Sunshine, New South Wales

Sunshine
New South Wales
Sunshine is located in the Hunter-Central Coast Region
Sunshine
Sunshine
Coordinates33°06′54″S 151°34′05″E / 33.115°S 151.568°E / -33.115; 151.568
Population475 (2021 census)[1]
 • Density680/km2 (1,760/sq mi)
Established1881
Postcode(s)2264
Area0.7 km2 (0.3 sq mi)
Location9 km (6 mi) E of Morisset
LGA(s)City of Lake Macquarie
ParishMorisset
State electorate(s)Lake Macquarie
Federal division(s)Hunter
Suburbs around Sunshine:
Silverwater Silverwater
Mirrabooka Sunshine Lake Macquarie
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.[2]

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

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Sunshine (NSW)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 21 July 2023. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ "Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people". Lake Macquarie City Council. Retrieved 8 September 2020.