Sunshine West is a suburb in
Melbourne
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,
Victoria
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,
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, west of Melbourne's
central business district
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, located within the
City of Brimbank
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The City has ...
local government area
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. Sunshine West recorded a population of 18,552 at the .
[
Sunshine West is a residential and industrial area. It is bounded by Forrest Street in the north, ]Kororoit Creek
The Kororoit Creek is a watercourse of the Port Phillip catchment, rising in the outer north western suburbs of Melbourne, in the Australian state of Victoria.
Location and features
The Kororoit Creek rises below Mount Kororoit, northeast of ...
in the east, Boundary Road in the south and the Western Ring Road
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in the west.
Settlement of the area dates from the 1920s when the Sunshine Heights Estate was developed. Sunshine West Post Office opened on 1 July 1939 and closed in 1981.Europe
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, Asia
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and the Pacific, especially from Malta, Greece, Italy, North Macedonia, Croatia, Vietnam, China and the Philippines.
Major features of the area include the Sunshine Wisdom Lodge – Freemasons Victoria, Saint Leopold Mandić Croatian Catholic Church and Centre, West Sunshine Community Centre, Ainsworth Reserve, Buckingham Reserve, Norm Talintyre Reserve, the Australia Post Parcel Facility, the nearby Ardeer railway station
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History 1903-1956
In 1903, the Australian Explosives and Chemical Company Siding ...
and numerous schools.
The suburb hosts the Sunshine Heights Football Club
The Sunshine Heights Football Club is an Australian rules football club which compete in the WRFL since 1988. They are based in the Melbourne suburb of Sunshine West.
History
In 1971, the club first fielded a senior team in the Western Subur ...
in the Western Regional Football League.
Places of worship
* Saint Leopold Mandić Croatian Catholic Church, located on the corner of Fitzgerald Road and Whitesides Avenue
* Saint Paul's Roman Catholic Church, located on Glengala Road
* Saint Andrew's Greek Orthodox Church, located on St Andrew Street
* Saint Anthony's Greek Orthodox Church, located on Armstrong Street
See also
* City of Sunshine
The City of Sunshine was a Local government in Australia, local government area about west of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia. The city covered an area of , and existed from 1860 until 1994.
History
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– Sunshine West was previously within this former local government area.
References
Suburbs of Melbourne
Suburbs of the City of Brimbank
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