Shorewell Park
Suburb of Burnie, Tasmania, Australia
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Shorewell Park is a residential locality in the local government area (LGA) of Burnie in the North-west and west LGA region of Tasmania. The locality is about 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) south-west of the town of Burnie. The 2016 census recorded a population of 2008 for the state suburb of Shorewell Park.[1] It is a south western suburb of Burnie, Tasmania, which was established in the 1970s as a broadacre social housing area. The residential housing expanded in the 1980s and in 2012 the Tasmanian Government released a plan for the next 20 years.[2]
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| Coordinates: 41.069°S 145.879°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Tasmania | ||||||||||||
| Region | North-west and west | ||||||||||||
| City | Burnie | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 2,008 (2016 census)[1] | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 7320 | ||||||||||||
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The Hilltop Plaza Shopping Centre provides essential services such as a supermarket, bottle shop, hairdressing salon and pharmacy.
The Burnie Community House provides locals with assistance, training and opportunities. It has a market garden as one of its projects.
History
Shorewell Park was gazetted as a locality in 1976. It had previously been named Cangort Park in 1974.[3]
Geography
Cooee Creek forms the western boundary, and Shorewell Creek most of the eastern.[4]
