Editing Sunshine, Victoria

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| type                     = suburb
| name                     = Sunshine
| city                     = Melbourne
| state                    = vic
| image                    = Hampshire Rd, Sunshine town centre.png
| caption                  = Sunshine town centre
| lga                      = City of Brimbank
| county                   = [[County of Bourke, Victoria|Bourke]]
| alternative_location_map = Australia Victoria metropolitan Melbourne
| coordinates              = {{coord|37.781|S|144.832|E|display=inline,title}}
| postcode                 = 3020
| pop                      = 9,445
| pop_year                 = {{CensusAU|2021}}
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| elevation                = 42
| area                     = 4.9
| est                      =
| stategov                 = [[Electoral district of Laverton|Laverton]]
| fedgov                   = [[Division of Fraser (Victoria)|Fraser]]
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| near-n                   = [[Sunshine North, Victoria|Sunshine North]]
| near-ne                  = [[Braybrook, Victoria|Braybrook]]
| near-w                   = [[Sunshine West, Victoria|Sunshine West]]
| near-e                   = [[Braybrook, Victoria|Braybrook]]
| near-sw                  = [[Sunshine West, Victoria|Sunshine West]]
| near-s                   = [[Brooklyn, Victoria|Brooklyn]]
| near-se                  = [[Tottenham, Victoria|Tottenham]]
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'''Sunshine''' is a suburb in [[Melbourne]], [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]], [[Australia]], {{convert|12|km|abbr=on}} west of Melbourne's [[Melbourne central business district|Central Business District]], located within the [[City of Brimbank]] [[Local government areas of Victoria|local government area]]. Sunshine recorded a population of 9,445 at the {{CensusAU|2021}}.<ref name=abs21/>

Sunshine, initially a town just outside Melbourne, is today a residential suburb with a mix of [[Australian residential architectural styles#Inter-war period c. 1915 – c. 1940|period]] and post-War homes, with a [[town centre]] that is an important retail centre in Melbourne's west. It is also one of Melbourne's principal places of employment outside the CBD with many industrial companies situated in the area, and is an important public transport hub with both [[V/Line]] and [[Metro Trains Melbourne|Metro]] services at [[Sunshine railway station, Melbourne|Sunshine railway station]] and its adjacent [[Sunshine railway station, Melbourne#Sunshine bus interchange|major bus interchange]].

==History==
[[File:Sunshine Marketplace entrance in Sunshine, Victoria.jpg|thumb|150px|Sunshine Marketplace]]
[[File:Sunshine, Victoria (Devonshire Rd).jpg|thumb|Devonshire Rd, Sunshine town centre]]
[[File:H.V. McKay Memorial Gardens & church.jpg|thumb|The [[H.V. McKay Memorial Gardens]] with the Sunshine Presbyterian Church in the background]]

===19th century===
The farms and settlements in the area now known as Sunshine first came under the [[Road districts of Victoria (Australia)|Sunshine Road District]] (1860–1871) which later became the [[City of Sunshine|Shire of Braybrook]] (1871–1951).<ref name="Harvester Town"/>

From 1860 to 1885 the only railway which passed through the area was the [[Bendigo railway line|Bendigo line]] and the only railway station in the area was Albion & Darlington (opened 5 January 1860) at the site of the current [[Albion railway station, Melbourne|Albion station]]. When the [[Ballarat railway line|Ballarat line]] was built through the area, a new station was built at the junction of the two lines: this station opened on 7 September 1885 and was called [[Sunshine railway station, Melbourne|Braybrook Junction]] as it was in the Shire of Braybrook.

The area around the Braybrook Junction railway station then came to be known as Braybrook Junction. The Braybrook Junction Post Office opened on 25 August 1890.<ref name = "a">{{Citation | work = Phoenix Auctions History  | title = Post Office List | url = http://www.phoenixauctions.com.au/cgi-bin/wsPhoenix.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=VIC&filter=*Sunshine* | access-date = 24 January 2021}}</ref>

===20th century===
====Pre-war Sunshine====
In 1904 [[H. V. McKay]] bought a factory in the area called the Braybrook Implement Works. He also secured {{convert|400|acre|ha}} of land at Braybrook Junction with the aim of establishing housing to allow his future workers to live in the area, along the lines of a [[company town]]. The land became the ''Sunshine Estate'' (see below).<ref name = "mv-factory">{{Citation | work = Museum Victoria | title = Sunshine Harvester Works – HV McKay – a history of agricultural enterprise in Victoria, Australia 1880–1960 – Factory | url = http://museumvictoria.com.au/sunshine/factory.asp | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090421174207/http://museumvictoria.com.au/sunshine/factory.asp | url-status = dead | archive-date = 21 April 2009 | access-date = 2009-08-25}}</ref>

In 1906 McKay moved his agricultural machinery manufacturing business from [[Ballarat, Victoria|Ballarat]] to his newly acquired factory in Braybrook Junction. The factory was renamed the [[Sunshine Harvester Works]] and it became the largest manufacturing plant in Australia.

