Historical information

The former Old Broadmeadows township in the photograph was taken in 1949. The hotel is the two storey building in the middle distance and the former general store is partly hidden by trees on the RHS. The image is looking to the north in Fawkner Street, across the Moonee Ponds Creek. The township is now part of Westmeadows.

Significance

Old Broadmeadows Township was an important stopping-off point for travellers on their way to Sydney on the Old Sydney Road, (now Mickleham Road) up until 1869 when Sydney Road was finally opened.

Physical description

A print of a non-digital black and white photograph of a small country township with a shop on the RHS and a two storey building in the middle distance. Pine trees are growing on either side of the roadway.