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}}

| pop_footnotes={{cite web |url=https://quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au/census_services/getproduct/census/2016/quickstat/SSC60594?opendocument |title=2016 Census Quick Stats Shorewell Park (Tas.) |author= |date=23 October 2017 |website=quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au |publisher=Australian Bureau of Statistics |access-date=2 April 2021 }}

| 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

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