Sunshine Railway Station

The first railway line to be built through the area as to Bendigo in 1858 - 1859 that serviced the Bendigo gold fields. Another line, built in 1882 - 1886 went to Bacchus Marsh and later Ballarat.

 

The joining of the two lines made "Braybrook Junction". A station opened in 1886 and a township developed but within ten years factories closed and families left.

 

When H.V. McKay moved the Sunshine Harvester Works from Ballarat to Braybrook Junction, the settlement was renamed Sunshine.

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In 1908 the Station saw one Australia's worst train accidents where 44 people were killed. This incident is now referred to as the "Sunshine Train Disaster".

 

 Photos: S&DHS