Sunbury (other)
Sunbury may refer to: Australia *Sunbury, Victoria **Sunbury Downs College **Sunbury Pop Festival (1972-1975) **Sunbury wine region Barbados *Sunbury, Barbados Canada *Sunbury County, New Brunswick *Sunbury County, Nova Scotia (1765-1784), ceased to exist when the province of New Brunswick was created *Sunbury, Ontario, a community within South Frontenac Township United Kingdom *Sunbury-on-Thames, Surrey, England United States *Sunbury, Georgia *Sunbury Township, Livingston County, Illinois *Sunbury, Iowa *Sunbury, North Carolina, an unincorporated community in Gates County *Sunbury, Ohio, a village in Delaware County *Sunbury, Pennsylvania, a city in Northumberland County *Bangor, Maine Bangor ( ) is a city in the U.S. state of Maine and the county seat of Penobscot County. The city proper has a population of 31,753, making it the state's 3rd-largest settlement, behind Portland (68,408) and Lewiston (37,121). Modern Bangor ..., a city in Penobscot County; its propose ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Sunbury, Victoria
Sunbury () is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia, north-west of Melbourne's Melbourne central business district, Central Business District, located within the City of Hume Local government areas of Victoria, local government area. Sunbury recorded a population of 38,851 at the . Statistically, Sunbury is considered part of Greater Melbourne, as per the Victoria State Government, Victorian Government's 2009 decision to extend the urban growth boundary in 2011 to include the area, giving its land urban status and value. History The Sunbury area has several important Australian archaeology, Aboriginal archaeological sites, including five Sunbury earth rings, earth rings, which were identified in the 1970s and 1980s, and believed to have been used for ceremonial gatherings. Records of corroborees and other large gatherings during early settlement attest to the importance of the area for Aboriginal people of the Wurundjeri tribe. One Indigenous name fo ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Sunbury Downs College
Sunbury Downs College is a secondary College located in the north-west regional town of Sunbury, Victoria, Australia. The College is set on a single campus located within the northern Melbourne suburb of Sunbury and caters for students in Years 7-12. Accelerated curriculum and enrichment program In 2008 an accelerated curriculum and enrichment program was introduced. Key details * Type: government * Level: secondary * Gender: coed * Religious affiliation: non-denominational * Scholarships: yes * Learning extension: yes * International students: yes House system Students are divided into one of four houses A house is a single-unit residential building. It may range in complexity from a rudimentary hut to a complex structure of wood, masonry, concrete or other material, outfitted with plumbing, electrical, and heating, ventilation, and air condi ... upon enrolling into the College. These houses compete every year in various events to win house points in the hope of ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Sunbury Pop Festival
Sunbury Pop Festival or Sunbury Rock Festival was an annual Australian rock music festival held on a private farm between Sunbury and Diggers Rest, Victoria, which was staged on the Australia Day (26 January) long weekend from 1972 to 1975. It attracted up to 45,000 patrons and was promoted by Odessa Promotions, which was formed by a group of television professionals, including John Fowler, from GTV 9 Melbourne. Although conceived and promoted as Australia's Woodstock, the Sunbury Pop Festivals signalled the end of the hippie peace movement of the late 1960s and the beginning of the reign of pub rock. The early festivals were financially successful and featured performances by Australian and New Zealand bands including, Billy Thorpe & the Aztecs, Max Merritt and the Meteors, Chain and Wild Cherries. Various live albums were recorded at the festivals including '' Aztecs Live! At Sunbury'' issued in September 1972, which peaked at No. 3 on the ''Go-Set'' Top 20 Albums; ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Sunbury Wine Region
The Sunbury wine region is an Australian Geographical Indication for wine made from grapes grown in a region surrounding the town of Sunbury northwest of Melbourne in the Australian state of Victoria. It is one of five regions in the Port Philip zone surrounding Melbourne. The wine region covers suburbs and inner rural areas in the northwestern sector of the Melbourne urban area, extending as far west as Bacchus Marsh and northeast to Beveridge on the Hume Highway. The oldest vines date back to the 1850s. They were planted by James Goodall Francis in 1858 at ''Goona Warra'' and James Johnston at ''Craiglee'' in 1864. Top grape varieties grown in the Sunbury region include Shiraz, Cabernet Franc and Chardonnay Chardonnay (, , ) is a green-skinned grape variety used in the production of white wine. The variety originated in the Burgundy wine region of eastern French wine, France, but is now grown wherever wine is produced, from English wine, Englan .... References {{ ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Sunbury, Barbados
Sunbury is a village in Saint Philip Parish in Barbados Barbados is an island country in the Lesser Antilles of the West Indies, in the Caribbean region of the Americas, and the most easterly of the Caribbean Islands. It occupies an area of and has a population of about 287,000 (2019 estimate) .... History The Sunbury Plantation House is open to tours and dates back to its construction by Matthew Chapman in 1660. References Populated places in Barbados {{Barbados-geo-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Sunbury County, New Brunswick
Sunbury County (2016 population 27,644) is located in central New Brunswick, Canada. A large military base (CFB Gagetown) is located in the western part of the county south of the town of Oromocto. The county also hosts forestry and mixed farming. Burton is the county shiretown. Census subdivisions Communities There are three municipalities within Sunbury County (listed by 2016 population): Much of the Village of Minto lies within Sunbury County, but since most of it is in Queens County, Statistics Canada considers it as part of Queens. Similarly, a small portion of the city of Fredericton lies within Sunbury County, but is counted as part of York. First Nations There is one First Nations reservation in Sunbury County (listed by 2016 population): Parishes The county is subdivided into seven parishes (listed by 2016 population): Demographics As a census division in the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Sunbury County had a population of livi ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Sunbury County, Nova Scotia
