Historical information
On 4th of August 1978 work began on the construction of the Goonawarra Estate on land that was the former Goonawarra Farm which overlooked the town of Sunbury abnd the Jacksons Creek valley. Plans for the new development included a golf course, houses, community and recreational facilities.The golf course openrd in 1980 and housing construction continued throughout the last two decades of the twentieth century and into the twentieth first century.
Physical description
A coloured photograph of the first sod being turned at the Goonawarra Estate. Four large pieces of earth-moving machinery and a large semi-trailer are in picture. A man is standing in the foreground.