In July 1907, the train station, the post office, and the [[Riding (division)|shire riding]]'s names were changed from Braybrook Junction to '''Sunshine''' after workers and residents had petitioned to do so in honour of McKay's Sunshine Harvester Works.<ref>{{cite web|title=Numurkah Leader|url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/186407648|website=[[Trove]]|access-date=9 September 2017|date=2 August 1907}}</ref><ref name = "mv-sunshine">{{Citation | work = Museum Victoria | title = Sunshine Harvester Works – HV McKay – a history of agricultural enterprise in Victoria, Australia 1880–1960 – Sunshine | url = http://museumvictoria.com.au/sunshine/sunshine.asp | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090422162712/http://museumvictoria.com.au/sunshine/sunshine.asp | url-status = dead | archive-date = 22 April 2009 | access-date = 2009-08-25}}</ref><ref name="Harvester Town"/>

Also in 1907 an industrial dispute between owner H. V. McKay and his workers at the Sunshine Harvester Works led to the [[Harvester Judgement]], the benchmark industrial decision which led to the creation of a [[Minimum wage|minimum living wage]] for Australian workers.<ref name="Harvester Town">{{cite book  |last = Ford  |first = Olwen  |title = Harvester Town: The making of Sunshine 1890–1925  |publisher = Sunshine & District Historical Society Incorporated  |year = 2001  |isbn = 0-9595989-4-4}}</ref>

The [[Sunshine train disaster]] on 20 April 1908 killed 44 people at Sunshine station.<ref name="BrimbankLeader">[http://brimbank-leader.whereilive.com.au/news/story/sunshine-rail-disaster-100-years-on/ Sunshine Rail Disaster – 100 years on], Brimbank Leader 15 April 2008.</ref>

In 1909, the H. V. McKay Sunshine Harvester Works Pipe Band was formed. This is one of Australia's oldest continuously functioning [[pipe band]]s and still exists as the Victoria Scottish Pipes & Drums.<ref>{{cite web|title= Band History|url=https://www.victoriascottishpipesanddrums.com/band-history|website=Victoria Scottish Pipes & Drums|access-date=8 September 2017}}</ref>

Prue McGoldrick's ''My Paddock: An Early Twentieth Century Childhood'' is a memoir of growing up in Sunshine.<ref>{{cite book |last=McGoldrick |first=Prue |date=1994 |title=My Paddock: An Early Twentieth Century Childhood |url= |location=Morwell |publisher=Gippsland Printers |page= |isbn=9780959099423}}</ref><ref name=Campion>{{cite book |last=Campion |first=Edmund |author-link=Edmund Campion (historian) |date=2014  |title=Australian Catholic Lives |publisher=David Lovell Publishing |pages=37–39 |chapter=Older, simpler days: Prue McGoldrick |chapter-url= |isbn=9781863551458}}</ref>

====The Sunshine Estate and H. V. McKay's civic works====
{{main|Sunshine Harvester Works#The Sunshine Estate}}

The land that H. V. McKay had earlier purchased to build housing for his workers on was developed by McKay as the [[Sunshine Harvester Works#The Sunshine Estate|Sunshine Estate]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120324012818/http://www.brimbank.vic.gov.au/files/096a68ff-e1a7-435f-bed2-9f0500b014b1/HO74SelwynPark.pdf HO Selwyn Park] BriMbank City Council</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120324005812/http://www.brimbank.vic.gov.au/files/3bbb2dc5-55f4-44c9-a7e4-9f0400bd361e/HO42SugarGumRow.pdf HO Sugar Gum row] Brimbank City Council</ref> This housing estate was developed with superficial similarity to some street plans of cities created by followers of the [[Garden city movement]], an influential [[town planning]] movement of the early 20th century. Infrastructure and [[Amenity|amenities]] established by McKay for the Sunshine Estate and the rest of Sunshine included [[Street light|electric street lighting]], parks and sporting grounds, public buildings, schools, and a library. The town of Sunshine (not a suburb of Melbourne at this point) became regarded as a model industry-centred community.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.emelbourne.net.au/biogs/EM01448b.htm|title=Sunshine – Place – eMelbourne – The Encyclopedia of Melbourne Online|work=emelbourne.net.au}}</ref> Housing for the McKay's employees swelled the local population and the town of Sunshine was touted as the "[[Birmingham]] of Australia".<ref name = "manufacturing">{{Citation | work = City of Brimbank | title = Developing Australia's Manufacturing Base | url = http://www.brimbank.vic.gov.au/Files/Industry.pdf | access-date = 2009-07-21}}</ref>

