Sunshine, Victoria
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| Sunshine Melbourne, Victoria | |||||||||||||
| Population: | 7731 (2001 census) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode: | 3020 | ||||||||||||
| Area: | 4.9 km² | ||||||||||||
| Property Value: | AUD$235,500 <ref>Sunshine, accessed 27 November 2006</ref> | ||||||||||||
| Location: | 14 km from Melbourne | ||||||||||||
| LGA: | City of Brimbank | ||||||||||||
| State District: | Footscray | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division: | Maribyrnong | ||||||||||||
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Sunshine () is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Its Local Government Area is the City of Brimbank. The locality was originally known as Braybrook Junction, until 1907, when residents petitioned the council to change the name to Sunshine, in honour of the Sunshine Harvester company, which employed many residents.
Sunshine is the junction of the railway lines to Melbourne from Ballarat and Bendigo. It was the site of a train crash in 1908, killing 44 people.
Sunshine was originally an industrial suburb but this has now changed due to re-development. The suburb contains two shopping centres, Sunshine Marketplace and Sunshine Plaza, the latter including a major cinema complex, and many shopping strips.
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| Suburbs of the City of Brimbank | |
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Albanvale | Albion | Ardeer | Cairnlea | Calder Park | Deer Park | Delahey | Derrimut | Hillside | Kealba | Keilor | Keilor Downs | Keilor East | Keilor Lodge | Keilor North | Keilor Park | Kings Park | St Albans | Sunshine | Sunshine North | Sunshine West | Sydenham | Taylors Lakes | |
