3/473 Ballarat Road, Sunshine VIC 3020
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The township of Sunshine was earlier known as Braybrook Junction. The Braybrook Junction Post Office opened on 25 August 1890.
In 1904 H. V. McKay bought the Braybrook Implement Works. In 1906 McKay moved his agricultural machinery manufacturing business from Ballarat to Braybrook Junction. This established the Sunshine Harvester Works which became the largest manufacturing plant in Australia. McKay had also secured 400 acres (1.6 km2) of land at Braybrook Junction with the aim of establishing housing to encourage his workers to settle in the area.
In 1907 the locality was renamed Sunshine, after residents had petitioned to change the name in honour of the Sunshine Harvester Works. The name “Sunshine” is assumed to have been given by McKay to his harvester works after he attended a lecture by the American evangelist Reverend Thomas De Witt Talmage who visited Victoria in 1894.
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 living wage for Australian workers.
H. V. McKay’s concept for Sunshine, the Sunshine Estate, was for a community developed according to the ideals of the Garden city movement, an influential town planning movement of the early 20th century. Infrastructure and amenities established by McKay included electric lighting, parks and sporting grounds, public buildings, schools and a library and the town became regarded as a model industry-centred community. Housing for the Sunshine Harvester Works’ employees had swelled the local population and the town of Sunshine was touted as the “Birmingham of Australia”.
The Sunshine train disaster on 20 April 1908 killed 44 people at Sunshine station.
In 1909 H. V. McKay Sunshine Harvester Works Pipe Band was formed. This is one of Australia’s oldest continuously functioning pipe bands and still exists as the Williamstown R.S.L. Pipe Band.
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.
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110 Hargreaves Crescent, Braybrook$680,000 - $730,0003 2 2
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4 Suffolk Street, SUNSHINE NORTHContact Agent!
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159 The Avenue, Sunshine West$545,000 - $595,0003 2 2
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105/165 Sunshine Road, West FootscrayContact Agent!2 1 1
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1/29 Branston Road, St AlbansContact Agent!3 1 1
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14 Monash Street, SunshineUnder Contract3 1 1
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29 Holt Street, ArdeerContact Agent!3 1 1
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286 Glengala Road, Sunshine WestContact Agent!4 2 2
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2 Fawkner Street, Sunshine NorthContact Agent!4 3 2
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16 & 18 Pratt Street, MOONEE PONDSContact Agent!
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287B Glengala Road, SUNSHINE WESTContact Agent!
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38 George Street, St AlbansContact Agent!1 1
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5 Balmoral Street, BraybrookUnder Contract2 1 2
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Under Offer 83 Roseleigh Boulevard, Sydenham3 2Auction:
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57-59 Gordon Street, FOOTSCRAYSale Price: $950,000
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13 Sea Rush Street, Maribyrnong$1,350,0004 3 2
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110 Hargreaves Crescent, Braybrook$680,000 - $730,0003 2 2
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159 The Avenue, Sunshine West$545,000 - $595,0003 2 2
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105/165 Sunshine Road, West FootscrayContact Agent!2 1 1
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29 Holt Street, ArdeerContact Agent!3 1 1
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286 Glengala Road, Sunshine WestContact Agent!4 2 2
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2 Fawkner Street, Sunshine NorthContact Agent!4 3 2
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Sat 20th Feb: 11:00am-11:30am
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Under Offer 83 Roseleigh Boulevard, Sydenham3 2Auction:
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New 8/106-108 Cross Street, West FootscrayFOR RENT $310 PER WEEK2 1 1 -
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New 64 Somerset Drive, Sunshine NorthFOR RENT $520 PER WEEK4 2 2Open for Inspection:
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3/20 Sydney Street, AlbionFOR RENT $350 A WEEK3 1 1
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2/75 Cypress Avenue, BrooklynFor Rent $350 per week3 1 4
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29 Walter Street, St AlbansFor Rent $380 per week3 1 2
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16 Cox Street, St AlbansFor Rent $380 per week3 1 2
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Sat 27th Feb: 1:00pm-1:15pm
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5 Morrison Crescent, Sunshine WestTO RENT $350 PER WEEK2 1 2
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3 Drayton Street, SunshineFor Rent $400 per week3 1 2
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503/1 Bouverie Street, CarltonTo Let $390 per week1 1 1
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64A Adelaide Street, AlbionFOR RENT $380 PER WEEK3 1 1
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172 Rear Union Road, Ascot ValeFOR RENT $310 PER WEEK2 1
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28 Queensville Street, KingsvilleFor Rent $650 perweek3 1 1
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2/74 Anderson Road, SunshineFor Rent $280 per week2 1 1
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Sat 20th Feb: 9:30am-9:45am
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15A Hotham Street, BraybrookFor Rent $500 per week3 3 1
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4 Loxwood Court, Deer ParkFor Rent $470 per week5 2 2
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4/10 Heather Avenue, BrooklynTo Let $275 per week2 1 1
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9B Turner Crescent, BraybrookFor Rent $500 per week3 2 1
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13/16-18 Barkly Place, CarltonFor Rent $340 per week1 1
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3 Alma Street, MaidstoneFor Rent $400 per week3 1 1
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2210/8 Downie Street, Melbourne$3901 1
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1111/594 St Kilda Road, Melbourne$400 Per Week1 1 1
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2A Derrimut Street, AlbionUnder Application!4 2 1
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2B Derrimut Street, AlbionTo Let $390 Per Week4 2 1
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1st Floor /292 Ballarat Road, BraybrookTo Let $330 Per Week3 1 1
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23 COX Street, St AlbansTo Let $330 per week3 1 2
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710/488 Swanston Street, CarltonTo Let $420 per week2 1
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1/17 Gordon Street, FootscrayFor Rent $350 per week2 1 1
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5A Federation Way, Sunshine WestFor Rent $440 per Week3 2 1
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436 Main Road, St AlbansTo Let $350 per week3 1 1
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New 64 Somerset Drive, Sunshine NorthFOR RENT $520 PER WEEK4 2 2Open for Inspection:
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2/75 Cypress Avenue, BrooklynFor Rent $350 per week3 1 4
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Tue 23rd Feb: 4:30pm-4:45pm
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29 Walter Street, St AlbansFor Rent $380 per week3 1 2
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Sat 27th Feb: 1:30pm-1:45pm
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16 Cox Street, St AlbansFor Rent $380 per week3 1 2
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64A Adelaide Street, AlbionFOR RENT $380 PER WEEK3 1 1
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172 Rear Union Road, Ascot ValeFOR RENT $310 PER WEEK2 1
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28 Queensville Street, KingsvilleFor Rent $650 perweek3 1 1
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2/74 Anderson Road, SunshineFor Rent $280 per week2 1 1
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Sat 20th Feb: 9:30am-9:45am
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4 Loxwood Court, Deer ParkFor Rent $470 per week5 2 2
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Sat 27th Feb: 2:00pm-2:15pm
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4/10 Heather Avenue, BrooklynTo Let $275 per week2 1 1
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Thu 18th Feb: 4:30pm-4:45pm
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Sold 4/17 Anderson Road, SunshineContact Agent!3 1 2Auction:
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Sold 6/11 Owen Street, FootscrayFor Sale $330,0002 1 1 -
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Fri 19th Feb 2021: 10:00am