====Post-war Sunshine====
After [[World War II|WWII]], Sunshine increasingly became connected to the sprawling city of Melbourne as car-based travel enabled people to leave the inner city suburbs and move into houses on larger blocks in suburbia. In 1951, the old Shire of Braybrook was abolished and the [[City of Sunshine]] was established.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sunshine (City 1951-1994)|url=http://www.access.prov.vic.gov.au/public/component/daPublicBaseContainer?component=daViewAgency&entityId=2514|website=Public Record Office Victoria online catalogue|access-date=8 September 2017}}</ref>

Sunshine was not immune when many Australian-based manufacturing industries started winding down during and after the 1970s. In 1992, the [[Massey Ferguson]] factory, formerly the Sunshine Harvester Works, was demolished to make way for the development of the [[Sunshine Marketplace]].<ref>{{cite web | work = Museum Victoria | title = Sunshine Harvester Works – HV McKay – a history of agricultural enterprise in Victoria, Australia 1880–1960 – Armchair Tour – McKay's Dream Machine | url = http://museumvictoria.com.au/sunshine/tour_1.htm | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090421174201/http://museumvictoria.com.au/sunshine/tour_1.htm | url-status = dead | archive-date = 21 April 2009 | access-date = 9 September 2017}}</ref>

On 15 December 1994, the City of Sunshine was abolished and Sunshine became part of the newly created [[City of Brimbank]].<ref>{{cite book|url=http://www.ausstats.abs.gov.au/ausstats/free.nsf/0/76E601D6DB55E88ACA25722500049195/$File/12570_1994-95.pdf|title=Victorian local government amalgamations 1994-1995: Changes to the Australian Standard Geographical Classification|author=Australian Bureau of Statistics|author-link=Australian Bureau of Statistics|date=1 August 1995|publisher=Commonwealth of Australia|pages=4, 8|isbn=0-642-23117-6|access-date=2007-12-16}}</ref>

===21st century===
Sunshine is now both a low-density residential suburb and one of Melbourne's principal places of employment outside the CBD. Many heavy and light industrial companies are situated in and around the area and it is an important retail centre in Melbourne's west. In addition to Sunshine's street shopping strips there are two shopping centres, the Sunshine Plaza and the [[Sunshine Marketplace]]. There is a [[Village Cinemas]] multiplex, the "Village 20 Sunshine Megaplex", at the Sunshine Marketplace.<ref name="HS-DoS" />

Educational institutions in Sunshine include [[Victoria University, Australia#Victoria Polytechnic|Victoria Polytechnic]] (the [[TAFE]] division of [[Victoria University, Australia|Victoria University]]). Secondary schools include Sunshine College and Harvester Technical College.<ref>{{cite web|title=Harvester Technical College|url=http://www.harvestercollege.vic.edu.au/|work=Victoria University|publisher=Victoria University|access-date=1 September 2012|author=Victoria University|year=2012}}</ref>

==Demographics==

Sunshine is a highly multicultural suburb. In the post-WWII period, many immigrants from all over continental Europe settled in Sunshine. Today Sunshine still has significant populations from Italy, Greece, the former Yugoslavia, and Poland. It is also the main centre for Melbourne's [[Maltese people|Maltese]] community:<ref>{{cite web|title=History of immigration from Malta|url=http://museumvictoria.com.au/origins/history.aspx?pid=39|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080730045728/http://museumvictoria.com.au/origins/history.aspx?pid=39|url-status=dead|archive-date=30 July 2008|work=Museum Victoria Australia|publisher=Museum Victoria Australia|access-date=1 September 2012|author=Museum Victoria Australia|year=2012}}</ref> indeed, the only branch of [[Malta]]'s [[Bank of Valletta]] in the whole of [[Oceania]] is situated on Watt Street, Sunshine.

