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This is a photo of The Nook in Sunbury. It is on a wide and deep bend in Jacksons Creek and before the Aquatic Centre was built in Sunbury it served as the town's swimming pool for many years. The house on the RHS was situated near Powlett Street.

A black and white photograph of a large bend in a river with a house built on its riverbank and another dwelling on the hillside in the middle distance.

the nook, swimming, jacksons creek

Frank Millett and his nephew Hopper Cahill are the two people standing by the building after spending the day shooting rabbits in 1922. They are standing in front of the Aitkens Gap Police Barracks. In the 1860s the gaol and stables were sold to George Millett and added to the Millett property. The Barracks and the new farm homestead were built by Mick Morrison. The Bald Hill Hotel at Aitkens Gap on the Bendigo Road (Calder Highway) was guilt by George Millett in 1854 and functioned until the gold began to run out after the Victorian Gold Rush of the 1850s. The Millett family continued to farm until 1967. The family also and operated hotels in the local area.

A black and white photograph backed onto a white board of a man and a child holding some dead rabbits and standing in front of the doorway of a bluestone building.

frank millett, george millett, aitkens gap gaol, hopper cahill

The five men who were staff officers of the Victorian Volunteer Force were Captain Snee, Major Pitt, Colonel Anderson, Captain Payne and Captain Burton. The Victorian Volunteer Force was the main defence force in Victoria after the withdrawal the Imperial Troops in 1870. IN that same year a Permanent Artillery Corps ( Victorian Artillery) was also formed. The Volunteer force was disbanded in 1884 and replaced by the Victorian Militia force. The members were paid and enrolled for a set term.

A black and white photograph of an etching of 5 officers in the Victorian Volunteers Force.

victorian volunteer force., victorian artillery, victoria militia, military history

The train smash occurred in Sunbury between the Station Street level rail crossing and Sunbury Station in June 1952. The Jubilee train that was used in 1951 to celebrate 125 of European settlement in Victoria, ran into the bank of a goods train on the rail line. The guard in the goods train was killed. This smash was one of a number that have happened in Sunbury. The tree lined street in the background is Horne Street.

A black and white photograph with a white border of a train smash which wrecked a steam engine and carriages. Workmen are on the tracks surveying the wreckage. A rail crossing is in the background.

jubilee train, train crashes, station street, sunbury railway station

The property is Craiglee, which was one of the first vineyards established in Sunbury in 1865 by Stuart Johnson. It is sited on the east bank of Jackson Creek and fronts onto Macedon Street. Goonawarra is another early vineyard on the opposite side of Macedon Street.

A black and white photograph of a Victorian single storey homestead with a return verandah. Five people are standing on the porch. There are hills across the skyline and the garden surrounds the house.

craiglee, johnson james stuart, vineyards, ]

The class photograph was taken at the Bulla State School No. 46 in 1930. Two children have been identified. They are John Daniel, seated in the front row, second from the left. Vincent Daniel is standing, first on the left in the back row. The Daniel family were store holders in the Bulla township. Over the years a teacher's residence and another larger weatherboard classroom were added to the original bluestone building. The school functioned for over 100 years from the late 1870s until 2005 when it was closed and is now a private house.

The Bulla State School was one of the oldest schools in the district and served the children from surrounding areas.

A black and white school photograph which has been photographed from another image. The twenty two children of twelve boys and ten girls are in three rows and standing in front of a bluestone building with their teacher.

bulla state school no46, daniel john, daniel vincent, schools

This is an image of the original single storey Royal Hotel building which was on the corner of Brook and Evans Streets. In the 1930s the single storey structure was demolished after a fire and replaced with a double storey Art Deco red brick building, which still stands on the same site.

At one stage there were four hotels in Evans Street between Station Street and Brook Street. At some stage the Millett family owned them. The Royal and the Olive Tree (formerly the Railway) hotels remain on their original site but not in their original appearance.

A black and white photograph with a cream border of a single storey hotel building with a headlight window on the RHS of the corner entry doorway, which also has lead light windows. A young tree and power pole are seen on the RHS of the image.

hotels, royal hotel, s.winter, t. millett

The Boardman family were local business people in Sunbury, who were storekeepers and also produced the local newspaper. Their original building was in Brook Street near the railway station but they later located their business further down in Brook Street on the corner of O'Shanassy Street.

A black and white photograph with a cream border of a news office, store and cottage with a picket fence. The buildings are weatherboard with corrugated iron roofs.A young tree surrounded by a tree guard has been planted on the footpath between the cottage and shop.Two men and two ladies and a boy are standing in front of the buildings on the unmade road. A boy on horseback is alsoweith the group.

j.a. boardman, sunbury news office, businesses., brook street

J.S Boardman was a local businessman who ran and produced the local newspaper until it closed down in the 1960s. The Boardman store and newspaper office was originally sited in Brook Street near the railway station but it was later relocated to a site on the SW corner of Brook and O'Shanassy Street.

A black and white phitograph with a cream border of a weatherboard store with seven males standing in front of the building .The building has a verandah and two side entrances. Three off the men are wearing white work aprons and the others are dressed in suits.

boardman j s., sunbury news office, country stores, businesses.

A black and white photograph with a narrow cream border of a two storey brick farm building with attached stable. A wooden fence with a cyclone wire fence is in the foreground.

farm buildings

The photograph was taken from the rear of the Emu Bottom Homestead and its outbuildings in front of the home paddock. George Evans, one of the district's earliest European settlers built the original homestead from Silurian sandstone removed from the surrounding hillsides in the 1830s.

A black and white landscape photograph with a cream border of a farm house and outbuildings

emu bottom homestead, homesteads, george evans, jackson creek, sunbury

The photograph was taken from the rear of the Emu Bottom Homestead and its outbuildings. George Evans, one of the earliest European settlers in Sunbury, built Emu Bottom homestead in the 1830s. The original building was made from Silurian sandstone cut from the surrounding hills.

A black and white landscape photograph with a cream border of farm buildings.

homesteads, emu bottom, george evans, settlers, jackson creek

The photograph was taken on a rise overlooking the early settlement of Sunbury with Mount Holden and other hills across the skyline. The five arch railway bridge is visible in the distance on the RHS of the image. Two of Sunbury's early hotels, the John Franklin and the Ball Court are across the middle distance. Craiglee Vineyard with the vines growing is in the foreground.

A black and white photograph with a white border.

Written across the bottom: VIEW OF JACKSON CREEK SUNBURY

sunbury, vineyards, jackson creek, craiglee vineyard