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 SUNBURY - AUSTRALIA

Sunbury was first settled in 1836, by George Evans and William Jackson. It was Jackson and his brother, Samuel, who named the township Sunbury, after Sunbury-on-Thames, England. 

SUNBURY ROCK / POP / MUSIC FESTIVAL - Sunbury, Australia

Sunbury Pop Festival or Sunbury Rock Festival was an annual Australian rock music festival held on a 620-acre (2.5 km2) private farm between Sunbury and Diggers Rest, Victoria, which was staged on the Australia Day (26 January) long weekend from 1972 to 1975. It attracted up to 45,000 patrons and was promoted by Odessa Promotions, which was formed by a group of television professionals, including John Fowler, from GTV 9 Melbourne.

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Arriving at Sunbury Rock Festival 1970s

Johnny O'Keefe - Sunbury Rock Festival 1973

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