Sunbury, Victoria

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Sunbury
Melbourne, Victoria
Population: 25086 (2001 census)
Established: 1836
Postcode: 3429
Area: 22.1 km²
Property Value: AUD $240,000 [1]
Location: 39 km from Melbourne
LGA: City of Hume
State District: Macedon
Federal Division: Calwell
Suburbs around Sunbury
Gisborne Clarkefield
Sunbury Wildwood
Diggers Rest Bulla

Sunbury is a town in located in Victoria, Australia. It is roughly 40 km from the Melbourne central business district. The lifestyle is laid back and semi-rural, with a country feel whilst still being a city suburb.

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[edit] History

Sunbury was first settled in 1836, by George Evans and William Jackson. It was Jackson and his brother, Samuel, who named the township Sunbury, after Sunbury-on-Thames, in Surrey, England.

In 1837, William "Big" Clarke, came to the area, and gained vast pastoral licences in and around Sunbury. In 1874, Clarke's son, William, built a mansion, which resides on an estate named "Rupertswood", after his own son, Rupert. This estate also has access to a train station, which was used to transport bales of hay to Adelaide.

The younger William, Sir William as he was to become, was the president of the Melbourne Cricket Club, and it was through his position that the touring English cricket team came to spend Christmas of 1882 at Rupertswood. On Christmas Eve, the English team played a social game of cricket against a local team, which they won. Lady Clarke took one or more bails, burnt them, and interred the Ashes in a wooden urn, which she presented to the English Captain, Ivo Bligh. She proposed that the urn be used as a perpetual trophy for matches between the two countries. The Ashes have since become one of the world's most sought-after sporting trophies.

In 1922, the Clarke family sold the property to H V McKay, the owner of the Sunshine Harvester company, who subsequently onsold it in 1927 to the Salesian Catholic order. Until recently the mansion and surrounding property has been used for educational and agricultural purposes, and as a boarding school for students of both academic and agricultural endeavours (Salesian College). The mansion has now been restored, and is used for weddings and other formal functions. The school, known as Salesian College, Rupertswood, is still located on the property.

In the early 1970s the area (which was then still largely rural) became famous in Australia as the site of the Sunbury Music Festival, which was held annually from 1972 to 1975.

[edit] Culture

Sunbury's residents represent diverse cultural backgrounds, partly due to the working class background, and proximity to major manufacturing and transport hubs, with Melbourne Airport only being 15 kilometers from the township. A recent trend for people who work in the Melbourne CBD to trade longer commute times for a more economic lifestyle (due to cheaper housing), has seen the population of Sunbury grow in number, with numerous new housing estates ringing the borders of the established township. Sunbury's population was recorded as being 25,086 in the 2001 census, and is estimated at approximately 34,000 in 2006. Sunbury has a high caucasian population, but as more immigrant families move it becomes a more multicultural community.

[edit] Transport

Sunbury Station is connected to Melbourne by V/Line services on the Bendigo train line. Due to the diesel rolling stock utilised, and the lack of overhead electric lines, these service are not as frequent as those on the metropolitan Metlink service.

[edit] Education

Primary Schools

  • Sunbury Primary School
  • Sunbury West Primary School
  • Sunbury Heights
  • Killara Primary School
  • Kismet Primary School
  • St Anne's Primary School
  • Our Lady Of Mount Carmel Primary School
  • Goonawarra Primary School


Secondary Schools/High Schools


Other

[edit] Sport

Sunbury is represented in the following sporting leagues:

  • Cricket
    • Gisborne and District Cricket Association
  • Basketball
    • Sunbury Basketball Association
    • Big V Basketball
  • Bowls
    • Royal Victorian Bowls Association - Metro
    • Victorian Ladies' Bowls Association

[edit] Politics

Sunbury is located in the City of Hume, the State seat of Macedon, and the Federal Seat of Calwell.

[edit] People from Sunbury

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Coordinates: -37.581° 144.714°


Suburbs of the City of Hume

Attwood | Broadmeadows | Bulla | Campbellfield | Clarkefield | Coolaroo | Craigieburn | Dallas | Gladstone Park | Greenvale | Jacana | Keilor | Meadow Heights | Melbourne Airport | Mickleham | Oaklands Junction | Roxburgh Park | Somerton | Sunbury | Tullamarine | Westmeadows | Wildwood | Yuroke
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