From the late 1970s, many Vietnamese refugees settled in Sunshine and surrounding areas. The Vietnamese have opened small businesses such as groceries and restaurants throughout the Sunshine town centre. More recently, immigrants moving to Sunshine have come from [[Sudan]], [[Burma]] and [[India]].<ref name="abs">{{Census 2016 AUS | id = SSC22383 | name = Sunshine (State Suburb) | accessdate = 7 July 2017 | quick = on}}</ref>

In 2016, Sunshine had a population of 9,768. The most common ancestries given in the [[2016 Australian census|2016 census]] were: Australian 11.4%, English 12.5%, Vietnamese 12.9%, Chinese 5.9% and Irish 5.0%. For country of birth, 42% of people were born in Australia while the other most common countries of birth were Vietnam with 12.6%, India 5.7%, Burma 4.0%, Philippines 2.0%, and Nepal 2.0%.<ref name="abs"/>

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==Transport==
[[File:Sunshine Station platforms 1 & 2.jpg|thumb|Sunshine Station platforms 1 & 2]]
[[File:Sunshine station bike underpass, northern aspect.jpg|thumb|The Harvester Road Bike Path between Sunshine and [[Albion, Victoria|Albion]] train stations opened in 2018, including an underpass at Sunshine station.]]

[[Sunshine railway station, Melbourne|Sunshine railway station]] was completely redeveloped as part of the [[Regional Rail Link]]. Works began in 2012 and were complete by mid-2014. It is both a suburban [[Metro Trains Melbourne|Metro]] station and an interchange for [[V/Line]] (regional) passenger services. Classed as a [[Premium station]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Regional train and coach network|url=https://www.ptv.vic.gov.au/assets/Maps/PTV_Regional-train-and-coach-network-map_2015.pdf/|website=[[Public Transport Victoria]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150929202818/https://www.ptv.vic.gov.au/assets/Maps/PTV_Regional-train-and-coach-network-map_2015.pdf/|access-date=8 September 2017|archive-date=29 September 2015}}</ref> it is in the [[Public Transport Victoria|PTV]] zones 1+2 overlap.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ptv.vic.gov.au/stop/1218|title=Sunshine Railway Station (Sunshine)|work=ptv.vic.gov.au}}</ref>

Sunshine station is one of Victoria's most important regional rail hubs: all three of the main western region V/Line lines ([[Ballarat V/Line rail service|Ballarat]], [[Bendigo railway line|Bendigo]] and [[Geelong V/Line rail service|Geelong]]) meet at Sunshine. Geelong services have stopped at Sunshine since the opening of the [[Regional Rail Link]] in 2015.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://ptv.vic.gov.au/assets/Maps/PTV_Regional-train-and-coach-network-map_2015.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=29 September 2015 |archive-date=29 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150929202818/http://ptv.vic.gov.au/assets/Maps/PTV_Regional-train-and-coach-network-map_2015.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> The [[New South Wales XPT|Sydney to Melbourne XPT]] passes through Sunshine, as it uses the [[Albion–Jacana railway line]], but it does not stop there.

Sunshine also has one of Melbourne's major suburban [[Sunshine railway station, Melbourne##Sunshine bus interchange|bus interchanges]], which was upgraded as part of the [[Regional Rail Link]] works in 2014. This is situated directly adjacent to the Sunshine Railway Station.

In a 2018 study Sunshine was named one of the 20 most [[Walkability|walkable]] suburbs in Melbourne's middle suburbia.<ref>{{cite web |author1=Jemimah Clegg |author2=Melissa Heagney |title=Melbourne's most and least walkable suburbs |url=https://www.domain.com.au/healthy-melbourne/melbournes-healthy-suburbs-2018/melbourne-most-least-walkable-759248/ |website=[[The Age]] |access-date=21 October 2018 |date=20 October 2018}}</ref>

Cyclists in Sunshine are represented by BrimBUG, the Brimbank [[Bicycle User Group]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.brimbug.org.au/|title=BrimBUG|work=brimbug.org.au}}</ref>

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==Community facilities==

Hue Quang Temple, a Vietnamese Buddhist temple, is located in the suburb.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.phatgiaoucchau.com/p107/thanh-vien-giao-hoi |publisher=The Unified Vietnamese Buddhist Congregation of Australia - New Zealand |title=THÀNH VIÊN GIÁO HỘI|accessdate= 14 July 2021}}</ref>

