| Sunshine New South Wales | |||||||||||||||
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  Sunshine | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 33°06′54″S 151°34′05″E / 33.115°S 151.568°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 475 (2021 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| • Density | 680/km2 (1,760/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 1881 | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 2264 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 0.7 km2 (0.3 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Location | 9 km (6 mi) E of Morisset | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | City of Lake Macquarie | ||||||||||||||
| Parish | Morisset | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Lake Macquarie | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Hunter | ||||||||||||||
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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.[2]
Early industries included fishing, timbercutting, subsistence farming and boatbuilding.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Sunshine (NSW)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
- ^ "Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people". Lake Macquarie City Council. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
