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The town is situated in a valley along Deep Creek, a tributary of Maribyrnong River. Maribyrnong river at West Essendon The Maribyrnong River rises about 50 km north of Melbourne Victoria (Australia), near Mount Macedon. ...

History

Bulla's name is of Indigenous origins but the meaning is unclear. It was first settled by William "Tulip" Wright, the former chief constable of Melbourne, in 1843, and in 1851, the village was surveyed. A flour mill, brickworks and pottery works were built to exploit local kaolinite reserves, and facilities were quickly erected to serve the local population, including several churches (two of which are now listed by the National Trust), a school, general store, post office and, from 1862, council offices. Languages Several hundred Indigenous Australian languages (many extinct or nearly so), Australian English, Australian Aboriginal English, Torres Strait Creole, Kriol Religions Primarily Christian, with minorities of other religions including various forms of Traditional belief systems based around the Dreamtime Related ethnic groups see List of Indigenous Australian group names Indigenous... Kaolin redirects here. ...

At the time it was the largest town in the region, but competition from Sunbury limited the growth of the town. In 1956, the Bulla Shire Council (now part of the City of Hume following amalgamation in 1994) moved to Sunbury, and in 1996, the Kennett Liberal government closed the primary school. Sunbury is a town located in Victoria, Australia. ... The City of Hume is a Local Government Area located partially within the metropolitan area of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Jeffrey Gibb Kennett AC (born 25 July 1948), Australian politician, was the 43rd Premier of Victoria (6th October, 1992 to 20th October, 1999). ... This article concerns the modern Australian political party. ...

In 1910, the Bulla Cream Company took up dairy farming in the area, transporting the cream by horse and cart to their processing facility at Moonee Ponds in suburban Melbourne. Moonee Ponds is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ...

Present day

The town centre of Bulla contains a large reserve which includes a sports centre, tennis club and community centre. This reserve is home to the Tullamarine Live Steam Society, who maintain a miniature railway which is open to the public on the first and third Sunday afternoon of each month, also a monthly Market 3rd Sunday 9am to 3pm train rides all day. It also contains hotel-motel accommodation and a country fire station^[2] The Country Fire Authority, or CFA, is the name of the fire service that provides fire fighting and other emergency services to all of the country areas and regional townships within the state of Victoria, Australia, as well as large portions of the outer suburban areas and growth corridors of...

The ABS reported in 2001 that 12% of the town's residents are of Italian descent, and a Calabria Club is located on Uniting Lane.

Transport

The 479 and 500 bus routes operated by Tullamarine Bus Lines service the town, connecting with both suburban Melbourne and with nearby Sunbury, which contains a Victoria University campus.^[3] Sunbury is a town located in Victoria, Australia. ... Victoria University, located in Melbourne, Australia, is recognised as one of Australias most innovative universities[]. One of five dual-sector universities, it offers a broad range of teaching and research programs across its three Higher Education Faculties - (Arts, Education & Human Development; Business & Law; and Health, Engineering & Science); and four...

References

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External links

Coordinates: 37°38′13″S 144°48′11″E / -37.637, 144.803 Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...

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  • Topographic and bathymetric map from Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia.
• Australian Places - Bulla
• Tullamarine Live Steam Society (homepage)
• Bulla Dairy Foods (company site)