Historical information
These photographs, taken by The Advocate in 1990, provide views of City Place, Sunshine, looking south from the railway station towards Sun Crescent. The images document the appearance of one of Sunshine's principal commercial precincts on the southern side of the railway line.
Visible in the photographs are a range of businesses that served the local community, including the Derrimut Hotel, Income Tax Specialist, a shoe repairer, sandwich bar, Sunshine Market, Jack's Butchers, Bells Real Estate, a barbecue chicken shop, the Commonwealth Bank, the Amusement Espresso Bar and C. Hampshire Estate Agents.
Significance
The images provide a valuable record of the commercial activity, small businesses and streetscape of central Sunshine at the beginning of the 1990s, illustrating the diverse range of services and enterprises that contributed to the economic and social life of the town centre.
Physical description
Digital scans of black and white negatives
Inscriptions & markings
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