Bulla is a town in

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, north-west of Melbourne's

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, located within the

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. Bulla recorded a population of 668 at the 2021 census. Bulla is located adjacent to the Melbourne metropolitan area. Deep Creek, a tributary of the

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, flows through the township.

History

The word Bulla is of

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origins meaning 'two'. It was first settled by William "Tulip" Wright, the former chief constable of Melbourne in 1843. In 1851 the village was surveyed. A flour mill, brickworks and pottery works were built to exploit local

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reserves, and facilities were quickly erected to serve the local population, including several churches (two of which are now listed by the

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), a school, general store, and from 1862, council offices. Bulla Post Office opened on 1 March 1851, but was known as Bulla Bulla until 1854. 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. 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

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in suburban Melbourne.

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, with a monthly market on the third Sunday between 9 am and 3 pm with train rides all day. It also contains hotel-motel accommodation and a country fire station.Map 177,

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descent. A Calabria Club is located on Uniting Lane. Next to the former Shire's bluestone hall in the main street of Bulla is the

Alister Clark Memorial Rose Garden The Alister Clark Memorial Rose Garden is the most complete collection in Australia of the surviving roses of "the great Australian rose breeder, Alister Clark" (1864–1949). It is situated near "Glenara", his old house and garden in Bulla, Vi ...

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, who was the Shire's president several times and whose house 'Glenara' lies on Deep Creek in the old Shire of Bulla, was the most prolific and best known of Australian rose breeders.TR Garnett, ''Man of Roses: Alister Clark of Glenara,'' Kangaroo Press, 1990. . The garden, created and maintained by local volunteers, has a nearly complete collection of his surviving roses.The Alister Clark Memorial Rose Garden

Transport

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479 passes through Bulla. It operates between Westfield

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Shopping Centre and Sunbury railway station.479 Airport West SC - Sunbury Station via Melbourne Airport
Public Transport Victoria

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Australian Places - Bulla

Tullamarine Live Steam Society
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History

Present day

Transport

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