Historical information

Sunshine East Primary School opened on 5th February 1952 on Duke Street, Sunshine.

The school was built to relieve pressure on the Sunshine Primary School and the Sunshine North Primary School as Sunshine’s population exploded after WWII, driven by the post war migrant boom which caused a rapidly growing population growth in the Sunshine and Braybrook districts. Many of these new migrants were staying in the nearby post war Housing Commission estates in Sunshine and Braybrook.

In the 2000’s, the district saw a falling enrolment in student numbers across Sunshine’s older suburbs, and this led to school consolidations.

In 2009, the school merged with the Braybrook Primary School and Sunvale Primary School forming the new school Sunshine Harvester Primary School,

The Sunshine East site ceased operation on the 31st December 2008 and the site was later cleared with all original’s buildings being demolished.

The new Sunshine Harvester Primary School was then built on the site.

Physical description

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