30-489: Ballarat Road is a major urban arterial road in the western suburbs of Melbourne , Victoria , Australia . Ballarat Road commences at the interchange with Western Freeway at Ravenhall and continues in a south-easterly direction as a four-lane, dual-carriageway road through the suburbs of Deer Park , where it meets with Western Ring Road in Ardeer . It continues in an easterly direction to Maidstone , where it narrows to
60-909: A company town . The land became the Sunshine Estate (see below). In 1906 McKay moved his agricultural machinery manufacturing business from 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 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. Also in 1907 an industrial dispute between owner H. V. McKay and his workers at
90-514: A Main Road. The Whitlam government introduced the federal National Roads Act 1974 , where roads declared as a National Highway were still the responsibility of the states for road construction and maintenance, but were fully compensated by the Federal government for money spent on approved projects. As an important interstate link between the capitals of Victoria and South Australia, Western Highway
120-527: A National Highway in 1974. With Victoria's conversion to the newer alphanumeric system in the late 1990s, the section between Ravenhall and Ardeer (where it met the Western Ring Road ) was upgraded to National Highway M8; it was left as National Highway 8 east of the ring road along its original alignment into central Melbourne. Once the Deer Park bypass was opened in 2009 and National Route M8
150-528: A four-lane, single carriageway road, and continues in a south-easterly direction to Footscray , where it widens again to a dual-carriageway road at the intersection with Geelong Road . It continues east before crossing the Maribyrnong River over Lynchs Bridge, where it changes name to Smithfield Road (and continues onto Flemington ). VicRoads' declaration states Ballarat Road ends at the intersection with Geelong Road, however signposts still indicate
180-664: 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,
210-483: The City of Brimbank local government area . Sunshine recorded a population of 9,445 at the 2021 census . Sunshine, initially a town just outside Melbourne, is today a residential suburb with a mix of 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
240-550: The Garden city movement , an influential town planning movement of the early 20th century. Infrastructure and amenities established by McKay for the Sunshine Estate and the rest of Sunshine included 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. Housing for
270-889: The Kororoit Creek Trail for walking and cycling. The Sunshine Football Club, the Sunshine Kangaroos, are the local Australian Rules football team. They compete in the Western Region Football League . The Sunshine Cricket Club, the Sunshine Crows, is based at Dempster Park in North Sunshine . The Sunshine Park Tennis Club is based at Parsons Reserve Sunshine. Sunshine Cowboys play rugby league in NRL Victoria . The Sunshine George Cross Football Club ,
300-532: The Western Freeway to Melton . With three lanes running in each direction, between Deer Park and the Western Ring Road , this was one of the worst bottlenecks in western Melbourne with traffic reaching 70,000 vehicles per day, with 10 per cent of this consisting of heavy vehicles. This caused delays, in part due to seven traffic signals between the Western Ring Road and the start of
330-647: The "Village 20 Sunshine Megaplex", at the Sunshine Marketplace. Educational institutions in Sunshine include Victoria Polytechnic (the TAFE division of Victoria University ). Secondary schools include Sunshine College and Harvester Technical College. 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,
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#1732783087263360-490: The Braybrook Junction railway station then came to be known as Braybrook Junction. The Braybrook Junction Post Office opened on 25 August 1890. In 1904 H. V. McKay bought a factory in the area called the Braybrook Implement Works. He also secured 400 acres (160 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
390-459: The McKay's employees swelled the local population and the town of Sunshine was touted as the " Birmingham of Australia". After 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
420-575: 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. The Sunshine train disaster on 20 April 1908 killed 44 people at Sunshine station. In 1909, the 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
450-521: The Sunshine town centre. More recently, immigrants moving to Sunshine have come from Sudan , Burma and India . In 2016, Sunshine had a population of 9,768. The most common ancestries given in the 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%. Sunshine railway station
