Shorewell Park, Tasmania
{{Use Australian English|date=August 2019}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2022}}
{{Infobox Australian place
| name = Shorewell Park
| image =
| caption =
| coordinates = {{coord|41.069|S|145.879|E|display=inline,title}}
| local_map = yes
| zoom = 11
| state = tas
| type = suburb
| lga = City of Burnie
| city = Burnie
| fedgov = Braddon
| stategov = Braddon
| postcode = 7320
| pop = 2008
| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2016}}
| region = North-west and west
| location1 = Burnie
| dist1 = 4
| dir1 = SW
| near-nw = East Cam
| near-n = Park Grove
| near-ne = Hillcrest
| near-w = East Cam
| near-e = Acton
| near-sw = Mooreville
| near-s = Mooreville
| near-se = Downlands
}}
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 {{convert|4|km}} south-west of the town of Burnie. The 2016 census recorded a population of 2008 for the state suburb of Shorewell Park.
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.{{Cite web | last = Sustainable Thinking | title = Pre-Consultation – Master Plan For Shorewell Park | publisher = Pitt & Sherry | url = http://www.dhhs.tas.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0011/141995/Shorewell_Park_Part_1_Master_Plan.pdf| accessdate = 20 March 2016}}
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.{{cite web |url=https://www.placenames.tas.gov.au/#p1 |title=Placenames Tasmania – Shorewell Park |author= |publisher=Placenames Tasmania |access-date=2 April 2021 |at=Select "Search", enter "13242D", click "Search", select row, map is displayed, click "Details"}}
Geography
Cooee Creek forms the western boundary, and Shorewell Creek most of the eastern.{{google maps|url=https://www.google.com.au/maps/place/Shorewell+Park+TAS+7320/@-41.0693574,145.8586279,14z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0xaa7beaf8c4a026f3:0x503c94dd0de11a0!8m2!3d-41.0716387!4d145.8781594 |title=Shorewell Park, Tasmania |access-date=2 April 2021}}
Road infrastructure
Route C110 (Mooreville Road) runs through from north to south.{{cite web |url=https://dpipwe.tas.gov.au/Documents/Route%20Descriptions%20V3.6.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170801112712/http://dpipwe.tas.gov.au/Documents/Route%20Descriptions%20V3.6.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=2017-08-01 |title=Tasmanian Road Route Codes |author= |date=May 2017 |publisher=Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water & Environment |access-date=2 April 2021 }}
Education
References
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External links
- [http://hellyercollege.education.tas.edu.au/Pages/Home.aspx Hellyer College]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080317010352/http://www.tafe.tas.edu.au/ TAFE Tasmania]
- [http://www.burniecommunityhouse.com.au/new_site/ Burnie Community House]
{{Burnie Suburbs}}
Category:Suburbs of Burnie, Tasmania
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