==Sport and leisure==
[[File:Kororoit Creek, Sunshine - looking downstream.jpg|thumb|[[Kororoit Creek]] in Sunshine (south of Forrest Street)]]

The heritage-listed [[H.V. McKay Memorial Gardens]] on Anderson Road, established in 1909 by H.V. McKay as Sunshine Gardens, is one of two remaining "industrial gardens" in Australia.<ref>{{cite web|work=Victorian Heritage Database|title=HV McKay Memorial Gardens|url=http://vhd.heritage.vic.gov.au/places/result_detail/11984?print=true|publisher=Heritage Council of Victoria|access-date=9 November 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Historical significance|url=http://www.mckaygardens.com.au/history/historical-significance/|website=Friends of McKay Gardens website|date=14 February 2015 |access-date=9 September 2017}}</ref>

The [[Kororoit Creek]] runs through Sunshine, along which runs the [[Kororoit Creek Trail]] for walking and cycling.

The Sunshine Football Club, the Sunshine Kangaroos, are the local [[Australian Rules]] football team.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sunshine Football Club|url=http://www.sunshinekangaroos.com.au|website=Sunshine Football Club official website|access-date=8 September 2017}}</ref> They compete in the [[Western Region Football League]].<ref name = "footy">{{Citation  | work = Australian Football  | title = Sunshine Football Club | url = http://australianfootball.com/clubs/stats/sunshine/1549/2017 | access-date = 2017-09-09}}</ref>

The Sunshine Cricket Club, the Sunshine Crows, is based at Dempster Park in [[Sunshine North, Victoria|North Sunshine]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Sunshine Cricket Club|url=https://www.facebook.com/SCC3020/|website=[[Facebook]]|access-date=8 September 2017}}</ref>

The Sunshine Park Tennis Club is based at Parsons Reserve Sunshine.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/sunshineparktennisclub|title=Sunshine Park Tennis Club Inc|website=[[Facebook]]|access-date=8 September 2017}}</ref>

Sunshine Cowboys play rugby league in [[NRL Victoria]].

The [[Sunshine George Cross FC|Sunshine George Cross Football Club]], the Sunshine Georgies, are the local [[Victorian Premier League]] soccer team. Their home ground is [[Chaplin Reserve]] on Anderson Road.

The Sunshine Baseball Club, the Sunshine Eagles, have their baseball field in Barclay Reserve on Talmage Street, Albion.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sunshine Baseball Club |url=http://www.sunshinebaseballclub.com.au|website=Sunshine Baseball Club|access-date=8 September 2017}}</ref>

Golfers play at the course of the Sunshine Golf Club on Mt Derrimut Road, [[Derrimut, Victoria|Derrimut]]. It relocated from the Fitzgerald Road course in November 2007.<ref name = "golf">{{cite web  | title = Sunshine Golf Club | url = http://www.sunshinegolfclub.com.au/cms/ | access-date = 9 September 2017}}</ref>

