Historical information

For a few years a wheat silo was erected on railway land on the west side of the Sunbury line. The photograph was taken in Evans Street looking across to Horne Street and the hill in the distance is Mount Holden. Just beyond the two elm trees was the former sports ground, that was used before the Clarke Oval was built. Local farmers used the silo to store their grain before it was transported to other destinations either by rail or road. The silo was dismantled in the 1980s to make way for commercial development on the site.

Significance

Cereal growing was one of the agricultural pursuits practised in the area around Sunbury until the land was sold and developed for housing.

Physical description

A scanned coloured photograph of a wheat silo erected in an open area with some cottages and a bare hillside visible in the background. Two bare elm trees are in the foreground.