Sunshine, New South Wales Explained

Type:suburb
Sunshine
State:nsw
Alternative Location Map:Australia Hunter Central Coast
Lga:City of Lake Macquarie
Postcode:2264
Pop:475
Area:0.7
Est:1881
Parish:Morisset
Stategov:Lake Macquarie
Fedgov:Hunter
Dist1:9
Dir1:E
Location1:Morisset
Near-Nw:Silverwater
Near-N:Silverwater
Near-W:Mirrabooka
Near-E:Lake Macquarie
Near-S: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 Awabakal were the first inhabitants of the area.[1]

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

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. 8 September 2020. Lake Macquarie City Council.