Bulla, Victoria

Bulla Victoria
View of Bulla and the Deep Creek valley
Bulla
Coordinates	37°38′13″S 144°48′11″E / 37.63694°S 144.80306°E / -37.63694; 144.80306Coordinates: 37°38′13″S 144°48′11″E / 37.63694°S 144.80306°E / -37.63694; 144.80306
Population	651 (2011 census)
Established	1850s
Postcode(s)	3428
Elevation	129 m (423 ft)
Location	29 km (18 mi) from Melbourne 7 km (4 mi) from Melbourne Airport 9 km (6 mi) from Sunbury
LGA(s)	City of Hume
State electorate(s)	Sunbury
Federal Division(s)	McEwen
Suburbs around Bulla: Sunbury Diggers Rest Bulla Oaklands Junction Keilor North Melbourne Airport

Bulla is a locality and township of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 29 kilometres (18 mi) north-west from Melbourne's central business district. Its local government area is the City of Hume. At the 2011 Census, Bulla had a population of 651, and is adjacent to the Melbourne metropolitan area.

Deep Creek, a tributary of the Maribyrnong River, flows through the township.

The word Bulla is of indigenous Australian 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 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, 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 Moonee Ponds in suburban Melbourne.