Josh Bull MP
State Member for Sunbury
Thirty kilometres north of Melbourne. Birthplace of the Ashes. Home to more than a hundred thousand Victorians across a string of townships that each have their own story to tell.
The State Electoral District of Sunbury sits in Melbourne's fast-growing north-west, taking in Melbourne Airport and a cluster of townships that range from heritage-listed homestead country to brand-new growth suburbs.
Boundaries are set by the Victorian Electoral Commission. For the official district map, see the VEC website.
Long before the railway, long before the airport, this was Wurundjeri country. European settlement brought sheep stations, an iconic homestead and — famously — a tiny urn of burnt bails that started a cricket rivalry that has lasted nearly 150 years.
Built by George Evans in 1836, Emu Bottom is the oldest surviving homestead in Victoria and one of the earliest European structures in the colony. The property remains a much-loved heritage site on Sunbury's doorstep.
In 1882, at Rupertswood mansion just outside Sunbury, Lady Clarke gifted a small terracotta urn containing the burnt bails from a social cricket match to the English captain Ivo Bligh — creating the Ashes. The cricket trophy that shaped a rivalry was born here.
From Sunbury and Diggers Rest through Bulla, Tullamarine and beyond, the electorate is one of the fastest-growing in Victoria — with a new hospital, a new TAFE, the ArtRise precinct and better transport all underway.
Josh Bull acknowledges the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung people as the Traditional Custodians of the land on which the Sunbury electorate is located. He pays respect to their Elders past, present and emerging, and to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Victorians.
Josh recognises the ongoing contribution of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Victorians to the life, culture and future of this community, and the many places in the electorate — including the ancient earth rings at Sunbury — that remain places of deep cultural significance.
Every year Josh runs community surveys and consultations on the projects that matter most — from transport to health to the ArtRise precinct. Tell him what matters to you.
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