480-483: The Victoria Scottish Pipes & Drums. Prue McGoldrick's My Paddock: An Early Twentieth Century Childhood is a memoir of growing up in Sunshine. The land that H. V. McKay had earlier purchased to build housing for his workers on was developed by McKay as the Sunshine Estate . This housing estate was developed with superficial similarity to some street plans of cities created by followers of
510-560: The Western Freeway. With the completion of the Deer Park Bypass traffic volumes were predicted to decrease to local traffic standard since its opening on 5 April 2009. In central Melbourne, Ballarat Road has a single carriageway from Braybrook and is a two lane arterial road, including one small stretch which shares the road with trams. Melbourne, Victoria Too Many Requests If you report this error to
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570-532: The area, and is an important public transport hub with both V/Line and Metro services at Sunshine railway station and its adjacent major bus interchange . The farms and settlements in the area now known as Sunshine first came under the Sunshine Road District (1860–1871) which later became the Shire of Braybrook (1871–1951). From 1860 to 1885 the only railway which passed through the area
600-399: The former Yugoslavia, and Poland. It is also the main centre for Melbourne's Maltese community: 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
630-616: The opening of the Regional Rail Link in 2015. The 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 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
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#1732783087263660-754: The road ends at Lynch's Bridge across the Maribyrnong. The passing of the Country Roads Act of 1912 through the Parliament of Victoria provided for the establishment of the Country Roads Board (later VicRoads ) and their ability to declare Main Roads, taking responsibility for the management, construction and care of the state's major roads from local municipalities. (Main) Ballarat Road , from Melton via Braybrook to Melton ,
690-549: The road is still presently known (and signposted) as Ballarat Road. Tram route 82 runs along the Footscray section of Ballarat Road, between Gordon & Droop Streets. The Serviceton railway line from Southern Cross runs parallel to Ballarat Road from Sunshine about 1 km to the south, with stations at Albion , and Deer Park . Several bus routes run along Ballarat Road at various points (routes 215, 216, 220, 223, 256, 400, 406, 408, 410 and 456) with 456 continuing on
720-564: 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 station and an interchange for V/Line (regional) passenger services. Classed as a Premium station , it is in the PTV zones 1+2 overlap. Sunshine station is one of Victoria's most important regional rail hubs: all three of the main western region V/Line lines ( Ballarat , Bendigo and Geelong ) meet at Sunshine. Geelong services have stopped at Sunshine since
750-667: Was declared a Main Road on 30 December 1913. The passing of the Highways and Vehicles Act of 1924 provided for the declaration of State Highways, roads two-thirds financed by the State government through the Country Roads Board. Western Highway was declared a State Highway on 1 July 1925,cobbled from a collection of roads from Melbourne through to Ballarat, subsuming the original declaration of Main Ballarat Road as
780-464: Was declared a National Highway in 1974. This section of the road was eventually bypassed as the main route through western Melbourne when Deer Park bypass opened in 2009, with the road name devolving back to its original identity as Ballarat Road as a consequence; the route is still co-signed as Western Highway on older signs however. As part of Western Highway, the road was signed as National Route 8 in 1955, then as National Highway 8 when upgraded to
810-553: Was established. 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 . On 15 December 1994, the City of Sunshine was abolished and Sunshine became part of the newly created City of Brimbank . Sunshine
840-574: Was named one of the 20 most walkable suburbs in Melbourne's middle suburbia. Cyclists in Sunshine are represented by BrimBUG, the Brimbank Bicycle User Group . Hue Quang Temple, a Vietnamese Buddhist temple, is located in the suburb. 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. The Kororoit Creek runs through Sunshine, along which runs
870-625: Was re-routed onto the new bypass, the old route was replaced with Metropolitan Route 8 from Ravenhall to the inner suburb of Footscray . The passing of the Road Management Act 2004 granted the responsibility of overall management and development of Victoria's major arterial roads to VicRoads : in 2004, VicRoads declared this road as Footscray-Caroline Springs Road (Arterial #5520), beginning in Footscray and ending in Ravenhall;
900-563: Was the Bendigo line and the only railway station in the area was Albion & Darlington (opened 5 January 1860) at the site of the current Albion station . When the 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 Braybrook Junction as it was in the Shire of Braybrook. The area around
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