==Notable residents==
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* [[Leigh Bowery]], London-based [[avant-garde]] artist and designer.<ref>{{cite web |title=Leigh Bowery |url=https://www.portrait.gov.au/people/leigh-bowery-1961 |website=The National Portrait Gallery |access-date=17 July 2021}}</ref>
* [[Doug Chappel]], comedian, actor.
* [[Lester Ellis]], former World champion boxer. Grew up in West Sunshine.
* [[John Flynn (minister)|Reverend John Flynn]], the Presbyterian minister and aviator who founded the [[Royal Flying Doctor Service]] and who is featured on the current [[Australian twenty-dollar note]].<ref name="Harvester Town" />
* [[Charles Greenwood (pastor)|Charles Greenwood]], pastor who revived the [[Assemblies of God]] church in Australia.
* [[John Kelly (artist)|John Kelly]], artist who grew up in Sunshine.<ref>{{cite web|title=Former Sunshine artist John Kelly wants to bring cows home to Brimbank|url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/leader/west/former-sunshine-artist-john-kelly-wants-to-bring-cows-home-to-brimbank/story-fngnvmj7-1226824524157|work=[[Herald Sun]]|access-date=12 February 2014|author=Angus Livingston|date=12 February 2014}}</ref>
* [[Lydia Lassila]], [[freestyle skier]] and 2010 Winter Olympic gold medallist who grew up and went to school in Sunshine.<ref>{{cite web|title=SOCHI: Lydia Lassila aims for second Olympics gold|url=http://www.starweekly.com.au/classifieds/1794401-sochi-lydia-lassila-aims-for-second-olympics-gold/|website=Melton & Moorabool Star Weekly|publisher=Fairfax Community Newspapers|access-date=9 September 2017|date=21 January 2014}}</ref>
* [[Hugh Victor McKay]], leading Australian industrialist of the early 20th century; founder of the [[Massey Ferguson#Massey Ferguson|Sunshine Harvester Works]].<ref name="Harvester Town" />
* [[Keith Miller]], [[Australian Cricket Hall of Fame]]r of the 1940s and 50s. Born in Sunshine.<ref name="Harvester Town" />
* [[Craig Parry]], one of Australia's premier golfers. Born in Sunshine.
* [[Walter Peeler|Walter "Wally" Peeler]], WWI soldier, [[Victoria Cross]] and [[British Empire Medal]] winner and first custodian of the [[Shrine of Remembrance]].
* [[Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh]], who had an extended stay at the Derrimut Hotel in 1945.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/a-jolly-good-time-in-land-of-combine-harvesters-20110610-1fwwu.html |title=A jolly good time in land of combine harvesters |author=Wright, Tony |publisher=[[Fairfax Media]] |date=11 June 2011 |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |access-date=9 September 2017}}</ref>
* [[Bon Scott]], lead singer of [[AC/DC]] who lived in Sunshine as a child.<ref name="hell_aint">{{cite book|first=Mick |last=Wall |title=AC/DC: Hell Aint a Bad Place to Be |publisher=Orion Publishing group |location=London |year=2012 |isbn=9781409115359}}</ref>
* [[Stelarc]], Cypriot-born, Sunshine-raised performance artist.<ref name="HS-DoS">{{cite web|title=In defence of Sunshine: Surprising facts you may not know about Melbourne's sunny suburb|url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/in-defence-of-sunshine-surprising-facts-you-may-not-know-about-melbournes-sunny-suburb/story-fnkd6ppg-1226846852642|work=[[Herald Sun]]|access-date=6 March 2014|date=6 March 2014}}</ref>
* [[Richard Tyler (designer)|Richard Tyler]], born 1947, fashion designer in New York and Hollywood.<ref name="HS-DoS" />
* [[Cal Wilson]], stand-up comedian and radio and television personality.<ref>{{cite web|title=Giggles for a cause|url=http://www.theage.com.au/national/melbourne-life/giggles-for-a-cause-20110210-1aopi.html|work=[[The Age]]|access-date=6 March 2014|author=Michael Lallo|date=11 February 2011}}</ref>

==In popular culture==
* The disused former Albion Quarrying Company site, accessed from Hulett Street, Sunshine was the location for [[AC/DC]]'s 1976 [[Jailbreak (AC/DC song)|Jailbreak]] music video.<ref name="hell_aint"/><ref name="evansauto">Evans, Mark, ''Dirty Deeds: My Life Inside/Outside AC/DC'', Bazillion Points, 2011</ref>
* In the 1997 film ''[[The Castle (1997 Australian film)|The Castle]]'', the Kerrigans' daughter Tracey obtained her hairdressing qualification from Sunshine [[Technical and Further Education|TAFE]].
* In the television series ''[[Kath & Kim (Australian TV series)|Kath & Kim]]'', Kath Day-Knight has obtained numerous qualifications from Sunshine TAFE.
* Sunshine is the setting of the 2007 film ''[[Noise (2007 Australian film)|Noise]]''.
* Sunshine and surrounding suburbs are the principal settings of the 2017 [[Special Broadcasting Service|SBS]] drama series ''[[Sunshine (Australian TV series)|Sunshine]]''.

==See also==
* [[City of Sunshine]] – Sunshine was previously within this former local government area.

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.sunshinehistoricalsociety.org.au/ Sunshine & District Historical Society]
*[http://mckaygardens.org/ Friends of the H V McKay Memorial Gardens]
*[http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/in-defence-of-sunshine-surprising-facts-you-may-not-know-about-melbournes-sunny-suburb/story-fnkd6ppg-1226846852642 Herald-Sun: In defence of Sunshine: Surprising facts you may not know about Melbourne’s sunny suburb]

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