Sunshine, New South Wales
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| Coordinates: 33°06′54″S 151°34′05″E / 33.115°S 151.568°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | New South Wales | ||||||||||||
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| Established | 1881 | ||||||||||||
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• Total | 0.7 km2 (0.27 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 475 (2021 census)[2] | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 680/km2 (1,760/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 2264 | ||||||||||||
| Parish | Morisset | ||||||||||||
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Sunshine is a suburb of the City of Lake Macquarie in New South Wales, Australia on a peninsula east of the town of Morisset on the western side of Lake Macquarie. The Awabakal were the first inhabitants of the area.[3]
Early industries included fishing, timbercutting, subsistence farming and boatbuilding.
References
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Sunshine (NSW) (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Sunshine (NSW)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
- ^ "Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people". Lake Macquarie City Council. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
External links
- History of Sunshine (Lake Macquarie City Library)