Sunshine, New South Wales

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Sunshine
New South Wales
Population438 (2011 census) [1]
 • Density630/km2 (1,620/sq mi)
Established1881
Postcode(s) 2264
Area0.7 km2 (0.3 sq mi)
Location9 km (6 mi) E of Morisset
LGA(s) City of Lake Macquarie
Parish Morisset
State electorate(s) Lake Macquarie
Federal Division(s) Hunter
Suburbs around Sunshine:
Silverwater Silverwater
Mirrabooka Sunshine Lake Macquarie
Lake Macquarie

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 Aboriginal people, in this area, the Awabakal, were the first people of this land. [2]

Early industries included fishing, timbercutting, subsistence farming and boatbuilding.

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References

  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "State Suburbs: Sunshine". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 25 July 2014. OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. "Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people". Lake Macquarie City Council. Retrieved 8 September 2020.

Coordinates: 33°06′54″S151°34′05″E / 33.115°S 151.568°E / -33.115; 151.568