Sunbury County was a county in Nova Scotia. The county ceased to exist when the province of New Brunswick was created in 1784. The county was created in 1765, alongside a formal enlargement of Cumberland County north and westward (taking in present-day Westmoreland and Albert Counties, New Brunswick). Sunbury County's seat and its court of general sessions were established at Campobello Island, in Passamaquoddy Bay.William B. Hamilton, 'Place Names of Atlantic Canada,' University of Toronto Press, 1996 Campobello was fairly central on the coast under its purview, as Sunbury included what the Province of Massachusetts regarded as the eastern portion of its district of Maine. (In practice, neither Boston nor Halifax were interested in expending energy or money to administer the area so the geographic overlap was permitted to exist.) In 1784, in part due to the immigration to Nova Scotia of many thousands of Loyalists refugees, Sunbury County, with the newer, mainland portion of ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Sunbury, Ontario
South Frontenac is a township in Frontenac County in eastern Ontario, Canada. It was amalgamated in 1998 from the former townships of Bedford, Loughborough, Portland, and Storrington. The Holleford crater is located in the township near the community of Holleford. Communities *Battersea * Bedford * Bedford Mills * Bellrock * Bobs Lake * Bradshaw * Brewer Lake * Buck Lake * Burnt Hills * Burridge * Cedar Lake * Cranstons Beach * Davidsons Beach * Desert Lake * Fermoy * Forest * Glendower *Harrowsmith * Hartington * Holleford * Ida Hill *Inverary * Keelerville * Lake Opinicon * Latimer * Lower Holleford * Maple Hill * Milburn * Missouri * Moons Corners * Murvale * Murvale Station * Perth Road * Petworth * Railton * Raymonds Corners * Rosedale * Salem * Spaffordton * Star Corners * Sunbury *Sydenham * Verona * Wilmer Demographics In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, South Frontenac had a population of living in of its total p ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Sunbury-on-Thames
Sunbury-on-Thames (or commonly Sunbury) is a suburban town on the north bank of the River Thames in the Borough of Spelthorne, Surrey, centred southwest of central London. Historically part of the county of Middlesex, in 1965 Sunbury and other surrounding towns were initially intended to form part of the newly created county of Greater London but were instead transferred to Surrey. Sunbury adjoins Feltham to the north, Hampton, London, Hampton to the east, Ashford, Middlesex, Ashford to the northwest and Shepperton to the southwest. Walton-on-Thames is to the south, on the opposite bank of the Thames. The town has two main focal points: Lower Sunbury (known locally as Sunbury Village) is the older part, adjoining the river. Sunbury Common (known locally as Sunbury Cross) is to the north and surrounds the Sunbury railway station, Surrey, railway station and the London end of the M3 motorway (Great Britain), M3 motorway. Lower Sunbury contains most of the town's parks, pubs and li ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Sunbury, Georgia
Sunbury is a ghost town in Liberty County, Georgia. Established in 1758, the town was mostly abandoned by the mid-1800s. The town is located on the south bank of the Midway River, in an area that was first settled by Europeans in the 1750s. The town was established in 1758 and quickly became an important seaport for the Province of Georgia after becoming a port of entry in the 1760s, rivaling the nearby port city of Savannah. During the American Revolutionary War, the town was defended by American troops stationed at Fort Morris. However, the town and fort were captured by the British in 1779, who burned the town near the war's end. Following the war, the town was economically devastated and struggled to recover. In the 1790s, the town lost its status as county seat and was later affected by an outbreak of yellow fever and two damaging hurricanes. What remained of the town in the mid-1800s was destroyed in 1864 as part of Sherman's March to the Sea during the American Civil W ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Sunbury Township, Livingston County, Illinois
Sunbury Township is located in Livingston County, Illinois. As of the 2010 census, its population was 229 and it contained 103 housing units. Geography According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of , all land. The township consists primarily of farmland. Demographics History Sunbury Township was named by William K. Brown after his former town in Pennsylvania. The township was organized April 6, 1858, by the election of J. O. Corey as supervisor; J. S. Cumming, clerk; T. F. Norton, assessor; A. S. Blakeslee, collector; Andrew Sprague, John Gower and R. C. Myer as commissioner of highways; Isaac Ames and A. J. Hopkins, constables. Only 19 votes were cast at the election.History of Livingston County, 1909 p. 828 Early Settlers The early settlers of Sunbury Township found mostly rolling prairie with little timber. Early settlement was primarily near Mud Creek in the southwest corner of the township. Andrew Sprague was the first known settler in the township. He ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Sunbury, Iowa
Sunbury is an unincorporated community in Cedar County, Iowa Iowa () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States, bordered by the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri River and Big Sioux River to the west. It is bordered by six states: Wisconsin to the northeast, Illinois to th ..., United States. It is located just west of the intersection of County Roads F44 and Y26, in the southeastern part of the county, southeast of Bennett and north of Durant, at 41.669882N, -90.928795W). The population is estimated to be 50 persons.Wundram, Bill (2010-11-29)"The 'last dance' at a 115-year-old hall" ''Quad City Times''. Retrieved 2011-04-24. History Sunbury was founded when the railroad was introduced into the area. Sunbury's population was 13 in 1902, and 107 in 1925. Sunbury was the location of the Sunbury Dance Hall, which opened ''circa'' 1895 and closed in 1964. The hamlet also boasted a bank, which opened in 1901.Aurner, C.R. (1910). ''A topical history ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |