George Evans Museum must be reopened
John Callaghan writes about the George Evans Museum following our report on a council plan to reinstate WWI Honour Boards.
Friday 16 May 2025: It’s interesting to see an article headed WWI honour boards to be dusted off for public display.
The article reported on a notice of motion tabled by Cllr Kurt at the Hume Council meeting on Monday 12 May, calling for the return of several historic honour boards to public view.
He goes on about the council doing more for the history of the four (?) former Shires that make up Hume. However, he only appears interested in the Broadmeadows Honour Board.
Cllr Steve Gagen said he wasn’t aware of the board or that other memorabilia were ‘squirrelled away’ as he was a new councillor (as are a majority). He said important historical items need to be stored carefully ‘in a controlled atmosphere’ to avoid them being damaged.
So I ask what is more important than our George Evans Museum‘s collection of 10,000-plus items?
I believe they’ve got it all wrong and the Sunbury community as a whole, needs to let all the Hume councillors know that we want the George Evans Museum reopened in its own space, not just a few glass cabinets in the GLC and leaving the other items to rot and decay at the Sunbury depot.
This is an absolute disgrace and an insult to present and past residents, and we all need to do something about it by contacting all the councillors, especially our local mayor Jarrod Bell and demand the George Evans Museum be reopened.
