-digital photograph of a small boy watching a lady milk a cow that has been tethered in an open yard.

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The students from Bulla Primary School were taken to one of the farms in the local area to introduce them farm life.

A non-digital coloured photograph of a group of children sitting on hay bales in a dingy farm building with bluestone walls. A lady is supervising the children.

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The children from Bulla Primary School were taken on an excursion to Werribee Park Mansion. After being taken over the mansion they then played a variety of games on the lawns outside before boarding the bus back to school.

A non-digital coloured photograph of children lined up on an expanse of lawn outside a grand Italianite mansion. They are getting ready to play some games. A flag is flying on the mansion's flagpole

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The photograph was taken when the students from the Bulla Primary School were taken on an excursion to Werribee Park Mansion, one of Victoria's gracious homes built in the nineteenth century.

A non-digital coloured photograph of large group of children standing outside large gatesleadingr to a garden.

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here children from Bulla Primary School were photographed looking at the floral display in the conservatory at Fitzroy Gardens when they were taken on an excursion to the gardens.

A non-digital coloured photograph of three children looking at a floral display set out in a conservatory.

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Captain Cook's Cottage was dismantled in his village in England and rebuilt in Melbourne's Fitzroy Gardens in the 1930s. Since then it has been an attraction for many visitors although there is little relationship between Captain Cook as he never set foot anywhere in Victoria. The photograph was taken when the children from Bulla Primary School were taken on an excursion to the gardens,

A non-digital coloured photograph of a small brick cottage with a tiled roof in a garden setting.

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